Teach in Australia
Not sure where to start? Let us guide you through the steps!
STEP 1: Registration
- Complete the Registration Form on the right hand side of our website or
- Email Karissa Freund or Nikki Meyenn with your resume and contact information
STEP 2: General Information
- One of our representatives will contact you by email with some general information.
STEP 3: Documents
- Send us your up to date resume and the details of 3 teaching references (contact email addresses and phone numbers of either principals or supervising teachers).
- Complete the First Contact Form that was attached with the general information email.
- Please include in your email the best days and times to contact you by phone.
STEP 4: Phone call
- We will contact you to discuss your personal travel plans, dates, eligibility, and answer any of your initial questions.
- Please have a list of questions ready ahead of time.
STEP 5: Registration
- • You will receive an email regarding the registration fee. This will include the purpose of the fee, the contents of the Teacher Start Package, and various methods of payment.
STEP 6: Information Guide Booklet
- You will be sent a Canadian Information Guide Booklet to help you with every detail of the VIT registration, Visa application, as well as extra information on flights, accommodations, travel insurance, bank accounts, mobile phones, public transportation, etc.
- At anytime after you receive the booklet, send us your Academic Transcripts/Teaching Qualification.
STEP 7: Regular Contact
- Your ANZUK representative, Karissa, will check in with you regularly to answer questions and ensure paperwork is completed on time. If any questions arise, contact her immediately by phone or email.
- It is important that you keep us updated on your travel situation. This means regular updates on the progress of your VIT registration and Visa application. If we do not hear back from you after a couple of tries, we will respect your privacy and stop contacting you.
- During this time, Karissa will be completing your reference checks so they need to be aware that someone will be contacting them.
STEP 8: Final Steps in Canada
- Your VIT application will be sent in a minimum of 3 months prior to your departure date. Your Visa should easily be done by this time as well. Working through the Information Guide Booklet, you will complete all final steps to ensure you are ready to travel.
- Once you have your flight booked, email Karissa immediately and tell her your arrival date to Melbourne.
STEP 9: Melbourne Registration is Booked
- When your flight has been purchased, Karissa will liaise with our Melbourne office to decide a date and time in which you will come in to register in Melbourne.
- You will be sent two emails: One with the details of your Melbourne registration and a second with a form for you to fill out with your Australian information and Medical Declaration. This must be completed as soon as possible before your registration date.
STEP 10: Phone call
- You will receive one final phone call from Karissa to discuss any last minute questions prior to your departure to Melbourne.
STEP 11: Arrival!
- After you have arrived in Melbourne, you will attend your registration at our Melbourne office and we will have you out teaching as soon as you are available.
- The Information Guide Booklet will describe the items that need to be attended to as soon as you arrive (bank account, mobile phone, Tax File Number, etc).
Registered Teachers
So, you've arrived in Melbourne and are ready to teach! Now what?Once you have arrived and registered in Melbourne, you need to get yourself ready for the first day of Casual Relief Teaching. Some items to keep close by or in a daily teaching bag include the following.
- Box of Tricks: A few activities, games, worksheets appropriate to the year level you are assigned.
- Water bottle: If you are doing yard duty in the summer, this is crucial. (Included in the Teacher Start Package).
- Hat: A wide-brimmed hat is necessary for all students and staff to wear at our sun smart schools. (Included in the Teacher Start Package)
- Pens, Notebook, etc: Keep them handy!
- Melways: A map book for Melbourne. This is an absolute must! (Included in the Teacher Start Package).
The metropolitan area of Melbourne is close to 4 million people. Although the transit system is quite good, don't underestimate the time it will take when you are new to the city and unfamiliar with the transfers. Once you know your school, make sure you first check out Metlink Melbourne's Website, then verify the route on Google Maps, and always keep your Melways close by!
Social Events
ANZUK offers social events throughout the year! This is a great way to meet the staff and other teachers working with ANZUK. Events are posted on our Facebook page and teachers will be emailed with dates and times.
Travelling Alone?
If you are like many of our international teachers and are a bit nervous about embarking on such a great adventure solo, we can help out! With such great success in 2010, we will be re-creating a site for teachers to meet prior to their departure. This includes teachers travelling in groups as well, since a few familiar faces always makes the transition easier!
Teachers who have registered with ANZUK and are starting to plan their year abroad will be invited to join our Facebook Event for International Teachers arriving in 2011. We encourage you to add your name, departure date, and what you are looking for (roommates, travel friends, drinking buddys, etc). From there, feel free to contact eachother and start connecting!
Meeting people prior to your departure allows you to:
- Get to know eachother's interests and figure out if you would live well together.
- See a familiar face when you arrive.
- Start planning trips early.
- Book flights on the same dates.
- Look for accomodation together and save on rent.
- Have someone to relay ideas with and maximize your time abroad.
Engaging in casual teaching jobs when you are given the best assistance by a teaching agency like ANZUK is as easy as pie. Teaching jobs like being a casual relief teacher with ANZUK mean being legally constrained by the terms and conditions of the agency. It is expected that all hired under the ANZUK domain should be capable of observing the rules and being at par with the agency's qualification benchmark. In addition, once employed with ANZUK, you are expected to carry on a befitting conduct and follow the company dress code. Even if contract stipulations don't discourage, you must furnish the management of ANZUK Education Services agency if you plan on taking casual teaching jobs as added load or extra teaching jobs solicited from colleges or universities that the outfit has presented to you ahead of time.
What Is Needed?
After getting an accreditation for the Victorian Institute of Teaching and securing an evidence of your latest criminal background check, you are now inching towards having a profession in the casual teaching jobs industry. There are just a few more details you must do to if you wish to pursue teaching in the southern hemisphere particularly, Australia.
Like any outsourcing business, the agency adheres to strict company rules on proper work clothes for male and female with casual teaching jobs. Here are some tips in dressing up for success:
- If you are male, having a wardrobe consisting of collared shirts, polo shirts, and fresh casual khakis will get you ahead in the academic setting. If you are fond of wearing bonnets or caps, you might have to say goodbye to them temporarily because you can't wear them inside the classroom. No sweat pants and or basketball jerseys unless you are teaching PE classes, no torn denims, and most definitely, no g-strings even under extremely hot weather condition.
- If you are females, having blouses or polo shirts with skirts or plain clothes will also be helpful. You should not be seen wearing any bonnets or caps inside the classroom as well, that is, if you follow teaching jobs rules. Ripped jeans and sporty attires like jerseys should be limited only to those holding PE classes.
These are just very basic dress code ethics you need to observe while still under your casual teaching jobs contract. But a test of being a good follower might also be taken into consideration in assessing your performance so take note of them and don't take them for granted.
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