Start your teaching journey today
Whether you’re a graduate or changing careers, a meaningful future in education starts here.
Make your next career move one that matters.
Change2Teaching (C2T) offers a supported pathway for professionals ready to bring their skills into the classroom.
Over two years, you’ll earn while you learn, complete your Master of Teaching, and gain hands-on experience in a DECYP school. Along the way, you’ll be part of a collaborative community, doing meaningful work and helping to teach the next generation.
Best of all, your journey doesn’t stop there, with a pathway into a permanent teaching role at the end of the program.
What you’ll do
In the first year of the program, you will support classroom teaching and student learning by delivering small-group and one-on-one support, while developing foundational skills in planning, teaching, and assessment, with a strong focus on supporting literacy and numeracy development.
In the second year, you will take on increased responsibility for teaching duties, including planning, delivering, and assessing learning programs, while working under the guidance of an experienced mentor teacher.
Across the two-year program, you will undertake on-site study for your Master of Teaching qualification alongside your employment, progressively moving from a support role to becoming a classroom teacher.
About you:
We are seeking passionate individuals ready to make a meaningful career change.
You will have:
✅A completed Bachelor degree (non-education discipline)
✅A strong interest in becoming a teacher
✅The ability to engage and support children and young people
✅Strong interpersonal and communication skills
✅A commitment to working in regional or rural communities
What we offer
✅ Paid employment while completing your Master of Teaching
✅ Mentoring, coaching, and professional learning
✅ $20,000 Study grant funding to support you throughout your studies (eligibility applies)
✅ A clear pathway to a permanent teaching career
✅ The chance to live and work in beautiful Tasmanian communities
✅ Fitness Passport provides DECYP employees with discounted access to 50+ facilities across the state, helping you and your family meet your fitness goals!
✅ Wellbeing Connect is DECYP’s pathway to free confidential counselling services. Wellbeing Connect isn’t just for when things get tough. It’s designed to support your wellbeing every day - helping you to stay on track, build healthy habits, and access expert advice across a range of areas important for your overall wellbeing
Essential Requirements
- Successful completion of a Bachelor degree in a non-education discipline at an approved tertiary education institution.
- Prior to commencing employment, participants will additionally be required to:
- Enrol and be accepted into the Master of Teaching program at University of Tasmania; and
- Hold a current Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (Registration Status - Employment)
Please note: The cost associated with obtaining a RWVP is the responsibility of the individual.
Salary
Salary Range Year 1: $85,000.00 (per annum, pro rata) + superannuation
Starting at 28 hours per fortnight, increasing to 42 hours per fortnight.
Salary Range Year 2: $90,000.00 (per annum, pro rata) + superannuation
Starting at 42 hours per fortnight, increasing to 56 hours per fortnight
Please note: study commitments are in addition to the above employment hours.
For more information about the program please see below:
Change 2 Teaching Application Guide 2026
www.decyp.tas.gov.au/C2T
University of Tasmania - Master of Teaching
For more information, please refer to the Statement of duties.
Statement of Duties - Change2Teaching Year 1
Statement of Duties - Change2teaching Year 2
How to apply
Applications should be made via the Apply Now button and submitted online by 11.30pm AEDT on the advertised closing date.
We welcome applications from people with diverse skills, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals who identify as LGBTIQ+, people with disability, neurodivergent individuals, those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people of all ages.
We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, please contact us, we’ll happily work with you.
Applicants wanting more information are encouraged to request specific details of the vacancy from the Contact Person.
Name: Amanda Moran
Title: Manager - Career Pathways and Development
Phone: 03 6165 5495
Email: amanda.moran1@decyp.tas.gov.au
Should you have any difficulties regarding applying for this vacancy online, please contact Department for Education, Children and Young People, HR Recruitment and Employment via phone +61 3 6165 6285 or email recruitment@decyp.tas.gov.au.
About DECYP
Our goal is to work together to ensure that every child and young person in Tasmania is known, safe, well and learning.
The child is at the centre of everything we do and the way we do it.
Our values of Connection, Courage, Growth, Respect, Responsibility represent the foundation of our department’s culture and guide us in all that we do to ensure bright lives positive futures for every child and young person in Tasmania.
We bring our values to life through our everyday behaviours and actions. We want to attract, recruit and retain people who uphold these values and are committed to building a strong values based culture.
