A BIG hi to all mummies in Australia.
Hi Hentang,
Congrats on the arrival of ur No.2. Don't be too stress to bf, stress will make things worse. I always admire those mummies out there who really hv the determination to bf their children long term.
Hi Andrea,
Ur r living in Canningvale? I will b moving there in Jan (my bro-in-law's hse), has enrolled my gal in Kiddy for Feb intake as well (school name is something like Campbell...)Is it the same as ur boy?
Hi Mesh and Andrea and those interested to teach in WA,
I found out some info abt teaching in WA. Intended to teach there initially, b4 I know I was preggy with No.3 due in Mar next yr. Postpone the idea cos need to take care of 3 kids for the time being. Agree with Andrea that it is not as easy as in sgp, i think the license has to b renewed yearly with a fee. More info on teaching is as below (a reply from the Dept of Education):
All teachers employed in schools in Western Australia must have at least four years full time tertiary training with at least one of those years being teacher training. You will need to have your current qualifications assessed by the Western Australian College of Teaching (WACOT). You will also be required to register as a teacher with WACOT. You can download the forms and find further details at
www.wacot.wa.edu.au.
After successfully gaining WACOT registration, you may submit an application for a Teaching ID number with the Department. You can download the forms at
www.det.wa.edu.au/education/teaching by selecting 'Employment' and 'What to Submit'. After submitting your application, you may be required to go through additional recruitment and selection processes, including an interview and presentation. You will be advised of this throughout the process. You can supply us initially with a certified copy of your WACOT receipt.
To teach in government schools in WA as an overseas trained teacher you will need to complete the Entry and Orientation Program. The first component is a 3 day workshop on the curriculum and current issues in education, such as Aboriginal Education and Behaviour management.
There are two options for the second component; one is to complete a 10 day supervised practicum in a school and gain a satisfactory appraisal (this is unpaid), the other is to begin relief teaching and gain a satisfactory appraisal after 10 days teaching (at least 5 days must be completed in the same school). Which option you take is ultimately decided by myself and my line manager, dependent on your teaching experience, area of study, qualifications and the length of time since you last taught. Once a satisfactory appraisal is received you can begin to teach on a restricted licence pending the final component of the entry and orientation process.
The final component is to complete a group interview, where you present a lesson plan and discuss pre-seen questions with an assessor.
At the moment there is up to 8 weeks processing time for applications, so you will need to send in your application to us with that wait in mind. The application form for employment with the Education Department can be printed out from the web:
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/teaching
You can submit your application form to us before you arrive in Perth.
After receiving your ID number, you will be eligible to apply for employment. Please refer to our website at
www.det.wa.edu.au/teaching for information on career opportunities, how to seek employment and the current teaching areas of need. Certain positions can be found advertised on our website - specifically urgent placements and Local Selection positions. All others are filled by our online placement request system at
http://tesweb.det.wa.edu.au. You will only be able to enter your online placement request form once you have a Department ID number.
Curriculum information can be found at
www.curriculum.edu.au,
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ and
www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/progress maps/index.htm
If you have a look at the website below you can view all of the Districts and the schools that are located in each one. This is a really good way of seeing where you are prepared to teach. There is a link at the top to a map of the Districts in the State. The map is located at the following
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/districts/index.htm The Department has divided the state into 14 different districts.
Hi Ozziemummie,
Need to thank u for ur offer to share ur experiences with me. I will PM u to discuss more, Hope that i m not bugging u too much since u r hvg ur holdiay visit here.
You might want to view the schools at the following address
http://centoff-wdw1.det.wa.edu.au/schoolprofile/home.do . This link should allow you to look at all of the different schools in the state.
There are three main avenues for gaining employment as a teacher with the Department of Education and Training WA. The first is through the Central Placement System. Around 80% of positions are allocated this way and involves you submitting an online Placement Request Form at
http://tesweb.det.wa.edu.au, indicating the teaching areas that you are willing to work in and the locations that you would be willing to teach in. From the data you submit, you may be matched to a vacancy that arises. Making yourself widely available throughout the state will increase your chances of gaining a position and your best opportunities for employment lie outside the metropolitan area.
The second way to gain a position is through Local Selection. These merit-based positions are advertised at
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/jobs.asp and are updated daily. You will need to address selection criteria and the position is at one school only. You will still need to have an ID number and be registered with the Western Australian College of Teaching to be eligible for these placements. The Remote Teaching Service operates on this model whereby all applicants are recruited through a separate process and then if successful, inducted separately also, due to the completely unique nature of the positions and working environment.
The third way is through relief teaching, whereby you apply directly to the schools in the vicinity of your residence. You should submit a brief CV, outlining your qualifications, experience and availability. You will still need to have an ID number and be registered with the Western Australian College of Teaching to be eligible.
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