Teaching Pathways
Hi, just wanted to see if anyone has a similar history of education / has undertaken a similar pathway toward my goal. Essentially - I completed year 12 in 2009 and at the time only really cared about passing with a certificate, I only did half of my exams and then went on to successfully become a hairdresser and work in the industry for many years. In the last few years I have felt a pull toward a career change and ultimately I would love to work in Early childhood education or become a Primary School teacher. As far as having basically no ATAR score and only a myriad of life and work experiences as far as I can gauge an option for this pathway could be completing an Education Diploma and then moving on to do a Degree with applied credits - though I wonder if even the Diploma would require more than my Year 12 passing certificate only. I would be entering as a mature aged student and have also done a lot of volunteering and other work outside of hair. I have also seen there is a cert IV for Tertiary Preparation but I wondered if I could skip that entirely and go straight into the diploma. I appreciate any similar experiences or advice. Thanks so much