Selina Smith

Sounds great SOJ, fingers crossed for you!! Xx

Wow!! Good luck @SOJ let us know how you get on!! X

Not yet Kirsty! 7 weeks and counting!! How have you settled? X

Hi, it took 5 months from sending my EOI off x

Hi, My 189 visa was granted in December 2015 and we will be leaving the UK at the end of August- myself, husband and two children. This is definately a permanent move for us with Australian citizenship all part of the plan. However I would like my children to have options of where they would like to settle in the future and this is a big reason why I voted for the UK to remain in Europe. As as both of my parents are Irish, I have the option of applying for an Irish passport and will then apply for my children to have citizenship of Ireland by descent. During the 189 proccess I did sign forms to say I was only a British Citizen and did not hold a passport for any other country, if I apply for my Irish passport now will this cause problems for my 189? Will I need to fill in a change of circumstance form? Will this affect my application for citizenship of Australia in any way? Thank you, Selina

Do you have a degree? If so you could think about doing a one year PGCE course to go into teaching. You don't need post qualification experience to pass the skills assessment. I completely changed careers to be able to migrate to Australia so our life for the past 5 years has been about making the move and now we have our visa and fly out in August :-) My degree was in animal science but I was accepted onto an Early Years PGCE after volunteering in a local primary school. If you really want it you can do it! Good luck x

I had a teacher friend who is living in Australia to certify mine. Luckily she was in the UK visiting family at the time and TRBWA were happy with all the documents I sent. X

I'll be arriving on the 1st September and will be living in Perth. Really hoping I can get some job leads before I head out. Any tips on how to set out a CV and cover letter? I have no idea what Australian companies are looking for as over here it's always been an application form not a CV X Thanks again for the help, it's great to speak to someone with experience x

Thanks for your reply Roxyroo, it's good to know you aren't as stressed! You say you would love to be in a school do you know if there is much difference between working in a school compared to daycare (other than the holidays). Do you have any good links to the Early Learning framework? The EYFS development matters statements are like the bible over here, is there anything similar that you use when it comes to your planning or assessments? I don't want to bombard you with too many questions!! Thanks again, Selina

Thank you for clarifying Sammy1, I do have teacher registration for WA and working in a school would be my preference but it looks like the majority of jobs are for daycare which is why I've gone for an ACECQA assessment too. Lilies, I'm not even sure if the course in Perth would satisfy AITSL requirements, you have to be assessed by them to be able to apply for your visa. Get in touch with them and see if they can offer any advice. Maybe look into a business/private school sponsorship? While I have been looking at jobs a few of them have said in the advert sponsorship is possible. Not sure for primary teaching but if you go to seek.com.au you might see something come up. There are lots of issues with a 457 visa though so make sure you do your research to see if this could be an option. Congratulations Elizawho77 and good luck with the process. Keep us updated with how you are getting on X

Wow SOJ you have been busy and I'm glad all of the assessments worked out :-) fingers crossed for a quick (and positive) decision from ACECQA for me!! Have you looked into what you need for SA teacher registration, is it difficult? X

SOJ that is fantastic news! It was hard work but you got there in the end!!! I've sent all my things off to ACECQA last week, because of my volunteering I now have over 80 days experience with 0-2 but they still messaged overnight to ask if I had 0-2 experience as part of my qualification (which I don't). So AITSL have said I'm a teacher, TRBWA have assessed me as a teacher but it's not looking likely that ACECQA will :-( Also trying to work out if I need ACECQA assessment to work in schools or if it's just for daycare???? We have our flights booked for the end of August so was really hoping to start getting my CV sent off soon so I have some job leads for when I arrive (how to set out my CV is a whole other issue). xxx

Hi, Just wanted to connect with any Early Childhood Teachers who are living and working in Australia. Would love to have a chat about the differences and similarities between the UK and Oz EY curriculum and how you find your working life over there compared to the UK. Thanks, Selina xx

Wow £20 is cheap. I got a solicitor to certify my AITSL skills assessment and at first was quoted £5 per page (this seemed to be the going rate as I called a few places up) but managed to negotiate it down to £50 for 18ish pages. Good luck with the job! Have you applied from the UK? X

Need some advice..... For those of you that have had qualifications assessed my ACECQA who certified your documents? I can't find any info on who they think is acceptable. Thank you x

Congratulations! One more box ticked!! X

Hahaha I have never forgotten the pain of childbirth!!! But we did book with China Southern so it's all go from here on in. Thank you for all of your replies. @Bound4Tassie just a warning that if you want the extra migrant baggage allowance you need to organise this through the airline by phone and pay for your ticket then. We booked online when their offices weren't open and so far they have said we can't get the extra allowance :-( xx

Our family will be moving to Perth in August and we are now looking at booking our flights. China Southern has come up the cheapest by a fair amount (over £500). It's a 24 hour flight with a 4hr 55min stop over in Guangzhou airport. We will have our 5 year old and 1 year old travelling with us. I've done a bit of googling and it seems the airline itself has really good reviews but Guangzhou airport sounds a bit dire!!! At at the moment the pro's are outweighing the cons........ 1. A £500 saving on the flight.... Thinking that's a good amount towards a rental bond. 2. Short-ish flight time (compared to some of the 30hrs+ that keep popping up). 3. Nighttime flight so hopefully the children will sleep the majority of the 13 hr first leg. 4. Large economy baggage allowance plus extra for migrants (we aren't really shipping anything so we could possibly fit our whole lives into this allowance). We gave Royal-Brunei a go a few years ago and were pleasantly surprised so are happy to try another airline that's not one of the major players. The whole you get what you pay for comes to mind but a £500 difference is a lot of money to us. Does anyone have any recent experience with China Southern that they wouldn't mind sharing with us? I have noticed that flight prices are going up fast so want to book ASAP and then we will have our target date so we can start getting organised!!!! Thank you xxxx

When you say she is a qualified dancer does she have a degree? If she does she could maybe go into teaching and do a PGCE in the UK, this is a one year course. Once you are a qualified teacher your skills assessment is based on qualifications and you don't need to have any post qualification experience to apply x

I found farm work really easily in Queensland, this was 7 years ago though!! We landed in Cairns and stayed there for a while then got a bus to innisfail where we got work on a banana farm within a couple of hours of us getting there. We also found work on an Avocado farm in Childers which is a bit further down the East Coast. There always seemed to be work in Tully and Bundaberg. I'd definately recommend getting the farm work out of the way if you want your second year x

I waited for CO to request them as we wanted to give ourselves as much time as possible to make the move or validate. You must enter Australia 12 months from the date of your police check or medical (whichever is the earliest) x

Colour scans are accepted and do not need to be certified xx

Here's the link to the thread I was talking about....... http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/education/241536-aside-bachelor-degree-do-i-need-pgce-also-become-preschool-teacher-qld.html

I've had a quick google about the Early Years ITT as someone else has asked a similar question this weekend on another thread. As far as I can see it is similar to the GTP/schools direct scheme which AITSL will not recognise, it is such a new course that I can't find much info so sorry if I'm wrong!! I know the other person had called AITSL and asked about the Early Years ITT but AITSL used their usual response of 'we cannot suggest courses to get a positive assessment' I'll try and paste the link to the other thread. Have you thought about doing a masters in Early Years? Think that would count towards the 4 years of Uni education and Australia are leaning more towards teachers needing masters level education over the next few years (or so I've heard) xx

Hi Carly, I don't know what to advise really, I have had a positive assessment with AITSL with my PGCE but ACECQA are a whole different kettle of fish that I am struggling with because of this whole 0-2 experience!! I'm currently volunteering at my daughters nursery in their 0-2 rooms but have a feeling even this won't be enough as ACECQA have told me I also need theory in 0-2 (which the PGCE didn't offer) as well as practical. I've been told my experience needs to be 'substantial' whatever that means!! I have never heard of the Early Years ITT course but have had a quick google about it. If you are going to be applying for your 189 visa as the main applicant I would be wary of going down this route as I know people that have gone through a similar schools direct programme have not had their qualifications recognised by AITSL. So the Early Years ITT may help you get ACECQA registration but may not be recognised by AITSL so you're in a bit of a catch 22!!! AITSL are only looking for teacher training in age 3-8 which the PGCE will cover. Hope that makes sense and helps a little xx