Foolishbean Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Hey folks, hope some of you wonderful people can help me. My wife and i are looking at the 189 skilled individual visa, with her as the main applicant, as an Early Childhood (pre-Primary) Teacher. She currently works as an Early years teacher, with EYTS (early years teacher status). We've come to a bit of a hurdle, in so much as the Early Years post grad qualification she has (EYITT - Early Years initial teacher training) doesn't look like it's recognised in Oz, as the qualification doesn't include an academic transcript. She's got the certificate, she's got more than enough hours of supervised teaching, all documented from Warwick university, but there was no academic transcript issued. It's quite a new British qualification (2010) and was provided by a training provider, in partnership with warwick University (certificate and supervised teaching evidence provided by Warwick university) She has a 3 year degree in English (giving top points in English language section) A 3 year degree in Occupational Therapy And this 1 year part time EYITT qualification, too. From what we can see, that's plenty of years of further education (6 full time, 1 part time) but depending what is meant by... Quote at least one year full-time (or part-time equivalent) higher education (university) level study of Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher initial teacher education ...on AITSL, possibly not enough in Early Years teaching specifically? - does "part time equivalent" mean more years to be the equivalent of 1 year full time?? or is a part-time employment based qualification the "equivalent" of a full time course? We're trying to get Warwick university to provide written confirmation of her grades, courses and modules within the EYITT, but will that satisfy AITSL as a transcript? Not sure where to go from here, our hearts are set on Oz, we have family over there currently (Aunts, Uncles, Cousins), and more family heading there soon (wife's father and step-mum) and we're planning to sell up here, pool resources and live together with the in-laws in Brisbane. (Wife's step-mother is an Australian citizen, Dad is applying for a spouse visa) - we were planning on buying a house for all of us, and looking after the olds in Oz for the rest of their days. Has anyone had any success with AITSL on the EYITT qualification? Are there other routes available with it? Should we be looking at even more additional qualifications? Or sponsorship etc? Thanks in advance for any help, reassurance, or advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I would run this one past a good registered migration agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRC Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I had a successful skills assessment with AITSL as an early childhood teacher. I have a three year primary education degree (with QTS) and then one year PGCE in early years (with EYTS). They weren’t really interested in the QTS or EYTS only in the four years university level education and a minimum teaching practice. They also didn’t take into consideration my experience prior to attaining the fourth year of education (which was really frustrating) and I also had a letter from university confirming that wit was the equivalent of one year full time for the EYITT. I did have a transcript for both courses. South Australia Teacher Registration Board did at least care about all my experience and both courses though when having my qualifications assessed with them. Not sure whether this has helped?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRC Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, VERYSTORMY said: I would run this one past a good registered migration agent. As verystormy says I would also recommend getting in touch with a migration agent. We used SmithJones Migration Ltd and she has been open and honest throughout the process. She also gave a free consultation before committing to use her services and gave her opinion on whether she thought I had a strong chance of achieving a positive skills assessment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhand Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 If you get in touch via my website, I’m happy to take a look for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolishbean Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 Thanks for the advise folks, definitely think we'll have to start looking at Agents, we were hoping our situation would be simple enough to do it ourselves, but that seems optimistic. 15 hours ago, paulhand said: If you get in touch via my website, I’m happy to take a look for you. Thanks Paul appreciate it! What info will you need to take a look for us? I'll get the docs scanned and everything then pop it over to you to see what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausvisitor Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Foolishbean said: Thanks for the advise folks, definitely think we'll have to start looking at Agents, we were hoping our situation would be simple enough to do it ourselves, but that seems optimistic. Thanks Paul appreciate it! What info will you need to take a look for us? I'll get the docs scanned and everything then pop it over to you to see what you think. It's always worth a chat with an agent to work this out - might cost you a few dollars - but much cheaper than doing all the work and finding out you would never have qualified for some reason anyway After the initial discusion you can still opt to go it alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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