The Leadership Development Program

Raise your hand and join a movement of changemakers taking real action to transform education in Australia.

Why raise your hand

Gain a life-changing experience as you take up the challenge... and make your mark.

Fast-track your skills, leadership and responsibility. Hit the ground running, with all the support you need to make an impact.

Take real action. Make a real difference. Teach in schools where you're needed the most.

Curate your dream purpose-led career and build future-ready skills that will carry you wherever you go.

Earn while you learn with a full salary and benefits as well as additional financial support.

Grow your own community with mentors, Alumni and a tight-knit network.

Learn more

Download the program handbook

We’ve brought together everything you’ll want to know about the Leadership Development Program into one place – from eligibility and applying, to placement and a program map. Download the Handbook for a one-stop-shop of information to help your decision.

Download the handbook

Join the movement

Educational inequity is holding Australian students back. But a child's postcode should never determine their future.

Since 2009, Teach For Australia have helped the bold come together to make a real impact where it matters most: the classroom.

Join a community of driven leaders who are helping to give every child a fair go.

This is your moment to be part of something bigger.

Raise your hand. Join the Leadership Development Program.

1,700+

teachers placed

600

partner schools

750,000+

students reached

About the program

Meet our Alumni

“The skills I was taught during the program – not necessarily tangible ones, but my own personal development – was quite incredible.

"By connecting with other people with different lived experience to myself, the staff of TFA really believing in me, and the never-ending learning opportunities – you become a leader in those two years even if you don’t realise it."

Eliza Kramer (Cohort 2021)

Literacy, Wellbeing, Health and PE teacher

Gippsland, VIC

Experience more of Australia

Prospective teachers like you are placed in schools across Australia. 75% of partner schools are in regional, rural and remote locations where you'll be welcomed into tight-knit communities.

Where you could call home

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Teach where you're needed

Help tackle Australia's educational divide. Too often, a child's postcode, socioeconomic status and background limit their access to education. It's time to change this.

How you can make a difference

Develop real skills in the classroom

You're supported to become the best teacher you can be, with mentorship, practical skills training and a fast track to leadership. You won't be taking on the challenge alone.

See how your skills will grow

Why Teach For Australia?

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Where a child grows up in Australia directly impacts their access to opportunity.

Educational disadvantage isn’t abstract. It’s structural, persistent and experienced by young Australians every day, limiting their choices and shaping their futures.

You can help confront this inequity at the source. Become a leader willing to advocate and innovate from inside the system – because strong educational outcomes create a better, healthier and more inclusive society for all of us.

Don’t wait. Raise your hand and make your mark today.

Become a leader