26 NovVic government announces fast-tracked teacher training for hard-to-staff positions in schools and early childhood services
Minister for Education James Merlino and Minister for Early Childhood Ingrid Stitt today announced a new $15.49 million initiative to give 500 aspiring school teachers and 76 early childhood teachers the opportunity to boost their skills through accelerated Initial Teacher Education university programs.
The initiative will help schools employ local teachers to work in hard-to-staff roles in outer-metropolitan, rural and regional locations, in areas such as STEM, languages, applied learning and specialist education. It will also help early childhood educators become teachers as part of the roll-out of Three-Year-Old Kindergarten.
Aspiring school teachers with a bachelor’s degree will be able to complete their Masters of Teaching in 18-24 months and Diploma-qualified early childhood educators will also be able to trim the three-year Bachelor of Early Childhood Education down to 18 months. Financial support packages will also be available. For full details CLICK HERE to read the Government media release.
