State government reveals plan to support pre-service teachers

By Djembe Archibald

Nov 21, 2023

Helping hand: Students completing their teaching placements are now eligible to receive payments. *Photo credit: AAP Image/Dean Lewins*

The Victorian Government is promising to support pre-service teachers at schools in rural and regional Victoria and special schools across the state.

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Premier Jacinta Allan and Education Minister Ben Carroll announced that students completing their teaching placements were now eligible to receive payments of up to $420 per day for their work in regional, remote and specialist government schools.

The Victorian Government’s $32.2 million Pre-service Teacher Placement Grants program will help to cover the costs student teachers often incur undertaking placements in regional and remote schools — including accommodation, travel and other loss of income.

“Student teachers deserve support to pursue their career without financial pressure — so we’re supporting them to undertake their placements while making sure staff are going to schools where they’re most needed,” Mr Carroll said.

Eligible teachers will be given a daily grant ranging from $140 per day in regional urban centres and metropolitan specialist schools to $420 per day in outer regional and remote schools.

The grants will be available to students enrolled in an accredited Victorian school teaching degree from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025.