Teachers, usually called Governesses or Tutors in the Australian Outback, live with the family in the homestead and teach up to three or four children. They will probably all be from the one family and their learning will all be at different stages, so it can be quite a challenge. However, everything is provided for you, books, videos, audio tapes, TV programmes and the timetable is all set out, so that all children doing the Distance Education from that centre will be doing much the same work at the same time. The difference will be that when the Station is busy school work stops and all the children go out to help with the stockwork - lessons are then taken in the evening, at the weekends or a day later. Most bush children are very bright and want to learn - they are frequently well ahead of their school-going contemporaries once they get to boarding school - usually at the age of thirteen.

We have work for:
teachers and graduates
students
gap year students with English as first language and 3 good 'A' levels
and
anyone who is willing to have the experience of a lifetime!

Ideally you will be a graduate with a great love of children. You do not need to be a trained teacher. However, as it is often difficult to lure trained teachers to the bush anyone who has ever taught anything would be considered as long as you love to work with children and / or have at least a University place waiting for you - ie. three good A levels if you come from Britain.

These are usually ten weeks in duration and there are four terms in each school year. Roughly (it varies from State to State) Term 1 - end January to Easter; Term 2 - after Easter until mid June; Term 3 - early July until mid September; Term 4 - early October to mid December. Most parents like to keep to these dates as far as possible so that they fit in with Distance Education Camps and Get Togethers - where the children get the chance to work and play with those of their own age in a group learning environment.