Entry requirements

Masters

Applicants must hold an approved undergraduate bachelor degree or equivalent qualification. The Master of Teaching (Primary) is a pre-service teaching degree and admission normally will not be granted to applicants who already hold a teaching qualification in the same area. Please note that different teaching courses may have additional entry requirements. Selection is based on academic merit and non-academic selection criteria.

Additional entry requirements

Applicants must complete a non-academic assessment task known as a Teaching Capabilities Statement as part of their application to demonstrate their motivation to teach, their strong interpersonal and communication skills, willingness to learn, resilience, self-efficacy, and strong organisational and planning skills. This involves a short statement in response to three set questions used to demonstrate suitability for study and work in the teaching profession.

Inherent requirements

The Australian Government has introduced the Literacy and Numeracy Test for all initial teacher education (ITE) students to ensure they have the high level of personal literacy and numeracy skills required of teachers.

The test is a national instrument designed to assess elements of an individual's literacy and numeracy skills and will be used to demonstrate that ITE graduates are in the top 30 per cent of the population for literacy and numeracy.

All students graduating from any ITE course in South Australia must have achieved the standard for both the literacy and numeracy components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) to graduate.

English language proficiency requirements

• IELTS (Academic): Overall 6.5
• TOEFL (Internet): Overall 79
• Pearson (PTE Academic): Overall 58
• Cambridge C1 Advanced: Overall 176
• Occupational English Test (OET): 300 Speaking, 300 Writing, 300 Reading, 300 Listening
• Duolingo: Overall 105-110