Mandatory Checks must be completed prior to your placement. The teacher education student must provide evidence of these completed checks to the allocated school.
Additionally, teacher education students are required to supply the designated school contact with the necessary professional experience documentation.
Mandatory Checks
On the first day of placement, teacher education students are required to provide copies of documents to their placement school. Please note that a school representative may request these documents prior to the first day of placement.
The UTS Professional Experience Office requires you to complete the following mandatory checks in MyPlacement.
- Working With Children Check
- NSW DoE WWCC Verfication
- NSW DoE Child Protection and Awareness Training Certificate
- NSW DoE Anti-Racism Policy Training Certificate
- NSW DoE Aboriginal Cultural Education Training Certificate
- NSW DoE Code of Ethics and Conduct Training Certificate
- ASCIA Anaphylaxis e-Training Certificate
- UTS Inherent Requirements
- LANTITE (specific to placement subject requisites)
- UTS Teacher Education Professional Experience Conditions of Participation
If attending a Department of Education School for placement, you are required to refer to the Department’s Induction for pre-service teachers webpage and follow the steps listed PRIOR to your first day of placement. We recommend commencing this process as soon as you enrol in the professional experience subject, as most placements will be conducted in a Department of Education school and being prepared is crucial.
The Pre-service Teacher Acknowledgement form and copies of the above listed mandatory checks are still required for EACH placement at a Department of Education school.
Refer to the Checks tab on MyPlacement and the UTS Professional Experience Mandatory Checks webpage for further information on each of the mandatory checks listed above.
Please provide your allocated school with a completed Student Emergency Contact Details Form.
Placement Forms and Reports
The following forms are available in digital format and can be accessed under the Forms tab in MyPlacement. Once completed by the final signatory, a PDF will automatically be created under the Documents tab in the student's MyPlacement profile.
- Professional Experience Report: Prior to placement the teacher education student is to email a link to the supervising teacher. The supervising teacher should complete the report throughout the placement and submit it upon completion.
- Attendance Sheet: The teacher education student is expected to maintain daily attendance. Upon completion of the placement,the teacher education student is required to email a link to the supervising teacher.
- UTS Preferred Lesson Plan (pdf 642KB): to be completed by the teacher education student for each lesson to be conducted.
- Supervising Teacher Lesson Observation Report: The supervising teacher is asked to completed one (1) Lesson Observation Report for each week the teacher education student conducts a lesson. The teacher education student is required to email a link to the form for the supervising teacher to complete.
For further information on form usage, self select forms, form timing and form source, please familiarise yourself with the information contained in the Form Usage Guide (pdf 389KB) and Form Status Guide (pdf 346KB).
