Pre-service Teacher Program – Teach in Canberra

Closes: 09 October 2026

Classification: Classroom Teacher
Kickstart your teaching career with our graduate teacher employment pathway, earning you competitive starting public-school salary of $82,796.
Position No: Pre-service Teacher Program
Directorate:Education
Advertised (Gazettal date): 22 July 2026

Pre-service Teacher Program – Teach in Canberra

• Kickstart your teaching career with our graduate teacher employment pathway, earning you competitive starting public-school salary of $82,796. * (*pro rata)
• Three-year New Educator Support Program; setting you up for success.
• Work under an Enterprise Agreement that prioritises teacher wellbeing and reduced workloads.

The ACT Education Directorate seeks passionate and aspiring fourth year undergraduate, and second year masters students, to apply for our Pre-service Teacher Program, securing your future as a new educator before you graduate.  

Our Permit to Teach Program is an employment-based pathway for students completing an initial teacher education (ITE) course. You’ll receive pay and conditions that are among the nation’s leading public school teacher salary packages and gain invaluable experience in an ACT public school.

Why join us?

• Benefit from a pathway to permanent employment that allows you to learn and earn while you finish your teacher education course. Suitable applicants can secure their future with employment via our Permit to Teach Program and can secure long term or permanent employment when fully qualified.
• Career growth: Benefit from the 3-year New …