Career Change Program
Overview
The Career Change Program enables suitably qualified professionals with relevant experience to undertake teacher education while employed as supervised trainee teachers. The program targets people with current industry knowledge and expertise who would make excellent teachers in the targeted subject areas of mathematics, science physics, information technology, LOTE, music, physical education or technology.
Participation in the program is by way of school memorandum. Priority will be given to rural schools, however, additional targeted places are available under the Wannik Career Change Program to enable schools to appoint non-teaching Koorie professionals as teacher trainees.
Under the Program trainees receive financial support and paid study leave as they combine supervised classroom duties with study towards a teaching qualification during a two year training period. Study support allowances will vary according to the type of school to which the trainee is appointed.
|
Category |
School Descriptor |
Allowance |
|
1 |
Priority rural school |
$14,000 plus $4,000 retention incentive |
|
2 |
Any other rural school |
$12,000 plus $4,000 retention incentive |
|
3 |
Provincial school or outer metropolitan growth school |
$10,000 |
|
4 |
Any other metropolitan school |
$8,000 |
Trainees will participate in a preparatory summer school before commencing classroom duties at the start of the school year. Trainees will also undertake an induction program in their schools and receive ongoing support from an experienced school-based mentor or mentors.
If the two year training period is successfully completed, trainees will be offered an ongoing teaching position in the school where they have trained.
Trainees may also be eligible for the retention incentive if they continue to be employed at the appointing school two years after the completion of their teacher education course.
Other Resources
Policy and Guidelines
- Selection Process – Career Change Program (updated 25 July 2011)
- Program Conditions – Career Change Program (updated 25 July 2011)
- Proposed timeline for 2012 intake - Career Change Program (PDF - 69Kb) (updated 25 July 2011)
- Priority Schools (PDF - 114Kb) (updated 8 September 2010)
- Rural Schools (PDF - 215Kb) (updated 8 September 2010)
- Provincial Schools (PDF - 114Kb) (updated 8 September 2010)
- Outer metro growth Schools (PDF - 146Kb) (updated 8 September 2010)
Related Topics
Contact
Schools Recruitment Unit
Phone 1800 641 943 selecting option 1 when prompted
Email schools.recruitment@edumail.vic.gov.au
Subject correspondence clearly marked Career Change Program