Professional Experience
Professional experience or practical experience provides an important avenue through which preservice teachers develop and demonstrate the professional standards. Professional experience involves actively engaging in all aspects of the teaching process, in different school settings, and with a range of learners.
Professional experience includes supervised professional experience, wider field experiences and/or internships.
Normally, preservice teacher education programs require at least 100 days of professional experience, with a minimum of 80 days of supervised experience in schools. For one-year graduate-entry programs, the requirement is for at least 75 days of professional experience, with a minimum of 55 days of supervised experience in schools.
Supervised professional experiences normally take place in recognised schools. Experience in settings other than recognised schools or outside Queensland must still be supervised by registered teachers, or teachers holding qualifications that would make them eligible for registration in Queensland.
Normally at least one major supervised professional experience should be conducted in a Queensland school..
Wider field experiences allow preservice teachers to explore resources and support services available and to work with relevant professions and welfare agencies.