Send supporting documentation by post
Your application for employment as a teacher in NSW public schools must include your passport size photograph glued to the cover sheet, and the following documents. At least one of the documents must show your signature and your current address.
Original documents (Photocopies are not acceptable)
- Completed and signed Prohibited Employment Declaration and Consent to Employment Screening forms
- Two completed and signed Declaration by Referee Regarding Teacher Employment Application forms (one to be completed by each of two referees)
Referees are people who can attest to your good character and your suitability for working with children. Acceptable referees include, for example, workplace supervisors or community members. Referees must have known you for at least 12 months. Relatives are not acceptable referees.
You will receive these proformas as attachments in your Acknowledgement of Submitted Application email, which will be sent after you have submitted your online application for teaching.
Certified copy (A certified copy is a photocopy which has been declared by a Justice of the Peace, solicitor or Department of Education and Training officer to be an exact copy of the original)
- Two forms of proof of identity totalling 100 points (click here for list)
- Evidence of change of name where any of the documents you supply are in a name other than the one used for your application
- For students not born in Australia, evidence of Australian citizenship or permanent residence or visa permitting employment
- Academic transcripts of: completed degrees or other tertiary qualifications; or results to date for current degrees, or other tertiary qualifications (internet extracts can be accepted if certified by the university)
- Birth certificates for children where you are claiming credit for child rearing, if applicable.
Please ensure that these documents are forwarded to teach.NSW with the online cover sheet in the reply paid envelope or to GRP 2010, Locked Bag 3020, Blacktown NSW 2148, as soon as possible after you submit your application for employment as a teacher online. Processing of your application cannot proceed without these documents.
The closing date for applications for the DET’s Graduate Recruitment Program is 4 May 2009.
