Teach and Learn Scholarship (Specialist Teaching Areas) for Temporary Teachers

To be eligible to apply for a Teach and Learn Scholarship (Specialist Teaching Areas) for Temporary Teachers, you must:

• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
• Have a current permanent teaching approval with the NSW Department of Education.
• Be one of the following:
  • A permanent teacher who holds a substantive permanent position in a KLA other than teacher librarian, careers or English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) but are relieving in one of these specialist teaching roles at a minimum 0.6 FTE for 6 months; or
  • Currently engaged on a 12-month temporary contract in a teacher librarian, careers advisor or EAL/D teaching position (minimum 0.6 FTE).

• Be continuing or commencing an approved postgraduate qualification in teacher librarianship, career education, EAL/D or TESOL, in Semester 1, 2024, to be completed by no later than end of 2025.
  
• Be willing to enter into a Scholarship Agreement, a legally binding agreement that outlines the responsibilities of both the scholarship recipient and the department.
• Be willing to complete the required studies within the agreed time frame (maximum of two years).
• Be committed to actively seeking employment within NSW public schools in the specialist teaching area of your scholarship.

Teach and Learn Scholarship (Specialist Teaching Areas) for Appointed Teachers

To be eligible to apply for a Teach and Learn Scholarship (Specialist Teaching Areas) for Appointed Teachers, you must:

• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
• Be one of the following:
  • Be recommended for a permanent teacher librarian, careers advisor or English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) teaching position (minimum 0.6 FTE) following merit selection and be currently undertaking, or planning to enrol in the next semester, in an approved postgraduate qualification in teacher librarianship, career education, EAL/D or TESOL.
  • Be permanently appointed to a permanent teacher librarian, careers advisor or EAL/D teaching position (minimum 0.6 FTE) and be currently undertaking, or planning to enrol in the next semester, in an approved postgraduate qualification in teacher librarianship, career education, EAL/D or TESOL.
• Be willing to enter into a Scholarship Agreement, a legally binding agreement that outlines the responsibilities of both the scholarship recipient and the department.
• Be willing to complete the required studies within the agreed time frame specified as part of your conditions of permanent employment.
• Be willing to remain in your current permanent teaching position (minimum 0.6 FTE) following completion of studies for a minimum period of three years.