Subject requirements
Find out the requirements to become a teacher in these specialist teaching areas in NSW public schools.
To become a qualified teacher librarian in NSW public schools, you must:
- be an approved primary or secondary teacher with the NSW Department of Education
- complete an approved postgraduate program at master’s degree level in teacher librarianship.
Teacher librarianship programs prepare graduates for years K - 12. Current staffing practices, however, restrict subject approval to the area of original mainstream teacher classification (e.g. a primary trained teacher is only entitled to the primary teacher librarian code and a secondary trained teacher is only entitled to the secondary teacher librarian code).
The following is an approved postgraduate program*:
- Charles Sturt University - Master of Education (Teacher Librarianship)
* The above list is not exhaustive. New programs delivered by other universities may be available.
To become a qualified careers advisor in NSW public schools, you must:
- be an approved secondary teacher with the NSW Department of Education
- complete an approved postgraduate program designed to prepare teachers for employment as a careers advisor.
The following universities offer approved postgraduate programs in careers education*:
- Australian Catholic University
- Edith Cowan University
- CEAV Institute
- James Cook University
- Queensland University of Technology
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
- University of South Australia
- University of Southern Queensland
- Swinburne University of Technology
* The above list is not exhaustive. New programs delivered by other universities may be available.
To become a qualified EAL/D teacher in NSW public school, you must:
- be an approved primary or secondary teacher with the NSW Department of Education
- complete an approved course in EAL/D or TESOL focusing on school based curriculum which includes a practicum in a school setting for years K - 12.
EAL/D or TESOL programs prepare graduates for years K - 12. Current staffing practices, however, restrict subject approval to the area of original mainstream teacher classification (e.g. a primary trained teacher is only entitled to the primary teacher EAL/D code and a secondary trained teacher is only entitled to the secondary EAL/D code).
The following are approved postgraduate programs*:
- Australian Catholic University
- Graduate Certificate in Education (TESOL)
- Graduate Diploma in Education (Literacy and TESOL)
- Charles Sturt University
- Graduate Certificate in TESOL
- Graduate Diploma of TESOL
- Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Macquarie University
- Graduate Certificate in TESOL
- Master of Applied Linguistics
- Master of Applied Linguistics and TESOL**
- University of New England
- Graduate Certificate in TESOL
- Graduate Certificate in Education Studies (TESOL)
- Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (TESOL)
- Master of Education (TESOL)
- University of Newcastle
- Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies – TESOL
- Master of Education (TESOL)
- University of Wollongong
- Graduate Certificate in TESOL
- Graduate Diploma in TESOL
- Master of Education (TESOL)
- University of Technology Sydney
- Graduate Certificate in TESOL and Applied Linguistics
- Graduate Diploma in TESOL and Applied Linguistics
- Master of TESOL and Applied Linguistics
* The above list is not exhaustive. New programs delivered by other universities may be available.
** Teachers will only be eligible for approval in EAL/D if they complete a school-based practicum as part of this post-graduate qualification.