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Conditions of placement

The following are the key conditions that all pre-service teachers should be aware of and must adhere to with reference to placement allocations:

  1. The information provided throughout this questionnaire is accurate and valid for the upcoming placements. If there are any changes to this information I will notify the Partnerships and Professional Placements Office immediately.
  2. Students may be allocated to a placement that requires travel of approximately 60 minutes by car or 75 minutes by public transport, except in cases and special circumstances where students require placement for a method requirement or a combination of methods that are uncommon and therefore less available, in which case the travel time may be extended.  
  3. Students may be allocated to a placement in the same education sector; i.e. placed in a government school for multiple placements.
  4. Students may be allocated to placements in a variety of socio-cultural settings.
  5. Students must attend the school/centre where they have been placed.
  6. Students will undertake their placements in line with scheduled placement dates, or alternative dates as advised by the Partnerships and Professional Placements Office.
  7. No school is under any obligation to take a student for placement.
  8. The Partnerships and Professional Placements Office is under no obligation to place students in a variety of settings or to meet any particular student requests.
  9. The Partnerships and Professional Placements Office will endeavour to have all students placed for the scheduled period; however, it may be necessary for placements to be arranged outside the nominated placement period.
  10. Students must provide the Partnerships and Professional Placements Office with a copy of the security clearance and/or checks for the relevant state and/or territory where placement is being undertaken.

If a pre-service teacher is aware that they will not be undertaking a placement for any placement unit in which they are enrolled or they require variations to their placement needs (e.g. make-up days from a previous placement, doing two placement units concurrently, etc.), they should notify the Partnerships and Professional Placements Office immediately so that appropriate arrangements may be put in place.