Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
The Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching) contains 60 days of professional experience in an early childcare education and care centre for those admitted under Rule (a) and 30* days of professional experience for those admitted under Rule (b). These placements are embedded in the units EDEC341, EDEC392, EDEC324, EDEC435, EDEC322, EDEC355 and EDEC328. All Professional Experience must be completed in ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved centre-based settings.
To check which admission rules you fall under, please check the Course Unit Catalogue. Information for Admission to Candidature can be found under the Course Rules and Plans tab.
*Some students will be required to complete a further 10 days in the unit PREX310 to demonstrate capacity to work in a birth to two room. Please check your enrolment as to whether you will be required to complete this additional unit.
Early Childcare Centres
All professional experience placements in an early childhood education and care centre must meet the following requirements to be counted for placement. The early childhood education and care centre must:
- Be a setting approved by ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) that caters for children prior to school age;
- Be using the Early Learning Years Framework (DEEWR, 2009).
Rule (a)
This is a five day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged three to eight years. The supervising teacher must be minimum four year trained* early childhood teacher. EDEC322 Specific Requirements (PDF, 227.42 KB) *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements. This is a five day adult-oriented placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting where whole setting early education management and leadership are investigated. If the student is currently employed in an early childhood setting/organisation, this placement must occur outside the student’s own current or previous workplace/s and not in a sister centre. The supervising director must be a minimum four year degree trained early childhood teacher. EDEC324 Specific Requirements (PDF, 318.26 KB) This is a five day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged two to five years. If the currently employed in an early childhood centre, this placement must occur outside of one’s current or previous workplace, as well as in a different centre type of setting (e.g. long day care or preschool) and not in any 'sister centres' associated with the place of employment. The supervising teacher must be a minimum four-year trained* early childhood teacher. *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements. This is a 10 day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged birth to two years. The supervising teacher must be a minimum four year trained early childhood teacher. EDEC341 Specific Requirements (PDF, 265.05 KB) Additional Resources This is a 10 day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged three to five years. The supervising teacher must be minimum four year trained* early childhood teacher. EDEC355 Specific Requirements (PDF, 730.4 KB) *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements. This is a 15 day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged three to five years. The supervising teacher must be four year degree qualified. This is a 10 day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged three to five years. The supervising teacher must be minimum four year trained* early childhood teacher. *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements.General Requirements for this Placement
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Rule (b)
This is a five day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged three to eight years. The supervising teacher must be minimum four year trained* early childhood teacher. EDEC322 Specific Requirements (PDF, 227.42 KB) *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements. This is a five day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged two to five years. If the currently employed in an early childhood centre, this placement must occur outside of one’s current or previous workplace, as well as in a different centre type of setting (e.g. long day care or preschool) and not in any 'sister centres' associated with the place of employment. The supervising teacher must be minimum four year trained* early childhood teacher. *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements. This is a 10 day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged three to five years. The supervising teacher must be minimum four year trained* early childhood teacher. *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements. This is a 10 day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged three to five years. The supervising teacher must be minimum four year trained* early childhood teacher. EDEC355 Specific Requirements (PDF, 730.4 KB) *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements. Not all students will be required to undertake this unit. ACECQA requires all students who undertake the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching) to have completed placement/teaching with children from the ages birth to two years. Please check your enrolment requirements to determine your need to complete this unit. This is a 10 day placement in an ACECQA (meeting or exceeding NQS) approved early childhood education and care setting with children aged birth to two years. The supervising teacher must be minimum four year trained* early childhood teacher. *If you are unable to meet this requirement due to extenuating circumstances, for example, residing in remote or rural settings, please contact the Office for Professional Learning regarding the possibility of other arrangements.General Requirements for this Placement
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