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Become a Teacher

Become a Teacher at TAFE

Don’t have a TAE qualification but have at least three to five years’ industry experience and are interested in becoming a TAFE NSW Teacher and inspiring the next generation of students and helping your industry thrive?  

TAFE NSW is currently offering skilled and qualified industry experts the opportunity to gain the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TAE40122 (TAE) qualification and become a TAFE NSW Teacher via 3 potential pathways:

 

 

 

Paid to Learn 

Fast track becoming a TAFE NSW Teacher via our 14-week Paid to Learn program.

This annual recruitment program offers limited places in specific teaching areas where you will be paid to undertake the TAE and post successful course completion, be offered a role as a TAFE NSW Teacher!     

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Studying the TAE 

The Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40122) course is available to study via a number of different delivery options and can take up to 18 months to complete. 

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Previous Military Service

The TAFE NSW Ranks to Recognition Program can help bring your previous Military Service experience into the classroom.

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A career of life-changing impact 

Tanya's Story: Transforming her world. 

Life-changing impact starts with an incredible team who see their career as an opportunity to transform someone’s world, just like Teacher Allan Clarke and the team at Mount Druitt Commercial Cookery and Hospitality did for Tanya.

Your Benefits

  • Share your knowledge and skills to develop the future workforce
  • Enjoy a career change
  • Benefit from a good salary
  • Excellent conditions and work / life balance
  • Take pride in student achievements and outcomes
  • Varied educational career path

Your Role

  • Teach students face-to-face in classrooms and online
  • Support students 1:1
  • Issue, mark and provide feedback on assessments
  • Student administration, including marking rolls and recording results
  • Maintain relationships with local industry and employers
  • Stay current with industry practice

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Not You?

Thank you for your interest in a career of life changing impact with TAFE NSW.

TAFE NSW would like to pay our respects and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land, rivers, and sea. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Elders, past, present, and emerging, of all nations.