Strengthen your Pathway
The Teaching Futures Pathway is your opportunity to pursue a Master of Teaching or complete your final two years of a Bachelor of Education (Primary or Secondary) (full-time) while gaining hands-on, workplace-based learning experiences with support from local leading teachers and academics.
With strong support systems – including financial assistance, a Pathway Professional Learning Program, and collaboration in a professional learning community – this program is designed to develop the next generation of exceptional, innovative teachers.
By working closely with an experienced teacher-mentor, and lead teachers, you will grow as a confident, capable and connected professional and bridge the gap between the ‘graduate’ and ‘proficient’ teacher registration.
Your Teaching Journey
The Teaching Futures Pathway provides your entry into teaching by partnering with schools, allowing you to work in a paid role while you learn. You will combine teaching theory with real-world classroom experience in a supportive school environment, accelerating your growth to becoming an exceptional teacher.
When you join us as a Professional Associate, you will study a Master of Teaching (Primary or Secondary) or the final two years of a Bachelor of Education degree (Primary or Secondary) at a South Australian initial teacher education (ITE) provider* while working in a paid role at a partnering school from day one.
Throughout the program, you will participate in a Pathway Professional Learning Program. This program prepares you to become a future leader through hands-on learning at your school, where you will be an active participant, not just a learner.
The Teaching Futures pathway is designed to prepare you to thrive in complex school environments. You’ll be supported in face-to-face Learning Labs and via online modules to develop skills in areas such as:
- maintaining your own well-being
- culturally informed and responsive pedagogies
- integrating digital technologies
- designing positive and effective classroom environments
You will work within a professional learning community to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based teaching strategies.
This vibrant community of practice will foster collaboration, shared expertise, and ongoing professional growth and create space for Associates to reflect, design, experiment, and problem-solve alongside peers, mentors, local pathway leaders and academics.
Associates will benefit from working in geographically clustered school sites, to further support local learning with peers and lead teachers.
By working together across diverse school settings, Associates develop adaptive, evidence-informed teaching practices aligned with real-world classroom needs. This collaborative model accelerates learning, reduces isolation, and builds a strong foundation for long-term impact in schools.
Your progress through the Teaching Futures Pathway
Master of Teaching
- Year 1: Start in a 0.3* FTE Support Role
- Year 2, Semester 1: Work under a Special Authority to Teach (SAT) at 0.5* FTE
- Year 2, Semester 2: Become a Provisionally Registered Teacher, employed at 1.0 FTE with a 0.8 FTE teaching load
- Program Completion: Qualify as a proficient, fully registered teacher
Bachelor of Education/Teaching
- Year 3: Start in a 0.3* FTE Support Role
- Year 4, Semester 1: Work under a Special Authority to Teach (SAT) at 0.5* FTE
- Year 4, Semester 2: Become a Provisionally Registered Teacher, employed at 1.0 FTE with a 0.8 FTE teaching load
- Program Completion: Qualify as a proficient, fully registered teacher
Eligibility Requirements
Before you apply, check below to see if you meet the elegibility requirements.
For further information on requirements such as LANTITE, Working With Children Check, Employable Ancillary Register and Responding to Harm, Abuse and Neglect – Education and Care, click here.
Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen or permanent resident
Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect
Completed, or are able to complete Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect – Education and Care (RRHAN-EC) Masterclass training
Working With Children Check
You hold, or are eligible to hold, a valid Department of Human Services (DHS) Working With Children Check (WWCC)
Available Transport
You are able to ensure that you are able to attend the stipulated school site during the agreed hours of work
Willing to Accept Employment
You are willing to accept employment in a school support role in a South Australian TFP Cluster school at 0.3FTE* per school week in Terms 1 to 4 of the 2026 school year (Year 1 of the TFP program). Please note that employment arrangements may differ across different school sites.
Cluster Schools
You acknowledge that your placements for your Initial Teacher Education program will be undertaken in a TFP Cluster school where possible
Willing to Obtain Special Authority to Teach
You are willing to accept a Special Authority to Teach*
*The granting of a Special Authority to Teach (SAT) is subject to approval by the South Australian Teachers Registration Board
A Graduate with a Completed Degree, Eligible to Pursue a Master of Education or currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Education with two years of study remaining
You are eligible to enrol or have been accepted into a Master of Teaching (Primary or Secondary) beginning in 2026 on a full-time basis or are currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Education on a full-time basis with two years of study remaining. If you are unsure of the eligibility criteria to enrol in a Masters of Teaching, please refer to Adelaide University's Master of Teaching (Primary), Master of Teaching (Secondary), Flinders University's Master of Teaching (Primary), Master of Teaching (Secondary) or Tabor College's Master of Teaching (Primary), Master of Teaching (Secondary)