Teacher Supply and Demand Initiatives
The following initiatives are available to assist principals attract, recruit and retain teaching staff.
- Teaching Scholarship Scheme: provides financial incentives to final year student teachers and new graduates to take up employment in schools with priority vacancies. The 2010 scholarship scheme is open and draft vacancies can be lodged on Recruitment Online.
- Career Change Program: enables non-teaching professionals to undertake teacher education while employed as supervised trainee teachers. Selection to 2010 Program vacancies to be completed by 11 November 2009.
- Maths and Science Graduate Scholarship: provides scholarships for graduates with mathematics or science studies to undertake teacher training. A number of scholarship recipients will be available to commence employment from the beginning of 2010. The scholarship benefit available on employment has been increased and recipients available for employment are also being invited to publish their availability to principals. Principals are encouraged to consider advertising vacancies to attract these new graduates.
- Special Education Scholarship: provides scholarships for the Department's teachers to complete endorsed special education qualifications. A limited number of scholarships are available under the 2010 Program. Applications for the 2010 scholarship intake close 27 November 2009.
- Student Teacher Practicum: provides student teachers with financial incentives to undertake placements in rural and outer metropolitan schools. Grants available to student teachers have been increased and the eligibility criteria expanded.
- Refresher Courses: provides teachers returning to the profession with an opportunity to catch up on the latest developments in education, including the most current school and classroom practices, curriculum and pedagogy. Refresher Courses continue to be offered throughout 2009
The following program is fully subscribed and no new applications for support currently being accepted. Schools with teachers completing studies through this program should ensure course invoices and results are forwarded in a timely manner.
- Rural Retraining Program: assisted the Department's teachers in rural schools to complete studies in curriculum areas where schools had difficulty in attracting and recruiting teachers.
Information for prospective teachers is available through the Department’s Teaching@DEECD web site (www.teaching.vic.gov.au)
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