Education placements
Compulsory professional experience placements undertaken for academic credit in a school, early learning or education and care setting.
We offer professional experience placements for students with compulsory placement components in their course. The placements are organised by staff members in the Placement Operations team with local, regional, international and cultural education partners. These placements give you the opportunity to work in a supportive educational setting, integrating theory with practice, and developing the skills and experience you will need as a teacher once you have graduated. They are organised to meet the requirements for teacher registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
Before you go on your first placement you will be required to obtain a Working With Children Check.
We offer the opportunity for rural, interstate and overseas placement opportunities. Applicants for international experiences must have completed at least one placement in a local school before applying. Students have recently taken up opportunities in India, Malaysia, Spain, Nepal, Sweden and Switzerland. These opportunities are on hold during the COVID-19 situation.
Scholarships and grants apply to many of these international placements, and the Victorian Department of Education and Training gives financial support to pre-service teachers who undertake a Victorian rural placement. Details are posted on the student’s Learning Management System (LMS) as they become available.
We provide you with the essential information relating to placements on the student’s Learning Management System (LMS), under the Professional Experience tab. A La Trobe login is required.
Find out more about education placements:
Bachelor of Education - Primary, Secondary or Early Childhood and Primary Streams
Bachelor of Education - Primary, Secondary or Early Childhood and Primary Streams
La Trobe’s accredited Bachelor of Education offers you the best path to a rewarding career in teaching. Carefully designed by expert teachers and leaders in the learning sciences, our Bachelor of Education will give you the skills, experience, and confidence to make a difference from your first day as a qualified teacher.
As a student in the Bachelor of Education course, Albury-Wodonga (EB002W), Bendigo (EB002B), Melbourne, Bundoora (EB002), Mildura (ED002M), Shepparton (ED002S) you will complete at least 80 days of supervised teaching as indicated in your course structure and by your major choice.
Placement subjects:
EDU2002 Designing, Evaluating and Valuing Learning
EDU2004 Routines and Behaviours for Impactful Pedagogies
EDU3001 Ethical Professional Relationships in Education
EDU3002 Inclusive Education in School Context
EDU4007 Evidence-based Practice
Master of Teaching - Primary and Secondary Streams
Master of Teaching - Primary and Secondary Streams
As a student in the Master of Teaching course, Albury-Wodonga Primary (EM003W), Albury-Wodonga Secondary (EM002W), Bendigo Primary (EM003B), Bendigo Secondary (EM002B), Melbourne, Bundoora Primary (EM003), Melbourne, Bundoora Secondary (EM002), Mildura Primary (EM003M), Mildura Secondary (EM002M), Shepparton Primary (EM003S), Shepparton Secondary (EM002S), you will complete 60 days of supervised teaching in schools and educational settings in years 7 to 12.
Placement subjects:
EDU5013 Designing and evaluating learning for all
EDU5017 Professional identity and ethics for educators
EDU5025 Sustaining evidence-based practice
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education – Online
Early childhood
Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education
Primary teaching
Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education
As a student in the Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education course, EBECB (Bendigo), EBECP (Shepparton), you will complete 106 days of supervised teaching in childcare, early learning and primary school settings, from birth to 12 years.
Placement subjects:
EDU2ELE: Early Learning Environments
EDU2TIS: Teaching in Inclusive Settings (Early Years School Placement)
EDU3PSH: Teaching Primary Science and Humanities: 5-12
EDU3CAT: Connections and Transitions: 3-5 year-old placement
EDU4RE2B: Research Evidence and Impact: Early years Placement (B)
Bachelor of Education (Primary)
As a student in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) course, EBEDP (Melbourne - Bundoora), EBEDPB (Bendigo), EBEDPM (Mildura), you will complete 80 days of supervised teaching in schools and educational settings in years foundation to six.
Placement subjects:
EDU2DTR: Developing Teacher Readiness
EDU3ILE: Inclusive Learning Environments
EDU3SNL: Supporting Special Needs of Learners
EDU4REIB: Research Evidence of Impact: Primary and Secondary Years (B)
Master of Teaching (Primary)
As a student in the Master of Teaching (Primary) course, EMTCP (Melbourne - Bundoora), EMTCPB (Bendigo), EMTCPW (Albury-Wodonga), you will complete 60 days of supervised teaching in schools and educational settings in years foundation to six.
Placement subjects:
EDU5PEL: Professional Experience: Primary English/Literacy
EDU5MLE: Managing Learning Environments
EDU5GOA: Professional Experience Graduate Outcomes Assessment
Secondary teaching