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Application for teacher employment process

The application process identifies an applicant's suitability for employment as a teacher in a Queensland state school.

The application and assessment process is designed to give applicants the opportunity to demonstrate and detail their:

professional knowledge and academic achievement
professional experience
work and life experience
community commitment.

The application process also assists with ensuring the most suitable applicant is appointed to each vacancy.

The Guide to Teaching in Queensland State Schools outlines the application and assessment process for teacher employment in detail.

The department has two categories of applicants:

Graduate applicants are applicants who have no prior teaching service or whose prior teaching service does not qualify them for general applicant status. Graduate applicants must be eligible for teacher registration.

General applicants are applicants who can substantiate, through the provision of documentary or other evidence, that they have successfully completed a minimum of one (1) continuous year of teaching service with a recognised education authority and are eligible for teacher registration.

All applicants for teacher employment are required to:

complete an Application for Teacher Employment form
submit a Professional Folio
attend an Interview.

The application for teacher employment process draws upon the Professional Standards for Queensland Teachers established by the Queensland College of Teachers . The standards describe the abilities, knowledge, understandings and professional values that teachers in Queensland schools must demonstrate.

All applicants must be eligible for teacher registration with the Queensland College of Teachers .

Legal disclosure

Under Section 9A of the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 , all applicants for school-based positions are required to disclose information regarding criminal convictions for:

drugs misuse
offences of a sexual nature
abductions
offences against liberty and morality.

Disclosure is required whether the offences were committed in or outside Queensland.

A conviction does not necessarily preclude you from employment. However, failure to disclose relevant information may result in disciplinary action, including suspension or dismissal.

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