6 Things They Don't Tell You About Teaching In Australia

In this video learn 6 things they don't tell you about teaching in Australia. If you are thinking of the differences teaching in the UK vs Australia then I will share them all with you. This video will talk about the Australian teacher life of an Australian teacher. This open and honest Australian teacher vlog covers all the main reasons why I teach in Australia. in 2020 we emigrate to Australia from the UK and I have been learning how to teach in Australia from UK. If you're thinking about move to Australia 2024 then learn how to teach in Australia as a foreigner.

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[GordonMarshall-mfcw]

Did the same degree as yourself and PGCE, then moved to Australia and taught. First jobs was in the NT, Australia, Wonderful experience. I was willing to go to a remote / regional area. After that I secured PR, then Citizenship. Still in education and teaching in Australia 20 years on. Yes, I had to work hard, persevere, some sacrifices. Was told in the UK ... you won't do this, you should not be doing this etc etc. Sooo negative from people who has never been to Australia - funny, never heard from them since! I ignored the negativity, kept focussed. Life many things in life ... the more you put things in, the more you get out of it.

[traceplus]

Western Australia is currently running a recruitment offer in the UK and Ireland for teachers. Must do at least 3 preferably 4 years in a "Hard to Staff" [H2S] school. These are in most cases only H2S because they are remote or in small towns quite a distance from a regional city. So the benefit is that all the red tape and much of the expenses are taken care of by the WA government. :)

[charlesemerson]

When we came to Oz in 74 I was 16 and had to get a job. Most high school kids of the day would complete the Vocational Guidance test, don't know if its still a thing. Anyway my dad was aircraft engineer so I learned all things mechanical growing up in Scotland. So they sent me to do the vocational guidance test and with it being so accurate they determined that I had no aptitude for all things mechanical and I would make a great teacher. Now back then in NSW they had teachers college where those not able to go to university, because you couldn't afford it or were just too dumb, they'd send you off for four years and teach you to be a teacher, in my case the VGT said I'd be a good history or geography teacher. So I went for year then got an apprenticeship as a fitter/turner and never went back.

[A_nony_mous]

Back in the 1970's Australia had 3 terms running early Feb - May, May - Aug/Sep and Sep - Dec with mid-term being one Monday. Summer holidays were the Wednesday or Thursday before Christmas to the first Tuesday in February. 10 week terms, I wish!

[LayersOfStrength]

Your life as a teacher will vary (greatly) depending on the school you teach at. Teachers will never be paid what they're worth but that's something they're going to have to live with.

[daplantgirl]

I just discovered your channel and just of love it! I am an English teacher in the French Education system and I’m looking into migrating to Australia as a French teacher! Thanks for your code on the migration website 😊

[itt]

As an Australian, I can tell you that Australia does have one of the best quality of life ratings and anyone coming from the USA will definitely have a better life in Australia. Australia does also have more public holidays than the majority of other countries, so that does mean a lot of 3 day weekends. The best way to explain the Australian culture is to realise that every state is basically a different country and therefore every state has different strengths and weaknesses so picking the state that best suits your preferences is essential for your enjoyment of life. Personally, I would love to see more poms and yanks moving to Australia, so we have more people to make fun of. Just remember life is too short to take it seriously, so just have fun because nothing else truly matters.

[Aussiedave]

The blackboards were all green when I was in school 😂

[itsamindgame]

Fun fact - we wound up with 4 terms because 3 terms were considered to be too many.😁
We went from 3 terms to 2 semesters, and then the semesters were considered too long so were each split into 2 terms. I do vaguely remember the changeover(s).
10 week terms might seem long - but how about that Christmas break, hey?

[NMOBrien]

I've taught for 21 years and have been in Australia for 14 of those so what the UK is like now is not as familiar as Australia. In response to this video:

1. Many schools in the UK have changed to a 4 term system. I left just as my school was changing to a 4 term system. It's less common but it is in the UK.
2. The cost of living in Australia is higher but, agreed, they do pay better here although your contact hours are one of the highest in the West.
3. Less exams? Depends really. Queensland only just moved to having an external exam at the end of Year 12 so that may be your experience. There's OLNA and NAPLAN (like SATs or whatever they're called in the UK which you don't have to mark). If you teach Year 11 and 12 in Australia, you could be marking tests/exams every 3 weeks in some subjects in some states.
4. If you are in the state education system, you are in a regional or remote school then, yes, it is highly likely that you will be asked to teach other subjects. In the private system, they like experienced specialist teachers as well as 'jack of all trades' but much less likely to be asked to teach outside your specialism.

A few additional points:

(*) The Teacher Registration Body here requires you pay an annual subscription. It's around the $100 mark annually and they do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!... this is the Australian equivalent of the General Teaching Council or GTC if you remember them. Thankfully the UK saw sense and removed this as it was "an unnecessary level of bureaucracy". The money is tax-deductible so you get it back but you have to wait until you do your return to get it back (I'm unsure if you get it all back or just 30%).

(*) Far less teachers here have "drank the Kool-Aid". Teaching colleagues of mine are much more moderated in their adoption of "innovative pedagogy" than their UK counterparts. This in and of itself makes my job more bearable.

(*) No OfSTED. Less observation of your classroom practise. (Again, refreshing. At one point as a HoD, I was observed doing an observation on a member of my department in the UK. Ridiculous but true.). There's more trust from your immediate line managers in my experience.

(*) All of Australia is mad on sport. Everything comes second to sport. This will remove significant portions of your students at the drop of a hat and nobody bats an eyelid. Sport is sacrosanct. You cannot question it and Australians will look at you blankly if you do. They just don't get it.

[debbiewbd]

I'm not a teacher but in Canada we have 2 terms or semesters, September to December and January to the end of June. We have 2 weeks of at Christmas, 1 week in March and 2 months off in the summer July & August. Plus a few Professional Development days so the teachers get to meetings etc. Teachers are paid really well but they have had a few strikes over the years to get better wages.
I hope this was interesting to you, but I would much rather Australia's climate than Canada's.

[matthew]

Hey Ross, enjpying the videos you put on here bro.
I reckon it would be good if you did one on Brisbane suburbs, would be good to get a fellow poms view on life on Brisbane 🤙

[cLorraine]

I began my full time teaching career in the 70s and reduced to substitute work in 2005. In the middle 1980s I moved to Japan to teach. Spent 6 years there then returned to Oz. I’ve certainly/ seen many changes to the system during my 45 years

[Conniecook]

In the 1970’s schools had 3 terms a year. Yes! 13 or 14 week terms.

[hellagood]

Good video, Ross. I’m Australian born and did my undergraduate education degree at CQU Rockhampton. It was a four year course (full time). I was in my last year when the university changed the course back to three years. That was in 2002. As you can see, it’s been a while. Not sure if you can answer this, have universities changed back to four years…again?

[tempa]

Hey Ross, Hannah from uk again.. Planning our dream life in brisbane.. Please can you recommend schools.. Are there more better schools?

[FlyxPat]

They say CV in where I work in Australia. Maybe resume is a QLD thing.

[sunitamaharaj]

10 weeks? In Trinidad we have 3 terms with the longest being 15 weeks without any break that runs from September to December followed by 3 weeks holiday, then January to March or April followed by 2 weeks holiday for Easter, after that we go till early July and get our long 8 week holiday.

[JoshAnderson-fnyp]

Thanks for sharing guys, I had no idea about the degree thing!

[estysheg]

I am currently doing pgce with qts primary early years in uk and will love to move to Australia immediately.