Each placement unit has the following unit-specific documents:
Requirements: Outlines the specific placement requirements for the student.
Guidelines: Provides details about daily and weekly progress requirements.
Interim report: Completed by the mentor at the mid-point of the placement. The signed report is emailed by the PST, with their mentor(s) copied to the email, to the PST’s Unit Coordinator for review and assessment of progress. This report provides the opportunity to initiate any relevant professional learning discussions or Targeted Support Plans in consultation and collaboration with the unit lecturer. Note: EPR100 does not have an interim report as it is a five day placement.
Final report: Completed by the mentor at the end of the professional experience placement. The signed report is emailed by the PST, with their mentor(s) copied to the email, to the PST’s Unit Coordinator for review and confirmation of successful completion of the placement.
All documents should be provided by the preservice teacher to their mentor prior to, or on the first day of placement for ongoing planning and discussion.
EPE102
Professional experience: Planning for early childhood learning
This unit's placement will go for 20 days and include a two-week block.
- Ten days with birth to 35-month-old children in a child care setting.
- Ten days with two to four-year-old children in a child care setting
Placement can commence from week seven of the semester enrolled.
EPE111
Professional experience: Planning for learner development
This unit has the following placement days:
- Twenty days (four-week block) in a pre-school.
Placement can commence from week seven of the semester enrolled.
EPE211
Professional experience: Planning for learning and assessment
EPE211 - WEDEC and BEDEC
This unit has the following placement days:
- Fifteen days including a (three-week block) in a primary school.
EPE211 - BEDGE
This unit has the following placement days:
- Fifteen days (three-week block).
BEDGE Primary
- Primary school setting.
BEDGE Secondary
- Secondary school setting.
Placement can commence from week seven of the semester enrolled.
EPE312
Professional experience: Engaging in evidence-based practice
This unit has the following placement days:
Thirty days including a six-week block, with a minimum of four weeks of full-time planning and teaching.
Placement can commence from week two of the semester enrolled.
EPE314
Professional experience: Learning for all
This unit has the following placement days:
BEDEC 30 days including a six-week block
- Primary school (school Year one minus one to Year six).
BEDGE early childhood and primary stream 30 days including a six-week block
- Primary school (school Year one minus one to Year six).
BEDGE Primary stream 30 days of a six-week block
- Primary school.
BEDGE Secondary stream 30 days of a six-week block
- Secondary school.
Placement can commence from week two of the semester enrolled.
EPR100
Professional experience one: Teacher as learner
A number of professional experience days required:
- Five days.
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
WEDP01 - BEDP
- Primary school (any year level).
WEDS01, BEDSHP, BEDSHS, BEDSIT, BEDSMA, BEDSMU, BEDSSC, BEDSVA
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week seven of the semester enrolled.
EPR200
Professional experience two: teaching in context
A number of professional experience days required:
- twenty days (from 2023 onwards).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
WEDP01 - BEDP
- Primary school (any year level).
WEDS01, BEDSHP, BEDSHS, BEDSIT, BEDSMA, BEDSMU, BEDSSC, BEDSVA
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week four of the semester enrolled.
EPR220
Primary Professional Experience 1
A number of professional experience days required:
- Twenty days
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
WEDP02, WEDP01, BEDP
- Primary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week four of the semester enrolled.
EPR321
Secondary Professional Experience 1
A number of professional experience days required:
- Twenty-days
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
WEDS02, WEDS01, BEDSHP, BEDSHS, BEDSIT, BEDSMA, BEDSMU, BEDSSC, BEDSVA
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week four of the semester enrolled.
EPR211
Professional experience three: Classroom practice
A number of professional experience days required:
- Twenty days including a three-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
WEDP01 - BEDP
- Primary school (any year level).
WEDS01, BEDSHP, BEDSHS, BEDSIT, BEDSMA, BEDSMU, BEDSSC, BEDSVA
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week four of the semester enrolled.
EPR301
Professional Experience four: Classroom ready
A number of professional experience days required:
- Forty days of an eight-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
WEDP01 - BEDP
- Primary school (any year level).
WEDS01, BEDSHP, BEDSHS, BEDSIT, BEDSMA, BEDSMU, BEDSSC, BEDSVA
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week two of the semester enrolled.
EPE510
Number of professional experience days required:
- Ten days of a two-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
Early childhood and primary stream
- Pre-school
Primary stream
- Primary school (any year level).
Secondary stream
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week seven of the semester enrolled.
EPE520
Developmental learning and pedagogy
This unit has the following placement days:
Early childhood and primarystream 20 days including a three-week block:
- Childcare centre, 10 days 0-35-month-olds and 10 days three-five-year-olds.
Primary stream 20 days including a three-week block:
- Primary school (any year level).
Secondary stream 20 days including a three-week block:
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week seven of the semester enrolled.
EPE540
Specialist knowledge and pedagogy
A number of professional experience days required:
- Ten days including a one-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
Early childhood and primary stream
- Primary school (years four-six preferred).
Primary stream
- Primary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week seven of the semester enrolled.
EPE530
Classroom ready: Impactful teaching
A number of professional experience days required:
- Thirty days of a six-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
Early childhood and primary stream
- Primary school (year one minus one to year two- or five–eight-year-olds).
Primary stream
- Primary school any year level.
Placement can commence from week two of the semester enrolled.
EPE531
Impactful teaching and learner engagement for secondary
A number of professional experience days required:
- Thirty days of a six-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
Secondary stream
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week two of the semester enrolled.
EPE500
Professional Experience: Pedagogical Leadership
A number of professional experience days required:
- Thirty days including a six-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
STCHB1
- 15 days birth to 35 months and 15 days 3-5 year olds.
Placement can commence from week four of the semester enrolled
EPE501
Early Childhood Professional Experience 1
A number of professional experience days required:
- Twenty days including a four-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
STCHE1
- 10 days birth to 35 months and 10 days 3-5 year olds.
Placement can commence from week four of the semester enrolled
EPE502
Early Childhood Professional Experience 2
A number of professional experience days required:
- Thirty days including a six-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
STCHE1
- 20 days in preschool (4-week block)
- 10 days in the first year of formal full-time schooling (Year 1 minus 1) (2-Week block)
Placement can commence from week four of the semester enrolled
EPE528
Primary Professional Experience 1
A number of professional experience days required:
- Thirty days including a six-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
STCHP1
- Primary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week three of the semester enrolled
EPE529
Secondary Professional Experience 1
A number of professional experience days required:
- Thirty days including a six-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
STCHS1
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week three of the semester enrolled
EPE635
Professional Experience: Assessment for Graduate Teachers
A number of professional experience days required:
- Thirty days of a six-week block (Monday to Friday).
Education setting, ages, and stages of schooling
Early childhood and primary stream
- Primary school (year one minus one to year two- or five–eight-year-olds).
Primary stream
- Primary school any year level.
Secondary stream
- Secondary school (any year level).
Placement can commence from week two of the semester enrolled