Scholarships for current teachers and new graduates

See the targeted initiative to attract more teachers page.

Some teaching jobs for new graduates include a cash payment as part of the employment offer. This is called the 'new graduate incentive'.

New graduate incentive jobs are usually advertised between August and December to start work the following school year.

Jobs are advertised in our recruitment system. Use the advanced search and choose the 'New Graduate Incentive' job classification filter.

Eligibility

You must meet the usual requirements to be a teacher and agree to:

• start working on the date in the incentive agreement
• work in a Victorian government school for two years or more from the date you start.

The full requirements will be included in the job advertisement.

If you don't work in a government school for two years from your start date, you may need to repay the money.

For more information email: scholarship@edumail.vic.gov.au

The Masters of the Inclusive Education Scholarships initiative provides postgraduate scholarships for Victorian government school teachers and regional support staff.

Successful applicants will complete a Masters of Education course, specialising in either:

• inclusive and special education
• applied behaviour analysis.

The next round opens Monday 23 March, and closes Monday 20 April 2020.

Find out more about the Masters of Inclusive Education Scholarship.

The New Graduate Incentive program is currently unavailable. See targeted initiative to attract more teachers for information about support to attract teachers to fill hard-to-staff positions

You can apply for incentives if your school is having difficulty attracting high quality graduate teachers.

The incentives are designed to be given to graduates as part of an ongoing employment offer.

Eligibility

You can apply if your school:

• is one of the schools listed below, or has a position in a difficult to recruit curriculum area
• has a vacant ongoing position
• can demonstrate the position is hard to staff.

Difficult to recruit curriculum areas are:

• English
• information technology/computer science
• languages other than English
• mathematics
• science
• special education/integration.

Eligible schools have been chosen according to recruitment information in the teacher census. They are:

• Eligible schools - North Eastern Victoria (pdf - 151.58kb)
• Eligible schools - South Eastern Victoria (pdf - 160.63kb)
• Eligible schools - North Western Victoria (pdf - 183.32kb)
• Eligible schools - South Western Victoria (pdf - 171.12kb)

Funding

Three incentive types are available:

• Category 1: Priority and rural schools - Incentive valued at up to $11,000.
• Category 2: Provincial and outer metro growth schools - Incentive valued at up to $7,000.
• Category 3: All other schools with a hard-to-staff teaching vacancy - Incentive valued at up to $4,000.

Graduates who receive the incentive must enter into an agreement to work for a minimum amount of time.

Apply

Read the guidelines before applying. Then complete the application form:

• New graduate incentive application form (pdf - 154.3kb)
• New graduate incentive application form (docx - 412.12kb)

Applications should be addressed to:

New Graduate Incentive Program
Teacher Professional Practice Unit
GPO Box 4367
Melbourne VIC 3001

Or email: scholarship@edumail.vic.gov.au

Get advice

For more information, email: scholarship@edumail.vic.gov.au

There are 150 places available to complete a Graduate Certificate in Career Education. The study grant will provide up to $6,550 to applicants - which covers all of the costs with most providers. The school will also receive up to two days CRT per study grant recipient to support their involvement in coursework.

Applications have been extended to 25 October 2019. To apply, complete the Career Education Study Grants form and email responses to youth.transitions@edumail.vic.gov.au, by 5:00pm, Friday 25 October 2019.