Graduate outcomes and employment
Excellent employment prospects for Steiner trained teachers who have completed the Advanced Diploma of Rudolf Steiner Education
Steiner Education continues to expand in Australia and throughout the world, bringing with it an ever increasing demand for teachers trained in this educational philosophy. Upon qualification as a teacher, employment prospects are excellent!
Read some of our students teaching journeys at the bottom of the page.
At present there are over 50 Steiner Schools (including State schools with Steiner streams) in Australia. The current and future needs for Steiner trained teachers in schools nationwide is outlined in research undertaken by Steiner Education Australia who endorse this course.
The state education authorities around Australia recognize the need for Steiner streams to run concurrently with mainstream education. In Victoria there are streams running at Mornington Park Primary School, Briar Hill Primary, Collingwood College, Thornbury Primary School, and East Bentleigh Primary School.
The flexibility that comes with having qualifications to teach in both the mainstream system and in Steiner Schools, or in State Schools with Steiner Streams greatly widens employment options.
These new and existing schools have an urgent ongoing demand for fully trained Steiner teachers, now and into the future.
Steiner schools place the highest priority on employing teachers who have attained this qualification. We have a Memorandum of Understanding with schools around Australia which states “It is the employment practice of this school that wherever possible we only employ suitable teachers with accredited Steiner Teacher Training.”
Additionally, the enormous growth in Steiner education throughout the world and particularly in the Asia-Pacific, offers an attractive employability prospects for those who have completed the Advanced Diploma and are seeking to work outside Australia. Please make yourself acquainted with the teacher accreditation requirements for the country you wish to teach in.
The Joy of Teaching
Read our graduates teaching journey and some of the many success stories
More stories will be added here as we interview or receive them.
Sarah - Graduate of 2018
Can you tell us a little about your teaching journey after you finished the Advanced Diploma of Rudolf Steiner Education?
After living in Melbourne and studying at the Michael Centre, I felt called to continue my life in Australia (I’m originally from the United States). I was eager to work in a Steiner school but wanted to remain in a government school setting, so I developed my skills at a few mainstream secondary schools. Meanwhile, I dreamed of working in the Steiner stream at Collingwood College and jumped at the opportunity to apply for a secondary position a few years ago. I’m currently teaching Class 7 Main Lesson and English and am also a year level coordinator.
What do you enjoy most in your teaching, and / or other aspects in your life as a teacher?
Kia - Graduate of 2014
Can you tell us a little about your teaching journey after you finished the Advanced Diploma of Rudolf Steiner Education?
I went on to complete my mainstream training by doing a Bachelor of Education Graduate Entry through Charles Darwin University. After this, I taught for one year at a Steiner school in Northern NSW, before leaving the school and starting my own teaching program for home schooled children. I have been teaching the same children for nearly four years now, and endeavor to take them for another 2 years until they reach high school age.
What do you enjoy most in your teaching, and / or other aspects in your life as a teacher?
How has the Advanced Diploma informed and / or influenced you in your teaching and / or other areas of your life?