Scholarships and Incentives

Student Teacher Practicum Scheme

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

Under the scheme, if you meet the eligibility criteria, you can claim two types of allowance for placements of three weeks or longer.

1. Living away from home allowance - a payment of $900 is available if you are an eligible student and required to live away from your current place of residence while undertaking your practicum placement. Priority criteria based on the practicum location and subject area apply.
2. Travel allowance - a payment of $300 is available to assist you, if you are an eligible student, to meet commuting costs if you are required to undertake significant travel on a daily basis from your current place of residence to the designated practicum host school. For the purpose of this scheme significant travel is considered to be instances where daily one-way travel is equal to or greater than 50 minutes.

How does it work?

Student teachers independently arrange their placement directly with their university coordinator. Allowances are available for eligible students with placements that satisfy the eligibility criteria. However, once funding has been exhausted, no further applications are considered, and all unsuccessful applicants are notified in writing.

The payment of an allowance under the scheme is not automatic. If you are interested you should ensure that you understand the procedures, eligibility criteria and related priorities. All applications are assessed for their eligibility by the HR Services Branch and you will be advised by mail of the outcome of your application.

You should also note that:

• You can only claim the living away from home allowance once and the travel allowance once. Each claim must be for a separate placement in a different school.
• The granting of an allowance is dependent on the continuing availability of funding. There is sufficient funding for 260 living away from home allowances and approximately 40 travel allowances annually.

More information

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

• Are you eligible?
• Applications

Contact

Jillian Starr
Phone: (03) 9637 3704 or 1800 641 943 (selecting option 1)
Email: Student Teacher Practicum