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Starting your teaching career

If you are studying to be a teacher or soon to graduate from a pre-service teacher education program this website will provide you with information about starting your teaching career in a Queensland state school.

• Teaching in Queensland and Queensland state schools
• Teaching opportunities and flexible employment options
• Rewards and benefits of teaching in Queensland state schools, including generous commencing salaries and incentives for teaching in rural and remote locations
• Applying for teacher employment and teacher registration
• Suitability for employment
• Offers of employment
• Career opportunities
• Scholarships for pre-service teachers
• Professional experience
• HECS-HELP benefit for education graduates
• Current vacancies and areas of demand
• Teacher Education Centres of Excellence

Beginning your teaching career in a Queensland state school offers you a wide and diverse range of opportunities and experiences.

The diversity of a career with the Department of Education and Training is reflected in our teacher stories.

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This page was last reviewed on 13 Dec 2011

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