charl92j Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 In the early stages of researching a move to Oz, particularly Queensland, as I already have close relatives living there. I wondered if any primary school teachers could advise me on the route that they took. I am aware that Primary School Teachers are not currently on the Skills List in Queensland, therefore making the 189 and 190 visa application a no no. And I have read that a minimum of 4 years of university study is required to register in Queensland. I have studied a BA in Primary Education, which only took three years. Has anyone been in this situation? If so, what did you do? Thanks Charlotte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy1 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 You will need four years of university education to be eligible to teach in Australia. The first thing you will need is to do more study. Queensland has a huge surplus of primary school teachers, but is recruiting nationwide right now for primary teachers to work in unpopular/hard to fill remote locations. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charl92j Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 You will need four years of university education to be eligible to teach in Australia. The first thing you will need is to do more study. Queensland has a huge surplus of primary school teachers, but is recruiting nationwide right now for primary teachers to work in unpopular/hard to fill remote locations.Thank you for you reply. Looks like I'm going back to uni then! Great! Thanks again. Sent from my iPhone using PomsinOz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkm10 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Hi, i'm a primary school teacher moving to QLD in a few days. I'm aware that it's hard to get jobs so i'm going to be doing relief teaching and hopefully that will lead to a contract, if you're determined to come out and don't want to move to remote areas then I guess relief teaching is the way forward. The previous poster is correct you do need 4 years uni education - maybe you could do a masters? I don't know if you would consider going out to Australia and studying over there for another year but that could be another option. In terms of visas since you can't get a PR visa you might want to look at working holiday or sponsorship visas. Good luck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshie Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Hi, I am a qualified teacher here in Brisbane, made the move 6 years ago. You do indeed need 4 years uni education in order to teach here. Also make sure you have all your university transcripts, as you will need these along with your degree certificate to certify your qualifications to teach here. All in all it probably took me 4 months to get all the paper work together before they would even consider me to be registered here. Relief is a good way into teaching here, in fact after 6 years I am going back to doing relief in one specific school as I love the flexibility of work. Good luck with it all, it certainly is different teaching over here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherSkel Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Apologies for jumping on this thread... We’re at the early stages of thinking about a move. I’ve got a BA in Early Years Education with QTS. It was only a 3 year course but I’m half way through my MA in Early Childhood Education (it’s a 2 year course). I see that pre-Primary teachers are on the list so do you think my BA + MA would be enough? I’m in my 7th year of teaching Early Years. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie123 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hi there also in a similar boat however I have a BAHons in English and a PGCE primary currently doing my SEN masters I thought doing the SEN masters would enable me to apply for a PR visa as an SEN teacher but I’m unsure now? What sort of visas did you lot get in on? I’m coming over in August to visit my brothers one who has PR the other who is emigrating in a few days. I’m not sure where to start visa wise any help please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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