Teacher Demand
Victorian government schools particularly need qualified teachers in a range of curriculum areas who are willing to teach where vacancies exist. The demand for new teaching staff in Victorian schools is forecast to average 3,420 teachers each year up until 2013.
While secondary teachers are needed over the whole range of school subjects, the areas that have the greatest opportunities for employment include: Mathematics, Science (General Science, Physics), Languages Other Than English (LOTE) especially Indonesian, Italian, French, Japanese and German), and Information Technology subjects.
Special education teachers and primary teachers with qualifications in LOTE, physical education or music are much in demand.
These recruitment requirements are often additional to those required to cover attrition and replacement.
For more detailed information, see;
- 2009 Teacher Supply and Demand Report for Victoria (PDF - 2.8Mb) -The report focuses on: the composition of the teaching service in the Government, Catholic and Independent sectors, the outlook for the teaching service over the next four years and the historic trends in pre-service teacher education.
In preparing the report data was collated from the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria (CECV), Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Data available on 'other' non Government sector representing the Independent sector has been sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Other Resources
Further/additional Information
- Teacher Supply and Demand Initiatives - Details major initiatives to assist principals recruit staff and increase the supply of teachers particularly to rural and outer metropolitan areas.