Bachelor of Education/Early Childhood (or equivalent).

Or

Diploma of Education with relevant undergraduate degree.

This will be considered, however, applicants with relevant Primary qualifications and experience are preferred. A decision to support this will be based on previous experience, qualifications and any other supporting information requested.

Further tertiary study is required at a Secondary level to teach in a Secondary school

Yes, however, this is based on previous experience, qualifications and any other supporting information required by the employer.

Yes but that Official transcript must state your completed or conferred date for the lesser degree and You will still be required to hold the minimum qualifications.

You will need to upload a copy of your NESA Teacher Summary Report to show evidence of your current NESA membership.

If you are already accredited with NESA, you can access the Teacher Summary Report from your eTAMS account. The eTAMS help page provides the following information to assist you with this: How to download Teacher Summary and PD Progress Reports

Yes, your application won’t be processed until you reactivate your NESA membership and/or your accreditation status is approved by NESA. 

All teachers are required to be active members of NESA and be currently accredited by NESA in order to register or re-register to teach with CEDWW.

If you have not taught in a classroom for five years or more (as evidenced by your statement of service) you will be required to complete the Returning Teachers program. 

All returning teachers must be accredited with NESA before applying to teach with CEDWW.

If you were previously taught in NSW, you may be eligible for immediate accreditation at proficient with NESA on completion of the Returning Teachers program. Please contact the Professional Learning and Development Team to discuss your individual circumstances. nesa-accreditation@ww.catholic.edu.au 

Yes, we cannot employ any teachers not properly accredited through NESA. If you have current full registration from another Australian state or territory or New Zealand you can apply for Mutual Recognition following Initial Accreditation.

Once you are accredited, complete the Teacher Registration task in your NESA online account.

You can commence casual teaching when you are in your final year of your teaching degree/diploma and prior to completing your final practicum if you can supply evidence that you have a commitment to complete the remaining requirements.

You will need to supply a copy of your official transcript showing the units completed to date as well as the units you have enrolled in to complete your teaching degree/diploma

No. We require official academic transcripts from your University. We do not accept online reports or online printouts of your results summary in lieu of your official academic transcript. 

No. If you do not have a copy of your final transcript, we will only require the pages which show the details of the practicum and your supervisor’s comments.

You need to complete a minimum of 20 practicum days before applying to teach casually.  You need to complete at least 45 practicum days (completing all practicum requirements) before being considered for short-term or permanent teaching appointments.

CEDWW has a legal obligation to ensure that all workers who are engaged are checked to ensure that they are an Australian citizen (or have appropriate work entitlements).

An individual is eligible to work in Australia if they are:

• Australian citizens

• Australian permanent residents

• New Zealand citizens who entered Australia on a current New Zealand passport

• non-Australian citizens holding a valid visa with work entitlements (It is important to note that not all visas allow people to work in Australia)

Under the legislation it is not sufficient to simply ask a person if they are an Australian citizen. Therefore you will be required to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in Australia upon employment.  

Uploading evidence to your online application/profile is not required, but will ensure your eligibility can be assessed as quickly as possible.  Your evidence of eligibility must be one of:

1. A full Australian Birth Certificate

2. An Australian Citizenship Certificate

3. An Australian Passport

4. A valid visa permitting you to work for the duration of the position.

http://www.citizenship.gov.au/proof/index.htm

All applicants who wish to apply for employment with CEDWW are required to participate in the CEDWW onboarding process explained below.

Step 1 - Complete the Pre-Employment Declaration 

All applicants who wish to seek employment with the Catholic Education Diocese of Wagga Wagga are required to complete a Pre-Employment Declaration before the onboarding process can commence.

NOTE: The school will submit a request to CEDWW Head Office, this will only occur if you are a successful candidate, filling out the pre-employment declaration does not guarantee employment.

This position requires child-related work which means you are required to obtain a Working with Children’s Check Clearance Number from Service NSW.

For further details: Guide to completing Working with Children Check

CEDWW will not finalise the application until we receive your WWCC number from you and verify your WWCC with the Office of the Children’s Guardian.

We will use your name, date of birth and WWCC number to verify this information.

If you are coming from another state, we still require a NSW WWCC.

Any candidates who progress to the final stage of interview and all casual employees will be asked to submit nominated referees to support professional capability and consent to CEDWW contacting these referees.

Professional Capability Referees – At a minimum, two reference checks need to be conducted with your current/most recent Principal/supervisors or managers 

For Conditional teachers, supervisors where you most recently completed teaching practicums are accepted.

Character Referee – Applicants for Religious Education Teaching and Senior Leadership positions will be asked to nominate their local Parish Priest as an additional mandatory character referee. 

CEDWW use Xref for digital reference checking

You do not need to provide referee details on application - we will let you know if you progress to checking your references and you will nominate them at that time.

• You will receive an email from Xref, asking you to input reference details online. 

• We encourage you to read the instructions carefully and action as soon as possible to avoid any delays. 

• We also strongly recommend that you contact your referee directly to ensure they know to expect an email from Xref.

• All references listed by you must be contacted by their work email address. 

• Your nominated referees will automatically receive an email requesting them to complete your reference check online. They will receive a reminder every 24 hours for three (3) days. If a referee has not responded within three (3) days you will be notified by email to follow up or nominate a new referee.

If you have any support issues/questions about using Xref, contact the helpdesk by emailing the Xref support team at support@xref.com 

• Photo identification - you are who you say you are

• A completed Tax File Declaration form (ATO requirement)

• Completed bank account details (Bank Account Name, BSB and Account Number) - we will capture this through the candidate gateway

• Superannuation Information

• A completed Superannuation Nomination form (ATO requirement)

We will send you the required forms when we are notified that you have been successful in obtaining a position or are to be appointed by a school as a casual

Yes you can nominate for CEDWW to pay your superannuation into any complying super fund of your choice. 

We will ask you to complete a Standard choice form (PDF, 326KB)

This form already contains the details of our nominated super fund - Catholic Super - should you just want to use ours. Alternatively, you can use the form to advise us of your choice of super fund. You need to provide the information requested so we can make contributions to your nominated super fund.

Yes, a Superannuation (super) standard choice form will need to be completed.

Your Superannuation Product Identification Number (SPIN) is located on your Superannuation Statement. You should also be able to find this information on your Superannuation Fund's website or your online account (look for information on changing jobs) - If you are lucky, they may even already have a pre completed Super Choice Fund nomination form for you to download!

Absolutely. Let's get you set up for Super guarantee first and then once employed, employees get access to a suite of internal forms for things like this. To advise us of additional contributions we have a Superannuation Change Request form on our internal support portal. 

Yes, we have selected Catholic Super as our nominated superfund. If you don't have a super fund of your own and want to go with ours, you can indicate this on your Standard choice form (PDF, 326KB)

Only one bank account is required to ensure you are set up to be included in the payroll. Once employed you will be able to log into the PHRIS system Employee Self Service Portal to add any additional bank accounts and transfer amounts.