Gain the knowledge, skills and values required to teach young people. You’ll graduate as a professional educator, able to demonstrate classroom readiness and make a difference to students’ learning. The Professional Experience Program is a key part of every Deakin teaching student’s course experience. Working with more than 1400 schools across Australia, we’ll arrange at least 80 days of placements for you in schools where you’ll learn from experienced teachers. Students also have access to specialised teaching spaces on campus to help you prepare for classroom teaching. Choose a specialisation and develop advanced skills in a priority area of the primary curriculum, such as: health and physical education humanities languages language and literacy mathematics and numeracy science special education needs visual arts the arts.

Completion of secondary school comparable to Australian Year 12 or equivalent academic achievement. IELTS: minimum score of 7.0, with no subscore less than 6.5 or TOEFL: a minimum score of 600 (Writing 5) or Internet-based (IBT) TOEFL: a score of 94 (Writing 24) or Pearson Test of English (Academic): an overall score of 65 with no score less than 58