Bachelor of Education (Primary) – On-Campus
This degree contains 120 days of professional experience in a school setting. These placements are in PREX195, PREX295, PREX395 and PREX396. 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.
*The Internship (PREX396) can only be completed in a NSW school.
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:
This is a 15 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 PREX195 or PREX295. *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 Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in Distance Education, or Special Education setting in PREX195 or PREX295. *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 35 day placement in a primary school setting where the pre-service teacher will be assessed against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. The placement is completed in two parts; a 15 day block and a 20 day block. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, distance education, library and special education setting in PREX195 This placement consists of a 50 day placement in a New South Wales school 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. This placement must be completed in a 50 day block in a primary For this placement, students (pre-service teachers) will be responsible for 0.6 of a weekly teaching load under minimal supervision once they reach the second phase of the Internship. They must also complete an Action Research Project as part of another unit. This Internship can only be completed in a New South Wales school as UNE does not have any Internship agreement with any other states. Pre-service teachers may only complete one placement in an RFF, distance education, library or special education setting in PREX195 or PREX295.Specific Information
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school setting where the pre-service teacher will be assessed against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate level.Placements that can be accepted
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