THE Victorian Government is funding targeted initiatives to attract more teachers. The funding boost aims to attract excellent teachers and fill hard-to-staff positions in government schools across the state. It also provides support to teachers settling into their new roles.
This investment incorporates and builds on previously announced initiatives to improve educational outcomes for rural and regional students, better support students in these areas and address the disparity between regional and metropolitan schools.
It also includes incentives for particular hard-to-staff subjects, positions in rural and metro areas, and/or positions in schools with a high proportion of disadvantaged students.
The financial incentives provide recipients with an initial payment between $9,000 and $50,000 (before-tax) to support eligible Victorian Government schools to attract suitably qualified teachers to take up hard-to-staff positions.
Annual Retention payments of $9,000 (before-tax) are paid at the conclusion of the second, third and fourth year of employment and relocation costs for regional and rural positions are also available.
Further information about the program can be found at www.vic.gov.au/targeted-initiative–attract-more-teachers.
