CSBB’s Teacher Education Scholarship Program Applications Welcome!

Applications for CSBB’s Exemplary Teacher Incentive Program (ETIP) 2023 are now open. The ETIP program offers a range of scholarships, internships, and grants to high-achieving, aspiring teachers at various stages in their career trajectory, from Year 12 leavers to students in their final year of an undergraduate or postgraduate initial teacher education degree.

The Program aims to attract, train, and retain the best quality teacher education students and graduates to Catholic Schools Broken Bay, providing them with financial support, dedicated mentoring by expert teachers, targeted professional learning and formation, and an employment-based pathway into the profession that complements their university studies.

The 21 recipients of our inaugural

CSBB schools this year. Most Rev Anthony Randazzo, Bishop of Broken Bay is delighted to see this initiative activated saying, “it creates targeted pathways for bringing the best early career teachers into Catholic Schools Broken Bay and will enhance our ability to provide authentic professional Catholic Education with care and compassion”.

ETIP recipients are employed in schools for a minimum 1 day per week for the duration of their degree, some from as early as their first year of study, enabling them to be immersed in what it means to be an educator in the Catholic System, and offering a range of opportunities to connect theory and practice in authentic ways. They are then provided with a permanent teaching position on graduation.

Jessica Turner, one of our Targeted Teacher Internship Recipients said: “This internship has provided me with wonderful learning opportunities. It has also provided financial stability and job security, which has taken away the pressure of trying to find a job when I graduate and has given me more time to focus on doing well at uni and given me a nice work life balance. I enjoy the supportive community that I have joined. The teachers are always willing to help, and I am constantly learning skills in the classroom that I will use in my future teaching practice.”

Director of Schools, Danny Casey, said “the additional classroom experience and on-the-job training provided as part of this program sees recipients better prepared to face the challenges of the teaching profession and well-supported in their early years of teaching”.

Our current scholarship, internship and grant recipients have been incredibly positive about their experience so far, with Exemplary Teacher Grant recipient, Tegan Greig saying:

Receiving a grant has given me the confidence in my own abilities and allows me to build on my skills in a nurturing and supported environment so that I can become the best teacher that I can be for my future students. I love working in Catholic Schools Broken Bay because it truly is a community of people built on faith and kindness, brought together to share that with the next generation.” Please scan the QR code to learn more about the ETIP Program and to apply.