Krystal Cordovano: I'll make it simple! GCSEs - you definitely need to have A-C in English, Maths and Science. A-Levels - I needed 3 A Levels, pretty much at A-C again, although it'll vary depending on the university of your choice. Degree - you will definitely need a degree. You can either do a BEd course, which is usually 4 years and takes you straight into teaching at the end. OR do a degree in something remotely linked to education, then complete a 1 year teaching course (either a PGCE or GTP) You cannot become a teacher without a degree of some kind. My advice (as bad as it sounds 'cos I'm a teacher!) is not to go into teaching-it's not getting any easier and there is SO much work to do it's ridiculous. Go into I.T. instead-my brother's a computer engineer: he earns £30,000 a year and I earn £27,000! He works 9-5 then goes home and relaxes, which I never do!...Show more
Jonie Lauria: http://www.australian-universities.com/schools/tea...This might be what you ! are looking for.
Tracy Huesso: Hello my fellow kiwi :-DI am currently studying to be a primary school teacher through Massey University. When I started the course here, it was a 3 year course, but has gone up to a 4 year course now (in which the student teachers will come out on a higher qualification than I will). However, there is the option to do an additional year (post-grad) to gain the same qualifications as them.Anyway ~ I have been doing some searching of the web for you, and it seems that in Australia, they have the "Masters of Teaching (Primary)" which is a 2 year course (with some admission requirements) here's the link (it's in Melbourne too)- http://www.latrobe.edu.au/handbook/2007/postgradua...You may find that the 2 year course is no where near as intense as the NZ course, and therefore if you do become qualified, if you decide to come back to NZ and teach, you may be required to sit an additional year or 2 to get the Bachelor of Education (Teaching Pri! mary).Good luck with your ventures :-)...Show more
Chris! tiane Cattano: Hello! I am not from Australia but I have an existing bachelor's degree? Could I get a yob in school?
Cedric Grimstead: Each state has its own department of education, who may have slightly different requirements. I teach in Sydney, so I work under the New South Wales Department of Education and Training.If you have an existing bachelor's degree, then you will probably only need one year of full time study to get a Diploma of Education or Master of Teaching. Starting from scratch, you would complete a Bachelor of Education, or double degree like a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching, which is a 4 or 5 year degree (full time). You should look for something with as much student teaching time as possible. Once you get yourself a qualification, you apply to the DET for approval to teach. You have an interview with them to assess your suitability, and from what i gather, as long as you don't bork the child protection question, you'll get an approval number! . Then it's just a matter of casual teaching until someone offers you a long term block or teaching (i'm on my fourth year-long block in a row) or better still, permanency. (As a sidenote, one of the teachers on my grade did a bachelor in forensics or criminology or something - we use him to scare some of our more sneaky perpetrators :P - then a one year Diploma, and has been teaching with us for a bit over a year now.)...Show more
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