benj1980

My advice here is 8 years old. But it requires the following: Age range taught Subject Amount of days teaching practice It also stated that my SCITT was an associated institution of the university

Did you seek communication with the Head Registrar Rob? I know I am not the only person who came over via the SCITT route.

I requested a transcript and the request went to the Head Registrar. It was on letterheaded paper but i'd suggest it looked like it was created in Excel. The University in a reply to me stated that they had received quite a few of these requests and were looking at ways to work with the SCITT going forward. The University was confident that the SCITT was ensuring that what was on this piece of paper was being completed to the full. I tried without this transcript previously and it was rejected.

In WA they don't post you rural that was phased out about 10 years ago and that was more for new graduates. You can of course choose to go rural and there is potentially more jobs that way. Maths is also not the only shortage subject, schools are keen to listen to English, Science, Maths and Technologies at the moment. HASS not so much but there is some vacancies. There's always an abundance of Phys Ed teachers so a second subject is important. In my experience, currently involved in recruitment of teachers in WA.

That is the million dollar question! But you've made some progress at least and that's a good feeling. What I can tell you is that all states have a teacher shortage when you move outside major cities. It would appear the Federal Government are responding to this, so I am watching with interest. I do have limited contact with schools in other states but we have had a couple of teachers move interstate and they mentioned shortages as well. Hopefully it all goes your way and you'll be able to pick up a suitable role asap. What do you teach? Universities are picking up again, but you should avoid the increase in grad teachers in WA. Please note Phys Ed is competitive here, it is useful to have a minor subject (other than health studies).

Maybe if anyone else knows where it has gone they'll let you know! If they accepted 65 last time, you should be fine...

Congratulations on that, so that's a couple of the big hurdles out the way. @paulhand suggested 65 points at the moment gets you through to visa processing. Do you know the timeline currently for this? We used to have a 189 visa timeline spreadsheet going. When is the next round due? Get in there!

If your eldest is not looking at University then get over when you can. There's plenty of trade certificates on offer at schools and TAFE. GCSEs as have been mentioned have no currency here.

Hi Matt If you are moving over from the UK you need to embrace the new country. UK A-Levels do translate to Australian universities but they'd much prefer ATAR which is the 'equivalent' course. How would Mimi meet new friends, create memories, if she was doing distance learning at home to do A-Levels? I'm not even sure if it is possible, I've never heard of it. GCSEs mean nothing here, employers are interested in your Year 12 qualifications. These can be ATAR, General certificates similar to GCSE amongst others including trade type of certificates. You could explain what GCSEs are to an employer but if they're an old school Australian you may get an interesting response! The school year here is different to the UK so you would need to work out what year Mimi would be in. Ideally being here for Year 11 and 12 would be the ideal. Two years of senior school education would provide her with the Australian education platform to go to University or further education. It's hard to break from what you know and Mimi's age is an important consideration to a move. My children were all primary school age so it was different for me! However, it may be sacrifice that you have to make or decide you don't want to make in terms of disrupting her education. If she is University capable she could also complete a bridging course (they vary in length from a month to a year - online or face to face) and then start Uni. I had a student who submitted an essay and they accepted that he could write to university level. There's lots of options these days...

What a pain!

You'll find that all Universities will look at Australian qualifications on a case by case basis. It's not true that they'd simply look at A-Levels, in fact far from it. Universities actively recruit overseas students, whilst profitable they also fill up courses. I randomly selected Manchester University for a Business degree: Undergraduate International Entry Requirements | Alliance MBS (manchester.ac.uk)

AITSL took me out 8 weeks. No point booking anything else until you know your qualifications will be accepted.

They aren't fee paying students so I'd assume they are PR. Temporary residents pay school fees.

32 degrees here and we won the cricket so all good!

A Principal from Mt Gambier only called me this week, a family has moved to the area. Families have reasons to move in and out of these places. I think you very much need to do your own research and have your own plan for the property as has been suggested before. Only you know if the numbers will work in your favour.

Prices have skyrocketed for all airlines at the moment so we are waiting to see if things settle down. Nothing discounted yet. Still great to read these posts and so many aren't linked to the major incidents!

I'm with Rammygirl. I wouldn't dream of living in the middle of a major city. Everything you need can also be found in the smaller cities that surround the bigger populated areas. I can be in Perth within an hour if need be and that's close enough for me. I'm a keen sports fan and you'll see me regularly at Dockers, Western Force games which takes just over an hour but with free transport to the game. I live on the coast and have bush and countryside to the south of me including wineries. Schools, sport clubs, theatre, restaurants, cafes are all readily available, hospitals could always offer more I guess. Much like what Rammygirl is suggesting you can build a great life without being in the middle of a big city, cheaper to live but in my view without missing out.

I've read this thread with interest. I wonder if the stance has softened at all. We are receiving an increase in overseas diagnosis of autism and the students are receiving disability funding. So they're receiving funding, including accessing a specialist autism program and have a visa. I also know a couple of students in Ed Support with an overseas diagnosis. They've proudly told me they are from England!

Good luck with TRBWA. Secret Harbour would be more of a trek to be commuting regional, you'd be looking south Mandurah ideally so if you wanted to move there the 189 might be a better option.

189 was great for me but at a different time. The WA state sponsored scheme requires you to work regional. Regional starts from just over 1 hour from Perth if you know your areas. You can apply for permanent residency after 2 years I think. There's work here, so there's plenty of positives to the current offer. I'm in Mandurah and the schools are questioning whether we can utilise this scheme. That said you could definitely live in Mandurah and commute regional. I presume this is the case if you went north and east of Perth as well.

I do remember Singapore who I have flown with previously being on the same flight path. I think I was quite surprised at the time. Why? In hindsight I have no idea!

Guess what. I came over as a High School teacher after going through the SCITT pathway. To suggest AITSL simply rejects them is inaccurate, unless AITSL changed their policy after I was successful. When I completed my application there were others in the same position as me and they all managed to get their visas as well. @Rob Frain I'd suggest your qualification would be accepted by the registration bodies in different states. WA are currently offering sponsorship - exciting times.

Well that's where my head is that. It seems unreasonable to condemn an airline on that basis, however there's still that lingering worry! I have read great reviews recently concerning service and quality of the flights, adding to the people I have spoken to who have flown recently with them. As we are looking for a few days stopover I'll have a look at KL. We are considering Dubai and Singapore as well...

Crikey! Since I posted this, I have spoken to two different people who have flown with Malaysia Airlines since the reopening of flights. They were both very positive and suggested the planes were great, no complaints. A plane shot down by militia and a suicide pilot is/was my biggest concern. I'm unaware of any ongoing maintenance issues. Am I right in saying the only reason they haven't got a 7 star safety rating is the planes mentioned previously?

Well that's a result!