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Being passionate about the English language and to see students flourish in literature, spoken and written English, is the English teacher's main goal. As an English teacher, you have the pleasure and challenge of teaching both English first language and foreign language students. A prominent part of an English teacher's job is the teaching of spelling, grammar and sentence structure and composition. Teaching students according to the national curriculum remains important and for this reason English teachers, as with the teaching of other subjects, need to pay attention to curriculum matters and national education goals and frameworks. English teachers are needed across the school system: from preparatory to primary and secondary schools. Although the average school hours are fixed, English teachers may need to assist students with special needs after normal school hours. During class hours, the English teacher needs to be present in the class, teaching the students with the help variety of teaching methods and materials.

Responsibilities & Skills

As an English teacher, responsibility needs to be taken for preparing class programs, lectures and other study material. The main daily responsibility is delivering class lectures. The English teacher will also be responsible for monitoring individual student progress through means of student evaluation, assignments and the marking of assignments. A fair level of administration is required: record keeping, drawing up and printing study material, administration of class progress and reporting on this to department head teacher.

- Outstanding communication, both written and verbal.
- Ability to effectively deliver information and teach a class.
- High command of English language.

Required Qualifications

• Four-year Teachers Education degree or diploma
• Practical teaching (completed as part of post-matriculation education)
• Registration with the Teachers Registration Board

Useful Links

• Department of Education
• Australian Teacher Education Association
• English Teachers Association NSW
• Primary English Teaching Associated Australia