Completing your online application
Before you start your application have all your documentation (e.g. identification, visas, etc) ready to use.
- Please use an appropriate password and not something that will demean you and your application.
- You must save your application at the top of every page into which you have entered data; if you move forward without saving that data will be lost.
- Do not use the BACK button. On the left hand side of the screen is a facility to navigate through the pages of your application.
- Do not create multiple applications. Once you start your application you don’t have to finish it all at once. You can come back and finish it at a later date, until you hit the submit button, by retrieving your application using your application ID and password. You can still amend parts of your application even after you have submitted it.
- Do not use full capitals throughout your online application.
- Ensure that you select the correct recruitment program as choosing the wrong program initiative will delay the processing of your application:
- Accelerated Teacher Training is for Department sponsored ATTs only. Self funded ATTs must select GRP
- Scholarship Program is for holders of Department sponsored teacher education scholarships and Enhanced Teacher Training Program scholarships
- Graduate Recruitment Program - all other applicants should select this option.
- Accelerated Teacher Training is for Department sponsored ATTs only. Self funded ATTs must select GRP
- Make sure you select your correct title.
- You must apply using your legal name. You may enter your preferred name in another field.
- Previous names - you must include all previous names and aliases used.
- It is essential that you keep your contact details up to date at all times as they are used by the Department when offering employment. For “postal address” you may wish to enter the details of your parents if they are unlikely to move, and who would be able to contact you if we can’t. You can update your contact details anytime after you have submitted your application by retrieving your application using your application ID and password.
- The mobile phone number and email address you provide will be our primary method of communication with you. Please ensure that your email inbox is not full and check it regularly.
- Current Academic Studies – you should enter the studies you are completing in Semester 1 and, if applicable, Semester 2 this year. If you have completed a degree and are currently completing teacher training, enter your teacher training here and enter your completed degree under the question related to Completed Academic Studies.
- Employment Availability – this date is very important as it determines the positions for which you may be considered. If you are going to be available for permanent employment from the beginning of the 2010 school year, enter this date as 01/01/2010. Mid year graduates who are available for a semester two, 2009 appointment should enter 01/07/2009.
- If you are going to be taking time out before you start your permanent teaching career it is recommended that you continue the application process and enter the date you intend to be available in the future or make your employment application inactive by emailing teach.NSW at grp@det.nsw.edu.au. Once you have a teaching approval an inactive application does not preclude you from working as a casual teacher, nor does it affect your priority date for permanent employment.
- Preference List – If you select “anywhere in the State” you will be considered for employment in every school in the whole State, appropriate to your qualifications. If you select a whole school staffing area you will be considered for every school in that staffing area appropriate to your qualifications.
- You will maximise your opportunities for employment if you select “anywhere in the State”. However, your preference list should only include school staffing areas or schools in which you would like to be considered for appointment.
- Declaration by applicant – Please read this section carefully and ensure that you have provided accurate and honest responses to each item. The Department undertakes employment screening checks including a criminal record check on all applicants, with any criminal matters revealed by this check considered on a case by case basis.
