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Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Internship) – Victoria offering
We are proud to partner with the Victorian Department of Education to provide you with an innovative approach to teacher education.
The Master of Teaching (Secondary) (Internship) will provide you with the opportunity to undertake paid work of three - four days in a range of eligible secondary schools. This internship will occur during your second year of study while completing a major project focused on teaching as evidence-based practice.
The aim of the program is to attract participants who want to train to teach in priority areas such as STEM and humanities in outer-metropolitan, rural and regional locations across Victoria.
When applying select the Master of Teaching (Secondary)(Internship) as your first preference.
The structure of this course allows you to complete up to 100cp of the course work in first year in an accelerated mode. This will allow you undertake paid work of three to four days per week in the second year of the course, while completing the remainder of your degree. You will benefit from three professional experience placements of 60 days. Two of your placements will take place in your first year at different schools. Once you have successfully completed your first year, you will enter the professional internship program in your second year and complete your final placement with your host school.
To help you along one of your first-year placements will be in the same school you will undertake your internship.
During this program you will receive a $15,000 scholarship to support you during your first 12 months of study, and then paid at Paraprofessional Level 1, Range 1, Step 3 while learning on-the-job at a local school as you complete your studies.
We’re committed to helping you achieve your goals. During your studies you will work directly with a teacher mentor and a university academic to develop capabilities in three key areas while working in a school:
Our teacher education courses provide you with an in-demand qualification. With us, you will be given the knowledge and hands-on experience to help you support the growth and development of young minds as a qualified, classroom-ready teacher.
We believe that teacher education is not just about developing excellent professional knowledge and skills, but also about developing the whole person. Our commitment to social justice and the common good, along with our Core Curriculum experiences, are central to our courses. So not only will we help you become an excellent teacher, but a confident and engaged global citizen who acts with impact and empathy.
We’re also the leading provider of graduate teachers in Australia and we have a proven history of offering innovative, evidence-based teacher education. Our teaching staff are experts in their field and many are world class researchers – so you will benefit from the latest ideas, research and techniques in secondary education.
Develop the skills to inspire a bright future for yourself and others. ACU are first in Australia for graduate employment1 and have been awarded five stars for full-time postgraduate employment.2
In Australia, teachers are in demand with strong job growth predicted for secondary school teachers over the next five years4.
1 Graduate Outcomes Survey - Longitudinal 2020, full-time employment
2 Good Universities Guide 2023
3 QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022, domestic postgraduate, overall employed four months after graduating
4 Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business data
5 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023. Percentage calculated as ACU's world rank as a proportion of the total number of universities in the world: International Handbook of Universities 2019, Palgrave MacMillan.
6 Shanghai Ranking, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021
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