Economics Leadership Development Program (Oct 2025)

Teach For Australia’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) offers graduates the opportunity to study for a Master of Teaching on an assisted scholarship with Australian Catholic University (ACU).  

Salary: $62,000 - $72,000 per annum  

Become an impact-driven leader  

During the two-year program, you’ll teach your area of expertise to secondary school students from low socioeconomic communities and play an active role in breaking the cycle of educational inequality in Australia.  

As a leader in the classroom, you’ll share your passions with young people and act as a role model and mentor. You’ll also develop the skills and experience needed to become an effective and impact-driven leader both inside and outside the classroom and get an insight into what’s needed to create lasting social changes.  

About you 

Before you apply for the Leadership Development Program, you’ll need to:

• be an Australian citizen or permanent resident at the time of applying
• hold a bachelor's degree in a discipline other than teaching
• be willing to accept a placement within the state or territory where we currently operate
• be able to enrol in at least two learning areas – these will be the subjects you are qualified to teach. Maths, Physics, Engineering, Science, English/Literature and LOTE degree holders are especially encouraged to apply.

Please note that we close learning areas progressively as we meet demand. 

We currently place LDP ‘associates’ in schools in:  

• Victoria
• New South Wales
• Western Australia
• Tasmania
• South Australia
• Northern Territory.

About Teach for Australia 

Not every child in Australia has access to the education they deserve. For example, children from the lowest-income households are, on average, three years behind in school compared to other children their age. 

Teach for Australia exists to help break this cycle of educational inequity and level the playing field for all young people across Australia. We do this by recruiting, training and supporting exceptional people to teach and lead across Australia.