Your career change starts here. Transfer your prior knowledge and expertise into a rewarding career as a primary school teacher. Designed for those with an approved undergraduate degree, the Master of Teaching (Primary) allows you to qualify as a primary school teacher after four semesters of study.
The two year program aims to develop, educate and sustain teachers who can contribute innovatively and creatively to addressing the educational challenges of social, community and technological change. It provides the skills and knowledge necessary for teaching to complement the current knowledge and skills gained in your first degree.
Your study consists of periods of on-campus lectures, tutorials and workshops. These are alternated with blocks of professional placements in schools, designed to provide the opportunity for professional development and learning for growth into your career in education. You'll graduate qualified to teach in all areas of the primary curriculum from Prep to Year 6.
This program also provides the potential to work internationally. Once registered, you can work as a primary school teacher in state or independent schools in Queensland, interstate or overseas, or undertake further study to qualify as a principal, mentor, curriculum adviser, guidance or career officer, or head of department.
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Delivery mode
This course is available in the following study modes:
Locations
280-284 Sir Fred Schonell Dr, St Lucia 4067
Entry Requirements
There are no formal academic requirements
Entry requirements
To be eligible for entry, you'll need:
- a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a different discipline from an approved tertiary institution, which includes the equivalent of at least one full year of study in areas relevant to one or more learning areas of the primary school curriculum in Australian schools (see below), and
- to submit a statement addressing non-academic criteria (see below), and
- to complete an online questionnaire to meet the non-academic entry requirement for this program. Once you have submitted your application, you will be directed to the online questionnaire.
You must have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 4.5 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.
As part of the Australian Institute for Teaching and Leadership (AITSL) revised Standards and Procedures (2015), applicants to initial teacher education courses (pre-service teachers) must satisfy both academic and non-academic entry criteria for selection to the course.
Additional application information
Applicants to education programs in Australia must complete non-academic entry criteria.
All students are required to successfully meet the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) standards prior to graduation.
English language requirements
IELTS score of 7.5 overall; speaking 8; listening 8, reading 7, writing 7.
TOEFL IBT, TOEFL PB, Pearsons, BE, CES, and OET are not accepted.
Course fees
Course fee
$8,900
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