Permanent employment
The Department employs more than 50,000 permanent school teachers. Each year many graduates join the ranks of our permanent workforce.
In 2009, the NSW Department of Education and Training and the NSW Teachers Federation signed a new staffing agreement.
This agreement maintains the Department’s responsibility to ensure that each class is taught by a qualified teacher, while also acknowledging that many school communities and principals want to take part in selecting the most appropriate teachers for their school.
The new agreement also maintains the Department’s commitment to make ‘priority placements’ - appointments for teachers whose positions have been abolished due to changes in school enrolments or curriculum, teachers who have served in remote locations or who have genuine compassionate reasons to move, teachers returning to work and teachers appointed through targeted recruitment programs, including high achieving new graduates.
Through the Graduate Recruitment Program, final year teacher education students whose academic results, professional experience reports and interview responses are of a very high standard may be offered a permanent teaching appointment for the following school year to high schools, central schools, and primary schools across the State.
Under the new staffing agreement, there may be vacancies for which you could be invited to apply. Once you have submitted your GRP application, you can also apply for advertised classroom teacher positions through Jobs@DET. If you are the successful applicant for an advertised position, your appointment is subject to you fulfilling all recruitment requirements prior to your entry on duty.
Click here for more details on how we staff our schools.
