Bachelor of General Studies/Bachelor of Teaching
This degree contains either 60 or 80 days* of professional experience in a school setting depending on your year of enrolment. These placements are embedded in PREX201, PREX302, PREX303 for those who started in 2009 and also includes PREX303 for those who started in 2010. 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 in-depth information about your placements in this degree:
2009
Those who began their Bachelor of General Studies/Bachelor of Teaching degree in 2009 will be required to complete 60 days of professional experience. Students will need to check their letter of offer or contact the enrolments team to confirm the year they began their degree.
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. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, Distance Education, library or Special Education setting in PREX201. *The RFF teacher must be covering all of the Key Learning Areas (KLAs) as part of their workload. **The library teacher must be taking RFF as part of their workload and work with other classes must occur while administration for the library teacher is undertaken. ***For Special Education settings, the curriculum must align with the NSW/Australian Curriculum and the class must be in a primary school.
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. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, Distance Education, library or Special Education setting in PREX201. *The RFF teacher must be covering all of the Key Learning Areas (KLAs) as part of their workload. **The library teacher must be taking RFF as part of their workload and work with other classes must occur while administration for the library teacher is undertaken. ***For Special Education settings, the curriculum must align with the NSW/Australian Curriculum and the class must be in a primary school.
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. This is the final placement where the pre-service teacher is assessed against all of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Level as per the requirements of BOSTES. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, Distance Education, library or Special Education setting in PREX201.Specific Requirements
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2010
Those who began their Bachelor of General Studies/Bachelor of Teaching degree in 2010 will be required to complete 80 days of professional experience. Students will need to check their letter of offer or contact the enrolments team to confirm the year they began their degree.
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. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in Distance Education, or Special Education setting in PREX201 or PREX302. *For Special Education settings, the curriculum must align with the NSW/Australian Curriculum and the class must be in a primary school. 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. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in Distance Education, or Special Education setting in PREX201 or PREX302. *For Special Education settings, the curriculum must align with the NSW/Australian Curriculum and the class must be in a primary school.
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. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, Distance Education, library or Special Education setting in PREX201 or PREX302.
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. This is the final placement where the pre-service teacher is assessed against all of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Level as per BOSTES requirements. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, Distance Education, library or Special Education setting in PREX201 or PREX302.Specific Requirements
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