Master of Teaching (Secondary)

Qualifications

Other requirements

Casper test

All applicants (both standard entry and non-year 12 entry) must sit the Casper test. Casper is a non-academic online test designed to assess an applicant's personal and professional attributes. Please note Swinburne will consider Casper test results taken within the past year. It is an Australian Government accreditation requirement that all initial teacher education courses include non-academic selection criteria. To ensure you don’t miss the Casper test deadlines, register for your sitting or for further information about the test.

LANTITE or Recognition of an Australian First Nations Language Proficiency

All applicants to this Master ITE course must be recognised as being proficient in an Australian First Nations language or achieved the standard to the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) by 100 credit points. These students must have attempted the LANTITE by 50 credit points.

Applicants applying to transfer from another initial teacher education course must have attempted both components of the LANTITE (if possible) and disclose the results of all attempts. They will have to achieve the standard for both test components as per their transfer conditions.

Working with Children Check and Police Check

All enrolled students must maintain a current Working with Children Check (from the appropriate State Authority). A Police Check may also be required by a school prior to a placement. View the list of each state's requirements.

Credit transfer

Recognition of prior learning

How credit points work

To qualify for the award of Master of Teaching (Secondary), students must complete 200 credit points comprising: