Master of Teaching (Primary)

This degree contains 60 days of professional experience in a primary school setting. These placements are embedded in EDUC404, EDIT500, EDSP524 and EDCX502.  All professional experience placements in a school setting must meet the following requirements to be counted for placement. The school must:

  • Assess teacher proficiency against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers;
  • Use NESA approved syllabuses or equivalent Australian syllabuses;

All placements must be in a mainstream classroom unless otherwise specified.

Before undertaking the final placement, all Teacher Education Students in this degree must complete and pass both components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students.


Please select your unit from the list below to see more information about your placements in this degree:

EDUC404 (PrEx 10)

Specific Information

This is a 10 day block placement in a primary
school
setting where the pre-service teacher will be assessed against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.


Placements that can be accepted

  • Mainstream primary classrooms
  • Distance Education settings
  • Special Education settings*

Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in Distance Education, or Special Education setting in EDUC404
or EDIT500.

*For Special Education settings, the curriculum must align with the NSW/Australian Curriculum and the class must be in a primary school.


Placements that cannot be accepted

  • Work in a tutoring agency
  • Work as an au pair
  • Employment as a governess (or equivalent position)
  • Employment as teacher's aide (or equivalent position such as a Learning Support Officer)
  • Release from Face-to-Face (RFF) placements
  • Library placements
EDIT500 (PrEx 10)

This Placement and Information Technology

This placement is embedded in the unit EDIT500. While the unit content is about learning Information Technology (IT), the placement is not directly related to IT so does not need to be in a computer class. Information Technology is covered in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers as part of the whole of teaching.


Specific Requirements

This is a 10 day block placement in a primary
school
setting where the pre-service teacher will be assessed against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

EDIT500 Specific Requirements


Placements that can be accepted

  • Mainstream primary classrooms
  • Distance Education settings
  • Special Education settings*

Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, Distance Education, library or Special Education setting in EDUC404
or EDIT500.

*For Special Education settings, the curriculum must align with the NSW/Australian Curriculum and the class must be in a primary school.


Placements that cannot be accepted

  • Work in a tutoring agency
  • Work as an au pair
  • Employment as a governess (or equivalent position)
  • Employment as teacher's aide (or equivalent position such as a Learning Support Officer)
  • Release from Face-to-Face (RFF) placements
  • Library placements
EDSP524 (PrEx 20)

This Placement and Classroom Behaviour Management

This placement is embedded in the unit EDSP524. The placement component does not have to be in a Special Education
setting
as behaviour and classroom management are part of teaching as a whole as outlined in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.


Specific Requirements

This is a 20 day block placement in a primary
school
setting where the pre-service teacher will be assessed against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

EDSP524 Specific Requirements


Placements that can be accepted

  • Mainstream primary classrooms

Placements that cannot be accepted

  • RFF placements
  • Work in a distance education setting
  • Library placement
  • Placement in a special education unit
  • Work in a tutoring agency
  • Work as an au pair
  • Employment as a governess (or equivalent position)
  • Employment as teacher's aide (or equivalent position such as a Learning Support Officer).

Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, Distance Education, library or Special Education setting in EDUC404 or EDIT500.

EDCX502 (PrEx 20)

This Placement and Aboriginal Education

This placement is embedded in the unit EDCX502. It
is not a requirement of the placement to be completed in a setting with a
specific ratio of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students.
Cultural perspectives and understanding, differentiation of curriculum, disability support strategies and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education strategies are included in the Australian Professional Standards
for Teachers.


Specific Requirements

This placement must be completed in a 20 day block in a primary
school
setting where the pre-service teacher will be assessed against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

EDCX502 Specific Requirements


Graduate Level Placements

This is the final placement where the pre-service teacher is assessed against all of the AustralianProfessional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Level as per BOSTES requirements.


Placements that can be accepted

  • Mainstream primary classrooms

Placements that cannot be accepted

  • Any placement type that varies from a mainstream classroom setting.

Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, Distance Education, library or Special Education setting in EDUC404 or EDIT500.