Teach Queensland's future

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Teach in Queensland state schools

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Teach Queensland's future

Students across Queensland need great teachers to help them reach their potential, wherever they live and learn. We are recruiting for permanent and temporary teaching positions commencing in 2026 across our great state.

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Enrich lives, including yours

Take your teaching to where it's most needed in Queensland state schools. In return, we offer you a wide range of rewarding professional and personal opportunities, including financial incentives and career progression.

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Explore new horizons

Queensland offers stunning landscapes and diverse communities. With more than 1,260 schools across bustling urban centres, laid back coastal locations, friendly rural towns and unique remote communities, there's a place for you.

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Submit your application

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Ask a recruiter

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Queensland state school teachers benefit from secure jobs, generous financial incentives, career development and opportunities to teach and live in diverse communities across the state

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Teach in state schools

The Department of Education is the largest employer of teachers in Queensland. When you teach in our state schools, you’ll be supported, challenged and make a difference for your students every day.

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Ready to apply?

Applying online is the first step in our teacher recruitment process. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as you’re looking for opportunities. This ensures you can be considered for teaching vacancies that match your teaching, location and employment preferences.

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Beginning teacher support and incentives

Securing your first teaching role is a significant milestone in your teaching career and when you join us in Queensland state schools you have access to comprehensive support, mentoring and incentives to help set you up for success.

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Locations and settings

We offer a range of unique and innovative learning environments for students, where our teachers make an impact every day. You can increase your employment prospects and career by choosing to teach in one of our priority settings or geographic areas.

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Rural and remote opportunities

From the outback to the coast, you won’t just teach, you’ll become part of a community and grow in ways you never imagined. You may be eligible for permanent employment, financial incentives and additional benefits, including relocation and housing assistance when you teach in a regional, rural or remote school.

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Reloacting to Queensland?

Make the move to Queensland and explore where teaching could take you and your family. Our laid-back lifestyle and beautiful weather, coupled with strong employment prospects for teachers, makes Queensland a highly desirable place to start or progress your teaching career.

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Katie's story: Living and teaching in Cooktown

Meet Katie, a city girl who has found her place in a remote community! She never expected her teaching career would lead her to Mackay, then Bowen and now Cooktown.

Since moving to Cooktown in Far North Queensland, Katie has had many enriching personal and professional opportunities and has found incredible joy and meaning teaching in a remote Queensland state school.

Watch Katie's story and discover how teaching in a rural, remote and regional communities could open doors to the career and lifestyle you have been dreaming about.

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Connect with us

We host and attend a range of events across the year, providing you with the opportunity to connect with our recruiters and school leaders in person and online, and find out more about a rewarding teaching career in Queensland state schools.

Events calendar | Subscribe for updates | Live Chats

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Last updated 17 June 2026