Please refer to the Australian Qualifications Framework website for more information on qualification levels.
Teachers in the Adult Migrant English Program are required to hold qualifications as specified in the licence conditions of the Certificates in Spoken and Written English (CSWE). As a minimum, these are:
| EITHER a recognised Bachelor Degree and a recognised postgraduate TESOL qualification which includes a practicum* OR a Bachelor of Education with a TESOL major or equivalent which includes a practicum* * The practicum must be at least 60 hours long and include, for example, supervised teaching, observation, field visits, resources evaluation, team teaching, volunteer tutoring etc. If a course undertaken has less than 60 hours practicum, teachers must demonstrate teaching experience equivalent to 60 hours, or must make up the difference in duration by individually organising a supervised practicum. Appropriate documentation of such a practicum should be kept. |
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| a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or equivalent |
Teachers holding qualifications from overseas institutions should contact the relevant State/Territory education authority.
Full details are available by viewing the CSWE Licence Terms.