AusDream

Hello !

I am a Secondary School Teacher from Germany and luckily my profession is on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. I would reach the 65 points and I would be eligible. As far as I know 65 points will not be enough. What were the points Seconday School Teachers needed to secure the visa ? 80, 85 points or even higher ?

Is there a website publishing the score needed ?

I would greatly appreciate it !

On 31/03/2020 at 01:29, Marisawright said:

@AusDream, the bigger issue is that you haven't graduated yet.  To get a visa to live permanently in Australia, you must have both the qualifications AND experience required.  

Assuming you are under 30, your best option would be to apply for a Working Holiday Visa (417), which would allow you to work in Australia for a year.   That visa is very easy to get.  It is normally granted within a few days or weeks, (although you will have to wait until the coronavirus emergency is over, which will be next year sometime).  

If you want to work as a teacher while you are on your WHV, you will need to be registered first.  Each state has different registration requirements, so your first step is to check those requirements, and see if you are eligible.  

Hey,

thank you all for your kind responses and especially you Marisa. I already did the WHV in Australia and that was also the time I fell in love with the country and everything.

You said it: To get a job teaching English is quite unrealistic. Is it possible to teach just one subject ? In my case it would be Physical Education. Or is it basically impossible and it´s always two subjects being taught ?

Greetings and thanks so much so far !!

Hey there !

I will soon graduate from university as a Secondary School Teacher here in Germany. I am very eager to pursue my career in Australia and luckily this profession is on the Medium and Long-term strategic skills list. Here in Germany I studied Physical Education and English. That gives me a good chance to pass the IELTS language test. Even though my English is very good, teaching English as a non-native speaker to native speakers seems not a very good idea somehow. I can of course teach English here in Germany to non-native speakers, but teaching the language in Australia doesn´t convince me so much and naturally native speakers are still an edge better.

So is it possible to teach just Physical Education or is a second subject always obligatory ? From what I read its always two subjects being taught.

Another possibility would be to teach German. But I don´t think the demand in public schools as a Secondary School Teacher to teach German is so high in Australia. And I am a natve speaker, but I don´t have a degree in teaching German and I didn´t studied it in Germany.

Do you think I should give it a try or just let go ?

Stay safe everyone and thanks for any opinions or advice