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Professional Experience

Professional Experience is a vital component of your Pre-Service Teacher education at ECU. The experience involves a coordinated and extensive practical program in a range of schools and centres, enabling you to put theory into practice. Under the guidance of your Mentor Teacher and University Supervisor, you will develop the knowledge and skills of a beginning teacher in real teaching environments.

Our Professional Experience office will guide and support you through your professional experience program, arranging and coordinating your placements.

Inherent requirements

Inherent requirements are the essential components of a course or unit that demonstrate the abilities, knowledge and skills required to achieve the core learning outcomes of the course or unit, while preserving the academic integrity of the university's learning, assessment and applicable professional accreditation processes. The inherent requirements are the abilities, knowledge and skills needed to complete the course that must be met by all students.

The School of Education is committed to making reasonable adjustments to teaching and learning, assessment, professional experience, and other activities to enable Initial Teacher Education students to participate in their course. Reasonable adjustments however must not fundamentally change the nature of the inherent requirement.

LANTITE

LANTITE is the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) students that was introduced by the Australian Government in 2016 to assess ITE students’ personal literacy and numeracy skills.

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2024 Professional Experience Handbook

This handbook provides information related to Professional Experience for all ECU Pre-Service Teachers, School of Education academic staff, and our school/centre partners.

Download 2024 handbook

School of Education Academic Calendars

Before Professional Experience

How to apply for the Working With Children Check (WWCC), Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) to Navigating Legal Requirements, Vaccination Policies and Support Services for Pre-Service Teachers: A guide to applying for WWCC and NCCHC.

Before Professional Experience

During Professional Experience

Find all course related resources and guidelines required for successful completion of the Professional Experience program for Pre-Service Teachers.

Early Childhood - Primary - Secondary

During Professional Experience

Contact us

We are dedicated to assisting you in your journey as a Pre-Service Teacher. Should you have any queries or concerns of a general nature, please use the links below to contact the Professional Experience Placements Office and we will endeavour to respond to your enquiry within 24 hours.

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