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Student Teacher Practicum Scheme

The Student Teacher Practicum Scheme provides financial incentives to student teachers. The financial incentive enables student teachers to undertake practicum placements in Victorian government rural and outer-metropolitan schools.

You are eligible to apply for the Student Teacher Practicum Scheme if:

  • you are a student teacher in the final or penultimate year of a pre-service teacher education course;
  • your placement is 15 days or longer; and
  • your placement is at a designated Victorian government school

There are two types of allowance:

Living away from home allowance

The living away from home allowance is offered to eligible students who are required to live away from their current place of residence to complete a practicum at a designated:

  • Victorian government priority school; or
  • Victorian government rural school where at least one supervised method is a hard to staff subject.

You can apply for:

  • $1,000 provided you complete a cumulative total of 15 days at the same school; or
  • $1,600 provided you complete a cumulative total of 25 days at the same school.

Travel allowance

An allowance of $300 is available to students if they undertake significant travel for their placement. Significant travel is one way travel of 50 minutes or more on a daily basis from your current place of residence. To qualify for this allowance you must be undertaking a placement of at least 15 days duration in a designated Victorian Government priority school, rural school or outer metropolitan growth area.

More Information

For detailed information about the Student Teacher Practicum Scheme, see:

 

Contact

Schools Recruitment Unit
Phone: 1800 641 943 (selecting option 1)
Email: Student Teacher Practicum