You can increase your employment prospects and accelerate your teaching career by developing expertise in high demand curriculum areas, or by teaching in one of our priority settings and geographical areas.
Demand for teachers in Queensland state schools is driven by the needs of each school and their students, and can change from year to year based on the needs and interests of their students and community.
Teaching in a priority location or high demand curriculum area can open the door to more opportunities. This includes opportunities to work in different school settings and access to a range of incentives and benefits.
Priority locations
There is a steady demand each year for teachers in
regional, rural or remote communities across Queensland.
These include opportunities in large regional cities, rural centres, coastal towns and remote communities. Teaching and living in these priority locations can provide you with access to a wide range of benefits including financial incentives, relocation support, subsidised accommodation and career progression.
Subject areas in high demand
Our schools continue to have a high demand for teachers in the following subject areas and specialisations. If you can teach one of more of these, you will increase the number of opportunities that may be available to you.
Special education and inclusion
Special education and inclusion teachers provide highly specialised and individual programs for students with significant support needs and who have an intellectual impairment. Teachers with qualifications, experience and interest in this specialist field can be employed in special schools, as well as in primary and secondary schools, within special education units and classes.
Science
Science teachers help students to become critical and creative thinkers by understanding the world around them through well-developed science inquiry skills. Science teachers are needed for subjects including Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
English
English teachers teach students to learn about themselves, each other and the world by engaging with literature, ranging from personal preferences for literature to the way in which texts reflect the context of culture and situation in which they are created. They support students to create different types of texts that convey experiences and have the power to shape and change the world we live in.
Mathematics
Mathematics teachers shape students to become problem solvers in real world contexts from local businesses to global industries. Mathematics teachers are needed for subjects including Essential Mathematics, General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods and Specialist Mathematics.
Technologies
Technologies encompasses a broad range of specialist subject areas, with a focus on developing technical skills and pathways to employment. Technologies subjects currently in demand in Queensland state schools include Industrial Design and Technology, Building and Construction Skills, Engineering, Furnishing Skills, Hospitality Practices, Industrial Graphics and Technology Skills, Digital Solutions and Information and Communication Technologies.