Your teaching career
Find out how teaching in NSW public schools can give you the greatest scope for career growth and development.
Are you considering a teaching career?
It's one of the most important decisions you will make in your life. Teaching may very well be the right career choice for you. Here are your first steps to a teaching career.- Why teach?
- Information for professionals and skilled workers seeking a career change into teaching
- Information for secondary students in NSW and ACT schools
- Information for students in Australian universities
Are you a trained teacher seeking approval to teach with us?
Whether you are an experienced teacher from interstate, overseas or another school system in NSW, or returning to teaching after a prolonged absence, you will find a rewarding teaching future in NSW public schools.- Teach with us
- Application process
- Information for new scheme teachers
- Personal suitability interview
Are you an approved teacher with us?
There are many ways to achieve your fullest career potential. Explore the different ways in which you can make a difference to the education of our children and young people.
- Casual and temporary teaching
- Casual teacher induction
- Maximise your employent and career development opportunities
- Permanent employment
- Information for newly appointed teachers
- Promotion and transfer
Are you an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander?
The NSW Department of Education and Communities is committed to increasing the number of Aboriginal teachers employed in NSW public schools.
- Join Our Mob
- Teaching: a most rewarding career
- Scholarships just for you
- Your pathways
- We did it - so can you
- Supporting you and your career
