I wish to become a primary school teacher in Australia but I am not sure what qualifications I need to be able to teach. There is one other problem, to maintain my income I am going to continue working during the day and therefore either go to night school or learn by correspondence distance education. Can anyone help??
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I had a friend after finishing his degree in education with credential taught in New Zealand. It was all by chance. He was visiting in Hawaii to surf and was on his way back to California. He did not have a job and had not really thought about it after he had graduated. He sat next to a director of one of the schools, and they hit off a conversation. The next thing he had a job in New Zealand. You could get your education done with University of Phoenix online and could work out your student teaching with a local school that would work with University of Phoenix. Many schools will work with University of Phoenix. Australia has online programs too.
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You need to do a primary education degree, which is 4 years at University. Alternatively, you can undertake a bachelors degree in anything, and then study for a diploma of education, which is also 4 years. However, to get qualified you do need to undertake teaching rounds, which are usually one day a week for the duration of the semester to begin with, or a two-week lump sum I think, depending on the Uni, so you may have to reduce your hours at work to fit in with the timetable (I think its usually fridays?) If you need to work and study, perhaps doing an Arts degree (10-12 hours contact per week for 3 years) and then a dip. ed part time (1.5-2 years, usually about 10 hours a week also) may be a better option than a Bachelor of Education, as the hours might be more flexible? Not sure about the contact hours per week of Education, but I would think they would be more. Either way, unless you're full time it will take you a while to get qualified. Try Open Universitys, and see if there is an Education course on there? Being a teacher would be very rewarding though, and if you're passionate about it you will excel.
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