Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching)

The Bachelor of Education (K-12) contains 80 days of professional experience in both secondary school and primary school settings. These placements are integrated into EDUC106, EDLT302, EDSP324 and EDSP410.

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;
Be a NESA registered or a NSW Department of Education school (or equivalent interstate settings). For information regarding international schools, please read the OPL's Important Information.

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

For the secondary components of the course, teacher education students will be required to teach both junior and senior school levels in each placement.

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.

EDUC106 (Online PrEx 10 days)

The unit EDUC106 is an innovative approach to the observation placement undertaken by teacher education students by introducing them to foundational theories, principals and skills for effective student and teacher learning. It meets the requirements of 10 days of professional experience by allowing students to observe structured lessons taught by classroom teachers. No school is organised for this placement. More information regarding this unit and its assessment and professional experience requirements can be found on the Course and Units Catalogue.

EDUC106 Teaching Development 1: Online PrEx 10 days

EDLT302 (PrEx 20 days)

This Placement and Planning for Effective Learning

This placement is integrated into the unit EDLT302. The unit content is about planning for effective learning, while the placement incorporates what is taught as part of the whole of teaching as described in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Advice for students undertaking a NESA primary specialisation

For Bed K-12 Students the GTPA is secondary, so they have to focus on English in their final primary placement – in EDSP324.

Students who undertake a NESA primary specialisation in language must teach that language in EDSP324 (Students can also teach language as part of their professional experience in EDLT302 if they like.)

Though in addition, to their NESA primary specialisation in language, Students must also complete EDSP324 with a focus on primary English. Meaning you will be undertaking two focuses for this placement.

If you are undertaking a NESA primary specialisation in mathematics or science and technology, you are expected to make your NESA primary specialisation a focus of your professional experience in EDLT302 or EDSP324 if you wish though, you must also complete EDSP324 with a focus on primary English.

Specific Requirements

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

EDLT302 Specific Requirements

Placements that can be accepted

Mainstream primary classrooms

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
Distance Education settings
Special Education settings

Due to the shorter nature of the combined experiences in the primary and secondary settings, variations to the placements will not usually be granted.

EDSP324 (PrEx20 days)

This Placement and Classroom Behaviour Management

This placement is integrated into the unit EDSP324. While the unit content is about classroom behaviour management, the placement does not have to be completed in a Special Education setting or behaviour class. Classroom and behaviour management is part of the whole of teaching and is covered in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Advice for students undertaking a NESA primary specialisation

For Bed K-12 Students the GTPA is secondary, so they have to focus on English in their final primary placement – in EDSP324.

Specific Requirements

This is a 20 day block placement in a primary or middle school setting where the teacher education student will be assessed against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. The teacher education student will be responsible for a minimum of 12 hours* of teaching per week across the primary school subjects or mixed with their in their curriculum area(s) of study in the Middle School.

*Middle schools may have a varied timetable. Depending upon timetables of the middle school, the teacher education student may have to adjust this to accommodate.

EDSP324 Specific Requirements

Placements that can be accepted

Mainstream primary school classrooms.
Accepted middle schools that can meet the minimum requirements for teaching.

Placements that cannot be accepted

Placement solely in an area not being studied by the teacher education student
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).
Distance Education settings
Special Education settings

EDSP410 (PrEx 30 days)

Professional Experience and Educating Students in Inclusive Environments

This placement is integrated into the unit EDSP410 and is not a required to be completed in a special or inclusive education setting. 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 30 day block in a secondary school setting where the teacher education student will be assessed against all of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. The teacher education student will be responsible for a minimum of 14 hours* of teaching per week in their curriculum area(s) of study.

Teacher education students will be required to complete the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment task.

*Depending upon timetables of the school, the teacher education students may have to adjust this to accommodate.

EDSP410 Specific Requirements

Graduate Level Placements

This is the final placement where the teacher education students is assessed against all of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Level as per the requirements of NESA.

During the final professional experience placement, Teacher Education Students are required by NESA to complete a Graduate Teaching Performance Assessment (GTPA). For more information please see the Final Placements and the GTPA page.

Teacher education students will be advised about the details of what is required to complete the GTPA in their final trimester of study. It will involve gathering evidence to demonstrate the impact on the learning of three students in the class with different ability levels.

Primary teaching courses include an AITSL primary teaching specialisation in English/Literacy. Some courses also include a NESA primary teaching specialisation in Mathematics, Science and Technology, and Language.

Depending on your course, your GTPA must focus on your teaching specialisation:

Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) - you undertake your GTPA professional experience in the secondary context, and include a focus on primary English KLA in your final primary professional experiences- EDSP324

Placements that can be accepted

Mainstream secondary school classrooms in the teacher education student's curriculum area(s) of study

Placements that cannot be accepted

Placement in a primary school classroom
Placement solely in an area not being studied by the teacher education student
Any placement type that varies from a mainstream classroom setting

Release from Face-to-Face (RFF) Placements