Female teacher working with students.

Is it easier to work as a teacher or as a teaching assistant?

Whether it is easier to be a teacher or a teaching assistant depends entirely on you and what you find easy. You might find the level of control and flexibility

A teacher is sitting looking at their payslip on a laptop while writing on a piece of paper.

What is an Authority to Teach letter?

Your Authority to Teach is a letter that you get once the South Australian Department for Education has approved you to work as a teacher in their schools.

Older female teacher talking to two younger teachers while they take notes.

7 Ways to Build a Strong Relationship with Your Mentor Teacher on your Teaching Placement.

They will guide and support you through your placement, and having strong relationships is invaluable when looking for a job

Two teachers debriefing in the staffroom after a hard lesson.

10 Tips for Making the Most of Your Teaching Placement

Teaching is a set of skills that are impossible to truly learn from a book. Being in a school watching and teaching is the best way to get better at teaching.

A teacher working on a laptop at a desk.

A Guide to Organising Your Own Teaching Placement.

If you find yourself needing to organise your own teaching placement, it is definitely doable. Here are a few tips to help you through the process.

A woman is sitting in an empty room with chairs.

Why is my South Australian Authority to Teach taking so long?

Sometimes, it can take an awfully long time for your Authority to Teach letter to come through. It can be hard to sit at home waiting to see if you can work…

A Queensland relief teacher is using a calculator to work out his pay for the fortnight.

What is the Relief Teacher Pay Rate in Queensland?

If you are a casual supply or relief teacher in Brisbane, the pay rate is $426.20 per day or $85.24 per hour.

A teacher is sorting through a pile of curriculum documents with different coloured tags.

The New Australian Curriculum: Has It Been Dumbed Down?

If you have been teaching the Australian Curriculum, you will know that it is very difficult to get through everything. In fact, most schools do not expect you

A pre-service student teacher is going through practice questions for the LANTITE.

What kinds of questions are in the LANTITE?

The LANTITE aims to make the questions useful; it aims to ask you literacy and numeracy questions that are relevant to everyday life or your role as a teacher.

Rows of students are sitting in a large room to complete a test. The pre-service teacher in the foreground has her head in both hands while she stares at her test paper.

Is the LANTITE hard?

Whether you’re a whiz at English and Maths or not, a single test that determines whether you can finish your degree is a big deal.