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Check Your Eligibility

Citizenship

Are you an Australian citizen or permanent resident?

Education

Do you hold a Bachelor degree from an Australian university in a discipline other than teaching?

Employment

Are you able to accept employment in a support role in a South Australian (likely Northern suburb) school at 0.3FTE per school week in Terms 1 to 4 of the 2025 school year?

Do you understand that your placements for your Initial Teacher Education program will likely be undertaken in the same or similar school as the support role?

Are you willing to accept a Special Authority to Teach (0.5 FTE) if approved for the first half of 2026?

Are you willing to accept a role as a provisionally registered teacher for the second half of 2026 and the first half of 2027?

Are able to ensure that you are able to attend a stipulated school site during the agreed hours of work?

Statutory Requirements

Do you hold a valid Department of Human Services (DHS) Working With Children Check (WWCC)Find out more about the WWCC and its requirements at https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/rights-and-law/rights-and-responsibilities/screening-checks/screening-wwcc?

Have you completed appropriate Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education and Care (RRHAN-EC)Find out more about the RRHAN-EC, its requirements and course details at https://www.education.sa.gov.au/working-us/rrhan-ec/rrhan-ec-mandatory-notification-training-list-courses training?

Do you have an approved Authority to Teach or WorkFind out more about how Authority to Teach or Work letters operate at https://www.education.sa.gov.au/working-us/careers-education/teachers-and-school-and-preschool-leaders/authority-teach-or-work-letter from the Department for Education South Australia (DfESA)?