Teachers in the Field Program

Teachers employed in the Specialist Teacher Stream can be offered a role for up to two years with the possibility of extension.

No, only temporary full-time roles will be offered as part of this stream.

Teachers employed in the Specialist Teacher Stream can be offered a role from four weeks to two years in duration, with the possibility of extension.

Temporary teachers who cannot complete the duration of their employment contract should engage directly with their 'hub' school principal in line with the Conditions of Employment for Temporary School Teachers.

All available program roles will be listed on the Specialist Teacher Stream webpage.

If a teacher is interested in a role, they should contact the hiring manager specified on the vacancy listing.

Teachers employed in the Specialist Teacher Stream are under a ‘hub and spoke’ model and are entitled to claim travel entitlements. The teacher is entitled to claim travel to and from home when teaching in a spoke school, or from the hub school to a spoke school if working a part day, as per the Travel Guidelines.

You can also find more information about travel rates on the meal, travel and related allowances webpage.

Teachers employed in the Specialist Teacher Stream under a ‘hub and spoke’ model, who are engaged in teacher positions in 4, 6 and 8 point rural and remote incentive schools, will be eligible to receive financial incentives.

Incentivised rural and remote schools in the Specialist Teacher Stream of the Teachers in the Field Program state 'incentives may apply' in the position listing.

For more information, you can read about the range of benefits and incentives for teachers in rural and remote NSW public schools or view the full list of incentive schools.

Yes, Specialist Teacher Stream teachers are entitled to professional learning and relief from face-to-face teaching. Time allocated is managed by your reporting principal.

Yes, Specialist Teacher Stream teachers are timetabled to all hub and spoke schools using a co-design method. Specialist teachers will have a face-to-face teaching load of approximately 0.6 FTE. Travel to spoke schools will be timetabled into the week and sit outside of the 0.6 FTE face-to-face lessons. Time allocated is managed by the hub school principal.