With an education degree from VU, you’ll be job-ready before you graduate. You’ll have had extensive experience teaching in a classroom and you’ll be ready to work locally or overseas. Throughout the course, you’ll work in primary and secondary settings to complete at least 80 days of supervised teaching practice. Graduates from the Bachelor of Education (P-12) are qualified to be accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT). The VIT is a statutory authority for the teaching profession. Legally, you need to be registered with VIT to be employed in a school.

Completion of an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (VCE or equivalent) including Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in VCE English (EAL) or 25 in any other VCE English (or equivalent). PLUS: Completion in two units (any study combination) of Maths: General Mathematics, Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics or Units 3 and 4: any Mathematics (or equivalent). PLUS: IELTS (or equivalent): Overall score or 7.0 (with no band less than 7.5 in Speaking and Listening, and 6.5 in Reading and Writing). Successful completion of a non-academic attributes assessment, for example, the CASPer test or equivalent. CASPer is an online test designed to assess and applicant's personal and professional attributes and is a requirement for many initial teacher training courses in Victoria. Additional information Students will also have to satisfy the National requirements for teacher registration through satisfactory completion of the National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students prior to starting the course or prior to commencement of their second full-time year of study. A satisfactory achievement of the benchmark of the test is required before course completion for teacher registration can be approved. Students will require a Working with Children Check to be eligible to undertake and participate in workplace visits, placements or projects. Use the following site link to obtain additional information: http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/ (external link)