In addition to its normal teacher recruitment processes, each year the Department of Education, Tasmania offers quality teaching graduates the opportunity to gain permanent employment as a teacher in the Tasmanian public education system through the Graduate Recruitment Program (Teachers).
Pre-service teachers must be currently enrolled in the final year of a Bachelor of Teaching, a Bachelor of Education or equivalent. All are encouraged to apply for the Graduate Recruitment Program (Teachers).
Successful applicants will be chosen on the basis of outstanding academic results and/or outstanding performance during professional experience, particularly during their final year internship.
(September 2008)
Upon graduation, successful applicants will be placed in a graduate recruit teaching vacancy with the Department of Education. Subject to completing a successful probationary year, they will be confirmed as permanent employees.
Graduate recruits will be paid one salary level above that normally paid to similarly qualified graduate in their first year of employment. They will remain one salary level above similarly qualified and experienced teachers until they reach the top of the base-grade teacher salary scale.
This benefit is in addition to any other payment or incentive that may be normally available to permanent teachers in the Department. Successful applicants may also qualify for relocation expenses.
This program targets vacancies in rural and remote areas but may also include urban schools that would not be filled by general advertisement or through transfer of permanent staff.
(September 2008)
When vacancies are advertised, applications for the Graduate Recruitment Program (Teachers) must be made on the Graduate Recruitment Program (Teachers) Application Form [Word 90KB]. Applicants must nominate their preferences for graduate recruit vacancies, including preferred Learning Services and schools, on the Application Form. When applying for multiple vacancies, it is useful if they are listed in order of preference.
Information regarding current vacancies is available at: http://www.education.tas.gov.au/dept/employment/teachers/gradrecruitment/gradrecruitpositions
Electronic submission of applications by email to recruitment@education.tas.gov.au is preferred, or they can be posted to Human Resources Management Branch, G.P.O. Box 169, Hobart, 7001 or faxed to (03) 6233 0566.
(September 2008)
Graduate recruits will be selected by the Department of Education on the basis of merit and the relative suitability of applicants to meet identified teacher staffing needs throughout the State.
Vacancies will be advertised on the Department's web site and graduates will be invited to apply on the application form. Selection will be made on the basis of academic results, faculty referees, internship reports and interview. Selection panels may include representatives from a variety of areas within the State's education system.
Graduates who make multiple applications will be ranked in the selection process and will be offered the most suitable vacancy taking into account their preference. Applicants are urged to only apply for a particular vacancy if they are keen to accept that placement.
It is intended to finalise the majority of vacancies by November each year, however other vacancies may be identified later in the year and subsequently filled through the same selection process.
All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection process. Graduates are also able to apply for specific permanent base-grade teaching vacancies when they are advertised through the Tasmanian State Service Notices (Gazette) and major newspapers in October each year.
For further information or assistance in relation to the Graduate Recruitment Program (Teachers), please contact, Human Resources Management Branch on (03) 6233 9515 or via e-mail Meredith.Phillips@education.tas.gov.au.
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