teachers.on.net on Facebook and Twitter
Posted 15th October, 2009
teachers.on.net has just launched itself into the social networking phenomenons of Twitter and Facebook. We will be 'tweeting' inspirational education related quotes along with other related news. On Facebook, we will provide updates on conference visits, competitions as well as photos of the teachers.on.net team in action around the country.
We thank all of our users who have already signed up to follow us and look forward to bringing you more exciting news via Facebook and Twitter.
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teachers.on.net selected by AISQ
Posted 27th August, 2009
teachers.on.net is proud to be selected as a provider of online advertising for the member schools of the Association of Independent Schools of Queensland. teachers.on.net will be working in partnership with the AISQ to ensure that member schools are introduced to the benefits and cost savings that online advertising provides.
Welcome to Catholic Schools in the Sale Diocese
Posted 23rd June, 2009
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the Victorian Diocese of Sale. They will be joining the other 70% of Australian Catholic Diocese using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions using teachers.on.net.
teachers.on.net celebrates 10 years online
Posted 11th March, 2009
This week teachers.on.net reached an historic milestone; we celebrated 10 years of serving the education community. Company Director, Simon McGuire has been working with teachers.on.net since its inception and reflects "It’s been a great 10 years for teachers.on.net. We were the pioneers for internet based recruitment for Australian schools and we have seen them really embrace the internet to deliver savings in all aspects of their business. The next 10 years are going to be even more exciting as we see more and more state schools and International schools using our service to reach a globalised workforce. We have seen competitors come and go and we are proud of the reputation we have developed over this time for value, effectiveness and client service”
Condolences to schools affected by the bushfires
Posted 21st February, 2009
teachers.on.net wants to send our condolences to all of our schools and kindergartens that were recently affected by the bushfires. Our thoughts are with all of those people whose lives have been affected by this tragedy. We are aware some of our advertising schools have been affected by the bushfires and have made a donation to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal to assist in rebuilding.
We encourage all of our members to do the same, you can contact the Australian Red Cross to make a donation on 1800 811 700 or visit http://www.redcross.org.au/
teachers.on.net selected by AISACT
Posted 2nd February, 2009
teachers.on.net is proud to be selected as a provider of online advertising for the member schools of the Association of Independent Schools of the Australian Captial Territory. teachers.on.net will be working in partnership with the AISACT to ensure that member schools are introduced to the benefits and cost savings that online advertising provides.
Happy New Year
Posted 14th January, 2009
On behalf of everyone at teachers.on.net, Happy New Year! We've got lots of ideas as well as some new and exciting features planned for the site in 2009. Thank you to all of the teachers who attended our 'think tank' session, your ideas and suggestions will help build a bigger and even better teachers.on.net in 2009.
Attention Adelaide teachers!
Posted 1st January, 2009
teachers.on.net is looking for teachers who would be interested in participating in a 2 hour Think Tank on Tuesday 6th January from 2.30pm.
We will be asking participants to offer suggestions as to how we can improve our site, how we can contact more teachers and generally offer a better service to educators.
The Think Tank will be located at Enterprise House on Greenhill Rd and we will be thanking participants with a $70 Coles Myer gift card.
Places are limited so please contact Petrah Harslett on 0414 267 642 or petrah@teachers.on.net if you are willing to participate.
Christmas Wishes from teachers.on.net
Posted 26th December, 2008
teachers.on.net wants to wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas. This year teachers.on.net managed to provide advertising for almost 2500 schools and we broke several of our own records in terms of site traffic and the number of ads on the site.
We look forward to offering you even more jobs and more services in 2009.
teachers.on.net Sponsors ABMVSS AGM
Posted 28th October, 2008
teachers.on.net recently attended the Association of Business Managers in Victorian State Schools Annual General Meeting in Melbourne. teachers.on.net was proud to sponsor the event held at Crown Casino. Congratulations to the lucky winner of our lovely Jurlique pack.
teachers.on.net Sponsors ACLE Conference
Posted 13th October, 2008
teachers.on.net recently attended the Australian Conference on Lutheran Education in Melbourne. teachers.on.net have had a strong relationship with Lutheran Education for over 8 years and we were proud to sponsor the conference. Congratulations to Steven Seidel from Good Shepherd Lutheran School at Angaston who won our Navman GPS.
teachers.on.net Sponsors ASPA Conference
Posted 7th October, 2008
teachers.on.net recently attended the Australian Secondary Principal’s Association (ASPA) Conference in Perth. As a major business partner of ASPA we were proud to sponsor the conference. Congratulations to Trenton Harris from Balga Senior High School who won our Navman GPS.
teachers.on.net at Lutheran Education Conference
Posted 25th September, 2008
This year teachers.on.net is proudly sponsoring the Lutheran Education Conference in Melbourne from October 1 – 3. If you are attending, please drop by the stall, say hello and enter the draw to win a gps! Look forward to seeing you all there!
teachers.on.net selected by AISWA
Posted 14th June, 2008
teachers.on.net is proud to be selected as a provider of online advertising for the member schools of the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia. teachers.on.net will be working in partnership with the AISWA to ensure that member schools are introduced to the benefits and cost savings that online advertising provides.
Scheduled Maintenance today at 1630 EST.
Posted 13th June, 2008
The teachers.on.net site will be going down for scheduled maintenance today at 1630 EST. We apologise for any inconvenience but we are in the final stages of moving to a new, faster server that will benefit all of our clients. Please call 1800 003 202 if you have any queries.
teachers.on.net selected by AISWA
Posted 6th March, 2008
teachers.on.net is proud to be selected as a provider of online advertising for the member schools of the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia. teachers.on.net will be working in partnership with the AISWA to ensure that member schools are introduced to the benefits and cost savings that online advertising provides.
teachers.on.net selected by AIST
Posted 11th October, 2007
teachers.on.net is proud to be selected as preferred provider of online advertising for the member schools of the Association of Independent Schools of Tasmania. teachers.on.net will be working in partnership with the AIST to ensure that member schools are introduced to the benefits and cost savings that online advertising provides. Managing Director of teachers.on.net Simon McGuire says 'we have a strong record of working with school groups and we know that our service is really going to pay dividends for Tasmanian Independent schools.' As well as being able to advertise for staff at all levels, the schools will have access to the unique teachers.on.net teacher database.
Pilot program with public schools
Posted 17th September, 2007
In conjunction with the Australian Secondary Principals Association, government schools in each state are trialling teachers.on.net to see how it can supplement existing recruitment practices. As Australian public schools in different states variously head towards autonomy in their recruitment practices, teachers.on.net has been selected by ASPA as representing best practice in online recruitment. Managing Director of teachers.on.net , Simon McGuire says "We are really excited to be working with ASPA. They recognize teachers.on.net as the leading provider of online recruitment and we are looking forward to a long relationship. There are massive changes in the wings to public education in this country and over a 5 year time frame we see a major expansion of our service into public schooling."
The Australian Secondary Principals Association
Posted 5th June, 2007
teachers.on.net recently signed an exclusive partnership with the Australian Secondary Principals Association. As Australian state schools in different states variously head towards autonomy in their recruitment practices, teachers.on.net has been selected by ASPA as representing best practice in online recruitment. Over the next few years teachers.on.net will be working closely with ASPA to ensure that their members become aware of the benefits of online recruiting and the services that teachers.on.net offers. Managing Director of teachers.on.net , Simon McGuire says "We are really excited to be working with ASPA. There are massive changes in the wings to public education in this country and over a 5 year time frame we see a major expansion of our service into public schooling."
teachers.on.net selected by AISNT
Posted 26th March, 2007
teachers.on.net is proud to be selected as preferred provider of online advertising for the member schools of the Association of Independent Schools of the Northern Territory. teachers.on.net will be working in partnership with the AISNT to ensure that the member schools are introduced to the benefits and cost savings that online advertising provides. Managing Director of teachers.on.net Simon McGuire says 'we have a strong record of working with school groups and we know that our service is really going to pay dividends for NT Independent schools.' As well as being able to advertise for staff at all levels, the schools will have access to the unique teachers.on.net teacher database.
Welcome to 2007!
Posted 27th February, 2007
Teachers.on.net welcomes all schools and teachers to the 2007 school year. There is much planned for teachers.on.net for the immediate future. There will be many new features that will make it easier to use and more effective. For example - every time a school place an advertisement they will be automatically emailed resumes from our teacher database. Instant applications.
For teachers - we will also be publishing many new career resources on the site. This will make it more valuable for you beyond simply looking for job. The new features will be introduced during Q1 2007 and in the meantime we would appreciate any input or suggestions anyone may have.
Teachers.on.net is proud to be Australia's leading K-12 education employment website and we will continue to grow and service the needs of Australian schools and teachers into 2007 and beyond.
Welcome to 2007!
Posted 2nd January, 2007
Teachers.on.net welcomes all schools and teachers to the 2007 school year. There is much planned for teachers.on.net for the immediate future. There will be many new features that will make it easier to use and more effective. For example - every time a school place an advertisement they will be automatically emailed resumes from our teacher database. Instant applications.
For teachers - we will also be publishing many new career resources on the site. This will make it more valuable for you beyond simply looking for job. The new features will be introduced during Q1 2007 and in the meantime we would appreciate any input or suggestions anyone may have.
Teachers.on.net is proud to be Australia's leading K-12 education employment website and we will continue to grow and service the needs of Australian schools and teachers into 2007 and beyond.
Welcome to Catholic schools in Wagga Wagga
Posted 26th September, 2006
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the NSW Diocese of Wagga Wagga. They will be joining many other Australian Catholic Diocese using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions using teachers.on.net. As well as their advertisements appearing on teachers.on.net. teachers.on.net is now happy to serve all of the Catholic Dioceses in NSW.
teachers.on.net and SA Independent Schools
Posted 22nd August, 2006
teachers.on.net is proud to be selected as preferred provider of online advertising for the member schools of the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia. teachers.on.net will be working in partnership with the AISSA to ensure that the 64 member schools are introduced to the benefits and cost savings that online advertising provides. Managing Director of teachers.on.net Simon McGuire says 'we have a strong record of working with school groups and we know that our service is really going to pay dividends for the SA Independent schools who are looking to advertise online.' As well as being able to advertise for staff at all levels, the schools will have access to the unique teachers.on.net teacher database.
Welcome to Maitland/Newcastle Catholic Schools
Posted 9th June, 2006
Teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the Catholic schools in Maitlands/ Newcastle. They will be joining other Australian Catholic Diocese using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions.
teachers.on.net selected by AISSA
Posted 23rd May, 2006
teachers.on.net is proud to be selected as preferred provider of online advertising for the member schools of the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia. teachers.on.net will be working in partnership with the AISSA to ensure that the 64 member schools are introduced to the benefits and cost savings that online advertising provides. Managing Director of teachers.on.net Simon McGuire says 'we have a strong record of working with school groups and we know that our service is really going to pay dividends for SA Independent schools.' As well as being able to advertise for staff at all levels, the schools will have access to the unique teachers.on.net teacher database.
teachers.on.net selected as preferred provider for Association of Independent Schools of South Australia.
ACT Government Schools 2006-2007 recruitment round
Posted 18th May, 2006
teachers.on.net is proud to be helping ACT Government Schools with a targeted campaign for their 2006 - 2007 Teacher Level 1 Recruitment Round. This is the latest in a series of programs that teachers.on.net is conducting with government education around the country and demonstrates our commitment to be Australia's leading K-12 recruitment website - for all sectors - Government, Independent and Catholic.
New Features for Schools Placing Advertisements
Posted 9th April, 2006
Over the last few weeks, some new functionality has been developed for teachers.on.net and over the next months there are more new features planned. Click on the link below to see a summary of what schools will see when next logging in:
'MS Word' style advert formatter
When you post a new vacancy you will see a link at the top of the page which will take you to a familiar toolbar at the top of the job description. This will allow you to format your advert descriptions in a similar manner to your word processor. This means that you can change font sizes, bold, italic and justify your description.
Draft advertisements
When you post an advertisement you are now able to nominate if it is a draft advertisement. There is a check box at the bottom of the vacancy form which is checked to make it a draft. This means that the advert does not actually go live but remains in your vacancy list to be proofed or checked before it goes live.
Reminders for vacancies with no deadline
When vacancies are placed with no deadline - either deliberately or by accident - you will be sent a reminder email 30 days after the advert is posted. This will ensure that there are no out of date advertisements on the site. teachers.on.net staff are constantly checking all advertisements so that email reminders are not continually being sent for adverts that are posted deliberately with no deadline (i.e. for ongoing expressions of interest in casual teachers)
Logout button
When you are finished your teachers.on.net session, there is now a logout button at the bottom of the control panel at the top left of the screen. This finalises you teachers.on.net session and ensures that the only way the site can be accessed on your machine is by logging in again.
Separate vacancy 'archive' and 'delete' buttons
There are now separate buttons to 'archive' and 'delete' vacancies.
Welcome to 2006 school year.
Posted 25th January, 2006
Teachers.on.net welcomes all schools and teachers to the 2006 school year. There is much planned for teachers.on.net for the immediate future. As well as complete new look and feel sometime later in the year, there will be many new features that will make it easier to use and more effective. For example - every time a school place an advertisement they will be automatically emailed resumes from our teacher database. Instant applications.
For teachers - we will also be publishing many new career resources on the site. This will make it more valuable for you beyond simply looking for job. The new features will be introduced during Q1 2006 and in the meantime we would appreciate any input or suggestions anyone may have.
Teachers.on.net is proud to be Australia's leading K-12 education employment website and we will continue to grow and service the needs of Australian schools and teachers into 2006 and beyond.
Welcome to Catholic schools in Wagga Wagga
Posted 4th November, 2005
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the NSW Diocese of Wagga Wagga. They will be joining many other Australian Catholic Diocese using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions using teachers.on.net. As well as their advertisements appearing on teachers.on.net. teachers.on.net is now happy to serve all of the Catholic Dioceses in NSW.
Welcome to Catholic schools of Toowoomba
Posted 16th September, 2005
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the Queensland Diocese of Toowoomba. They will be joining 13 other Australian Catholic Diocese using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions.
teachers.on.net working with Government schools.
Posted 17th August, 2005
teachers.on.net are pleased to announce a joint project with teach.NSW - the recruitment unit of the NSW Department of Education and Training. teach.NSW have just rolled out a brand new online job vacancy posting and application system - jobs@DET. As part of a broader recruitment strategy, many advertisements appearing on jobs@DET will also automatically be appearing on teachers.on.net. Managing Director of teachers.on.net Simon McGuire says "We are very excited to be working with teach.NSW and we have a seamless system in place to stream the jobs@DET adverts. I believe that our profile in the teacher community as Australia's leading employment website will definitely be adding value to their recruitment campaigns". As well as advertisements appearing on the teachers.on.net website, leadership positions will also be published in eLeader - Australia's only electronic bulletin of leadership vacancies.
Welcome Catholic schools of Parramatta
Posted 1st August, 2005
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the NSW Diocese of Parramatta. They will be joining many other Australian Catholic Dioceses and other Independent and Government school groups using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions. Later this month, teachers.on.net will begin streaming advertisments from the CEO website and hosting them to ensure maximal online coverage and a complete recruitment solution for the Diocese.
Welcome Catholic schools of Bathurst and Canberra
Posted 23rd May, 2005
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the two Dioceses of Bathurst and Canberra. They will be joining many other Australian Catholic Diocese and other school groups using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions. teachers.on.net will also be hosting the employment section of their websites to ensure all job vacancy postings are kept in sync between teachers.on.net and the CEO websites.
teachers.on.net working with Government Schools
Posted 29th April, 2005
Teachers.on.net are preferred providers of online advertising to many school groups such as Lutheran Education Australia, State Education Departments and many Catholic Education Offices around the country. For example, last year the ACT Department of Education and Training chose to use teachers.on.net to augment their Level 1 recruitment round. They ran a banner advertisement on the teachers.on.net opening screen and also ran a standard advertisement on the site. Naturally there was a dramatic increase in applicants due to the extra profile that their campaign had by leveraging the tremendous exposure of teachers.on.net. Managing Director of teachers.on.net Simon McGuire says "Its fantastic that many schools and other educational organizations have their own websites well and truly running now. The problem is that that unless they are targeted directly by a teacher, they are not going to be found. We are very proud of our #1 spot on Google for the keywords 'teaching jobs' and we are getting so much traffic coming from Google. This is just one of the reasons that so many schools and education departments want to work with us. Massive exposure."
teachers.on.net has worked very had over the years and have a fantastic reputation in K-12 education. As more and more people turn to the internet the profile and usage of the site can only continue to grow. ITs quick and easy for teachers and schools are saving thousands on old fashioned press advertising.
teachers.on.net continues to deliver results!
Posted 22nd February, 2005
teachers.on.net has been used by many schools for quite a few years. Over this period, these schools have really come to terms with the online medium and realised tremendous savings in advertising costs. Read this recent testimonial from Loretta Ashford - Principal of Tarrington Lutheran Primary School. "We placed an advertisement on teachers.on.net for a Primary Classroom Teacher. We were so inundated with applicants - many of them first class - that we needed to take the advertisement off early! The only place we advertised was teachers.on.net. After a few years using the system we are very happy with it. The cost savings are terrific and I would recommend it to all schools looking for cost effective recruitment practices."
Trinity Catholic College - School of the Year
Posted 2nd December, 2004
Congratulations to Trinity Catholic College, a systemic secondary school in the Sydney archdiocese, who have been awarded as The Australian's School of the Year for 2004. Of course, Trinity is a teachers.on.net Member School as are all schools within the Sydney Archdiocese. Read the artice at http://www.trinity.auburn.syd.catholic.edu.au/
Another testimonial from a long time user...
Posted 12th October, 2004
"Thanks to teachers.on.net, I had an 8 working day turn around on the employment of a new teacher. A teacher resigned on Friday 1st October and the new staff member accepted the Maths/Science position Tuesday 12th October. During that time I contacted her by email, I rang her, I had contact with her referees, our Maths co-ordinator made contact via email, I offered the position by email and she accepted by email. We have today emailed the formal contract. No costly advertising in major newspapers!
This is not the first success story with teachers.on.net. At this stage of the year I check the site (all subjects, all regions) every day so I know who the new additions are! I also email our adverts to suitable applicants. I direct them to our own website where I have listed various websites of interest with regard to teaching in our area."
- Sr Sylvia Williams, St Joseph's College, Mildura
We look forward to hearing more success stories from other schools in the Ballarat Diocese, now that all schools are members.
Welcome Catholic Schools of Townsville
Posted 27th September, 2004
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the Queensland Diocese of Townsville. They will be joining other Australian Catholic Diocese using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions.
Welcome to Catholic Schools in Broome
Posted 9th September, 2004
teachers.on.net is happy to provide our unique, cost saving service to all the schools in the Western Australian Diocese of Broome. They will be joining many other Catholic Diocese around the country that choose teachers.on.net as their preferred online advertising and recruitment solution provider. As well as providing our core service we will be assisting them in their 'Teach Kimberly' campaign.
Welcome to schools from the Diocese of Ballarat
Posted 3rd September, 2004
teachers.on.net is happy to provide our unique, cost saving service to all the schools in the Victorian Diocese of Ballarat. They will be joining many other Catholic Diocese around the country that choose teachers.on.net as their preferred online advertising and recruitment solution provider.
New teachers.on.net inititative - eLeader
Posted 3rd September, 2004
eLeader is a brand new electronic publication from teachers.on.net - Australia's Number One Education Employment website. All leadership positions posted on teachers.on.net are automatically included in eLeader. It will be distribute via email as a PDF file. eLeader is Australia's most comprehensive list of leadership vacancies in education, delivered to your Inbox every fortnight.
For more information, contact Executive Sales at teachers.on.net on Freecall 1800 003 202
Welcome Catholic Schools of Lismore
Posted 24th August, 2004
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the Lismore Diocese of NSW. They will be joining other NSW Catholic Diocese using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions.
VASSP 2004 conference
Posted 26th July, 2004
teachers.on.net will again be sponsoring the Victorian Assocoiation of State Secondary Principals Conference. The theme this year is Tranformation Through Global Networking and as such, delegates and presenters will come from not only from Victorian State Schools but also from Catholic Education from other states, Chile, Africa and a healthy contingent from the UK. We would be delighted to put faces to the names of some of our member School Principals, so please come and make yourselves known.
teachers.on.net a sponsor at the APPA conference
Posted 27th June, 2004
teachers.on.net will this year be sponsoring the Australian Primary Principals 2004 Trans Tasman Conference. With more than 1400 delgates expected to attend from Australia and New Zealand this will be a fantastic opportunity to further showcase teachers.on.net to New Zealand educators. Many of our existing Australian schools will also be attending, so please come over and say hello and let us hear your thoughts on how we can further improve our service to you.
ACT Government Schools 2006-2007 recruitment round
Posted 3rd May, 2004
teachers.on.net is proud to be helping Government Schools with a targeted campaign for their 2006 - 2007 Teacher Level 1 Recruitment Round. This is the latest in a series of pilot that teachers.on.net is conducting with government education around the country and demonstrates our commitment to be Australia's leading education recruitment website - for all sectors.
teachers.on.net and ETeach
Posted 25th November, 2003
teachers.on.net has partnered with UK based ETeach.com. Each site is the leading education recruitment websites in its respective country and now they have joined forces to offer educators a unique online experience. Australian teachers will now be able to browse actual positions in the UK. These are real positions in real schools - not the blanket 'teach in the UK' type advertisements. For the school clients of teachers.on.net, the alliance ensures that any advertisements that are placed on teachers.on.net are also visible on Eteach.com and available to the thousands of Aussie expat teachers in the UK.
teachers.on.net delivers for Catholic Schools
Posted 21st October, 2003
A recent evaluation of the effectiveness of advertising mediums was recently conducted by teachers.on.net and the Sydney Catholic Education Office. Each school was asked to monitor all candidates and ask them where they saw the initial advertisement. Variously, the press, teachers.on.net and the CEO website were all avenues for advertising. After the evaluation period it was found that over 80% of candidates saw the advertisement on teachers.on.net. Using this information, teachers.on.net and the CEO are working on streamlining an even more effective advertising strategy for the schools that is set to deliver real cost savings into the future.
National Lutheran Principals Conference
Posted 25th August, 2003
teachers.on.net will be sponsoring the National Lutheran Principals Conference in Canberra this week. As all Lutheran schools have been using teachers.on.net for three years now, this will be a great opportunity to hear from the 80 attending Principals of how the system is working for them and what we can do to help even further.
Welcome Catholic Schools of Wollongong
Posted 22nd May, 2003
teachers.on.net is happy to welcome all the schools in the Wollongong Diocese of NSW. They will be joining several other NSW Catholic Diocese using teachers.on.net to deliver innovative, cost saving online recruitment solutions.
Welcome Catholic Education Groups in NSW
Posted 8th April, 2003
A very warm welcome to all schools in the Catholic Education Office of Sydney and the Catholic Schools Office in Broken Bay. Both Sydney and Broken Bay have joined teachers.on.net as Associations and packages have been tailored to meet their specific requirements. If you would like any further information about Association Memberships, please either email enquiries@teachers.on.net or call us on Freecall 1800 003 202.
Press Release Regional Education Gets Online Boost
Posted 2nd February, 2003
REGIONAL EDUCATION GETS ONLINE BOOST
The vital role Schools play in supporting rural and regional Australia has received a boost from the digital age. Teachers visiting an Australian website, Teachers On Net (www.teachers.on.net), will see real-time job advertisements from places as far-flung as Broken Hill or Bourke. The Wilcannia Forbes Catholic Diocese, geographically NSW largest, recognises the advantages of the broadcast power of the Internet. It joins Armidale, Broken Bay (Nothern Beaches/Central coast) and the Sydney Offices of Catholic Education in adopting the internet as a formal part of their recruitment strategy.
Dr Ken Rodwell, Co-ordinator of Schools for the Wilcannia Forbes Diocese, indicated the initiative had its origins in a need to communicate job vacancies efficiently and conveniently. "Within our diocese, covering 52% of the total land area of NSW, I wanted all of our staff to know what was available." Simon McGuire, Managing Director of Teachers On Net says, "…making short or long term teaching vacancies known to the widest possible group of candidates is a communication problem. The Wilcannia Forbes office has solved it cheaply and effectively."
The difficulties of attracting teachers, as with all professionals, to country areas are well known. Dr Rodwell says that the ability to access a wider audience, particularly new graduates was a bonus. He said that the detailed vacancy information he could now provide to this audience in such a directed fashion was a quality outcome for his schools. Simon McGuire, again, added rural and regional schools from all sectors have been early adopters of the technology. “It is quite egalitarian and breaches the country city divide. The vacancies of small rural schools appear side-by-side those of the big city schools for any given search.”
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A special teachers.on.net testimonial
Posted 12th October, 2002
teachers.on.net is regularly getting positive feedback from our member schools. The service is working really well for them. The following testimonial is interesting in that it really shows how the Internet can be used to solve real staffing problems.
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We had a vacancy for a 7 week replacement Maths teacher. I realised that this may be quite a hard position to fill at short notice and that traditional press advertising would be expensive and may not even be effective. For situations like this I turn to teachers.on.net. I placed the advertisement on to the site and was very pleased with the response. Within a short period of time I had an email application from a qualified Maths teacher in South Africa who was looking to relocate to Australia and happened to have all her immigration papers all ready. Permission to Teach clearance was quickly granted by the Registered Schools Board and the appointment was made. The 7 week placement worked out very well and the teachers husband and children have emigrated permanently. teachers.on.net is a valuable service to Australian schools - especially regional schools with hard to fill positions. For a very modest investment, I can be sure that my advertisements are reaching the widest possible online teacher audience and I would endorse it thoroughly.
Sister Sylvia Williams
St Joseph's College
Mildura Victoria
