Faculty of Education

You can view the Faculty of Education Course Information via the UOW Course Handbook or by clicking on the course name in the table below.

Alternatively, download the Enrolment Information Guide (pdf 1025kb)
 

Special requirements and policies apply to students in both health-related and teacher education courses. These requirements relate to:
 

• clinical/internship placements undertaken as part of your course,
• proof of English language proficiency, and
• procedures for employment after you have completed the course.
 

Note that requirements and policies in these areas are subject to regular review.
 

The NSW Government is committed to providing a safe and caring environment for children. Under the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998, employers must implement what is referred to as the Working with Children Check. This Act also establishes employment screening requirements for child-related employment in NSW.
 

All teacher education students must complete a ‘Working with Children Check - Applicant declaration and consent’ form when undertaking practical training as part of an educational or vocational course in NSW government schools. By signing the declaration, a student is declaring that they have not been convicted of any prohibited or registrable offence that would preclude them from working in child-related employment in NSW, and consenting to the Commission for Children and Young People checking their relevant criminal records to verify their statement. Prohibited persons will not be able to undertake practical course requirements in NSW schools. It is an offence for a prohibited person to apply for, attempt to obtain, undertake or remain in child-related employment. It is also an offence to make a false declaration.

Teacher education students seeking to undertake an internship or associate teacher program must complete a ‘Working with Children Check - Applicant declaration and consent’ form and be screened before they begin their internship in schools. The employment screening process involves a National Check including a check for relevant criminal records, relevant apprehended violence orders, and relevant employment proceedings and a risk estimate where a relevant record is found. Employment screening is also conducted for those seeking to work in paid child-related employment in the Department.
For more details contact the course co-ordinator/s at UOW.
 

Teacher education students seeking employment as primary teachers in NSW schools must have achieved a Higher School Certificate minimum Band 4 in English (Advanced), English (Standard) or English as a Second Language, and Band 4 in General Mathematics, or completion of Mathematics (2 unit).
 

Where you don’t meet these entry requirements, institutions may offer concurrent study or appropriate bridging units and/or require satisfactory performance in approved tests in literacy and numeracy before graduation. For further details contact the course co-ordinator/s at UOW. 

Teacher education students seeking employment as secondary teachers in NSW schools must have achieved a Higher School Certificate minimum Band 4 in English (Advanced), English (Standard) or English as a Second Language.
 

Where you do not meet these entry requirements, institutions may offer concurrent study or appropriate bridging units and/or require satisfactory performance in an approved test in literacy before graduation. For further details contact the course co-ordinator/s at UOW.

 

Last reviewed: 30 May, 2012