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Comparison of Relief Teacher Pay Rates in Australia

This table is current as at January 2012 and shows the daily rates for casual and relief teachers across Australia.


Relief Teaching and QCT Requirements


All fully registered teachers who have recency of practice, regardless of their employment situation, will need to meet continuing professional development (CPD) and ‘suitability to teach’ requirements in order to renew their registration.

Relief Teaching and QCT Registration

The Qld College of Teachers (QCT) has an expectation that relief teachers will participate in Continued Professional Development (CPD) to maintain their teacher registration.

Your can find the full details in the Article Bank (No 33) but essentially Queensland relief teachers are required to participate in CPD at the minimum following rate.

Under 40 days relief teaching per year - NIL
40 - 79 days relief teaching per year - 10 hours of CPD
80 - 119 days relief teaching per year - 15 hours of CPD
120 - 159 days relief teaching  per year - 20 hours of CPD
160 - 199 days relief teaching per year - 25 hours of CPD
200 days or more - 30 hours of CPD

You can include time spent on reliefteaching.com reading and researching in your CPD portfolio.

See Article 33 in the Article Bank for full details.

Students Evaluating the Relief Teacher.


I'm not sure about this one.

I NEVER HAVE, and I probably NEVER WILL, have students evaluate relief teachers (include me as a relief teacher) but this is a thought provoking concept.

Relief Teaching and 10 Key Professional Behaviours

New to the Article Bank. Every teacher and relief teacher should read (and practice) these 10 Key Behaviours.

No: 32 Relief Teaching and 10 Key Professional Behaviours

Can you do Relief Teaching if you are OLD?


If you are just preparing to enter the ranks of professional teaching and you are not a recent college graduate, its easy to feel a bit insecure and ask that question, "Can you teach if you are old?"

Its a fair question even if you are not so far along in life that you consider yourself to be "old".  But it is easy to feel old if you are a middle aged or senior adult among 20 year old students in teachers' college and if the competition for the teaching jobs are with kids who could be your own son or daughter.


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5 Ways to Fast Track to Relief Teaching


 In every university in the country, there are ambitious and starry eyed graduates who are preparing for a career in teaching. A lot will be looking for relief teaching positions as this becomes the more accepted way to start your teaching career.

If you want to fast track your teaching career as a relief teacher,  you need an advantage so you stand out.

How Relief Teachers get access to Learning Place

The Learning Place is available to employees of the Department of Education and Training (DET) but is not meant to provide services to the teaching profession in general.

Qld College of Teachers - Workshops Term 2, 2012

During Term 2, 2012 the QCT will visit major centres in Queensland conducting workshops and information sessions about teacher registration requirements.