Professional Experience Dates

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Normal placement dates for 2026

The following are the expected, normal dates for placement for the units, they are provided in the spirit of 'these dates are subject to change'.

Finalising placement dates is dependant on a range of factors, including the willingness of schools/centres to provide placements at particular times of the year. Therefore, these dates should be regarded as indicative until confirmation is provided to each student by the Professional Experience Office. If placements are unable to be provided to individual students in these dates, the relevant Coordinators will communicate with you and propose an alternative schedule.

By the first day of the semester in which the unit runs, you must meet the pre-requisites (they must appear on your transcript). Meeting the pre-requisites for Professional Experience units is not optional, and if you unexpectedly don't meet the requirements, then you should consult with your course advisor to revise your program map.

Please read the Student Obligations and Information that is on this page, below the calendar.

The 'course year' in the grid below corresponds to full time students progressing 'normally' through their course, as described by the relevant course map. Part-time or out-of-phase students will undertake placements for the relevant units in the dates described below, but will need to refer to the course map or their course advisor for any questions about which placement unit to be enrolled in.

Week Commencing	School Term for Canberra	Uni Week No	University Calendar	EDET690 Canberra (MTCHSN)	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Canberra (MTCHSN)	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Canberra (MTCHSN)
29-12-2025		1			Summer Term online units
5-1-2026		2			Summer Term online units
12-1-2026		3			Summer Term online units
19-1-2026		4			Summer Term online units conclude
26-1-2026	Term 1 (Janurary 30)	5
2-2-2026	Term 1	6			PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 1 PT2 units (EDET692): teaching week 1
9-2-2026	Term 1	7			PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 2 PT2 units (EDET692): teaching week 2
16-2-2026	Term 1	8			PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 3 PT2 units (EDET692): teaching week 3
23-2-2026	Term 1	9	Orientation Week		PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 4 PT2 units (EDET692): teaching week 4	Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 1 Semester 1 units (EDES600): teaching week 1
2-3-2026	Term 1	10	LW1		PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 5 PT2 units (EDET692): teaching week 5	Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 2 Semester 1 units (EDES600): teaching week 2
9-3-2026	Term 1 (Monday Public Holiday)	11	LW2		PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 6 PT2 units (EDET692): teaching week 6	Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 3 Semester 1 units (EDES600): teaching week 3
16-3-2026	Term 1	12	LW3		PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 7 PT2 units (EDET692): teaching week 7 LANTITE Diagnostic Test This Week	Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 4 Semester 1 units (EDES600): teaching week 4
23-3-2026	Term 1	13	LW4		PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 8	Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 5 Semester 1 units (EDES600): teaching week 5
30-3-2026	Term 1 end (April 2) Friday Public Holiday	14	LW5		PT2 units (EDXX699, EDET69X): teaching week 9	Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 6 Semester 1 units (EDES600): teaching week 6
6-4-2026		15	Common vacation week
13-4-2026		16	LW6			Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 7 Semester 1 units (EDES600): teaching week 7
20-4-2026	Term 2 (April 21)	17	LW7	EDET690 (PT2 enrolment) Additional Offer Year 0		Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 8 Semester 1 units (EDES600): teaching week 8
27-4-2026	Term 2	18	LW8	EDET690 (PT2 enrolment) Additional Offer Year 0	PT4 unit (EDES691), teaching week 1	Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 9
4-5-2026	Term 2	19	LW9	EDET690 (PT2 enrolment) Additional Offer Year 0	PT4 unit (EDES691), teaching week 2	Semester 1 units (EDET59X, EDES591, EDXX599): teaching week 10
11-5-2026	Term 2	20	LW10	EDET690 (PT2 enrolment) Additional Offer Year 0	PT4 unit (EDES691), teaching week 3
18-5-2026	Term 2	21	LW11	EDET690 Keep in reserve for any make-up days	PT4 unit (EDES691), teaching week 4
25-5-2026	Term 2	22	LW12		PT4 unit (EDES691), teaching week 5
1-6-2026	Term 2 (Monday Public Holiday)	23	Study Week
8-6-2026	Term 2 (Monday Public Holiday)	24	Exam period		PT5 units (EDES590, EDES600, EDES690), teaching week 1
15-6-2026	Term 2	25	Exam period		PT5 units (EDES590, EDES600, EDES690), teaching week 2
22-6-2026	Term 2	26	Exam period		PT5 units (EDES590, EDES600, EDES690), teaching week 3
29-6-2026	Term 2 end (July 3)	27			PT5 units (EDES590, EDES600, EDES690), teaching week 4
6-7-2026		28			PT5 units (EDES590, EDES600, EDES690), teaching week 5
13-7-2026		29	Def/Sup Exams		PT5 units (EDES590, EDES600, EDES690), teaching week 6
20-7-2026	Term 3 (July 21)	30
27-7-2026	Term 3	31	Orientation week			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 1 Semester 2 units (EDES603): teaching week 1
3-8-2026	Term 3	32	LW1			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 2 Semester 2 units (EDES603): teaching week 2 Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 1 Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 1
10-8-2026	Term 3	33	LW2			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 3 Semester 2 units (EDES603): teaching week 3 Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 2 Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 2
17-8-2026	Term 3	34	LW3		LANTITE Diagnostic Test This Week	Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 4 Semester 2 units (EDES603): teaching week 4 Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 3 Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 3
24-8-2026	Term 3	35	LW4			Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 4
31-8-2026	Term 3	36	LW5			Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 5
7-9-2026	Term 3	37	LW6			Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 6
14-9-2026	Term 3	38	LW7			Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 7
21-9-2026	Term 3 end (September 25)	39	LW8			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 5 Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 8 Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 4
28-9-2026		40	Common vacation week
5-10-2026		41	LW9			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 6 Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 9 Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 5
12-10-2026	Term 4 (October 13)	42	LW10			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 7 Semester 2 units (EDES603): teaching week 5 Semester 2 units (EDET590, EDES591, most EDXX599): teaching week 10 Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 6
19-10-2026	Term 4	43	LW11			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 8 Semester 2 units (EDES603): teaching week 6
26-10-2026	Term 4	44	LW12			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 9 Semester 2 units (EDES603): teaching week 7
2-11-2026	Term 4	45	Study Week			Semester 2 units (EDET69X, EDES690): teaching week 10 Semester 2 units (EDES603): teaching week 8
9-11-2026	Term 4	46	Exam Period			Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 7
16-11-2026	Term 4	47	Exam Period			Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 8
23-11-2026	Term 4	48	Exam Period		Summer Term online units anticipated commencement	Semester 2 units (some EDXX599, elective): teaching week 9
30-11-2026	Term 4	49			Summer Term online units ancticipated teaching week
7-12-2026	Term 4	50			Summer Term online units ancticipated teaching week
14-12-2026	Term 4 end (December 18)	51	Def/Sup Exams		Summer Term online units ancticipated teaching week
21-12-2026		52			Summer Term online units ancticipated teaching week
28-12-2026		1			Summer Term online units ancticipated teaching week

Student obligations and information

You should enrol in all relevant Professional Experience Units for your program for the whole year, and (for continuing students) to do so as soon as unit enrolments open in the previous year. Because securing placements relies on the willingness of schools/centres to provide placements, and extended communications from the Professional Experience Office to secure all those required, an early enrolment in placement units will ensure the greatest possible chance of receiving a placement in the "normal dates" provided above. Withdrawal from a placement unit due to personal circumstances is much easier for the Professional Experience Office to manage than a late enrolment.
Securing placement dates requires considerable negotiation between the Professional Experience Office and individual schools/centres. Students who are unable to attend placement during the published dates must speak with their course advisor about an alternative program structure, and/or submit a Variation to Placement request. Variations to placement are usually only granted in exceptional circumstances.
For the purposes of organising your personal commitments, if you are enrolled in the above-listed unit(s), unless advised otherwise, you must be available during the all the dates presented. This means that students should keep themselves free of other commitments for these dates plus an additional week following each placement block in case of make-up days or other unforeseen circumstances.
Students involved in special programs (such as 'Embedded Teacher Formation Experience') may be undertaking placement at different times to the dates presented, and should consult with their Course Coordinator.
Pre-service teachers participating in professional experience programs are subject to the same requirements, attendance, professional commitments and professional expectations in the course of the day as regular staff members.
The professional experience program is a full time responsibility and as such the pre-service teacher is expected to be punctual and observe the same hours of attendance as the educators at the service in which they are placed. Unless a variation to placement applies, your placement requires you to attend for whole days (as defined by the school/centre). In schools the day should be expected to commence at no later than 8:30am and conclude no earlier than 4:30pm. In early childhood settings the rostered shift may commence at 6:45am or may conclude at 6:30pm.
Unless a variation to placement applies, a block placement requires you to attend for each and every day of the placement
If you were to withdraw from the placement unit at any time prior to the placement commencing you must notify the Professional Experience Office, as it is possible that a placement has already been secured for you
Situations such as withdrawal from the unit after the placement has commenced, illness or other circumstance effecting your attendance are described in the relevant Unit Guidebook
Dates presented should only be considered broadly indicative for other years - students must consult the Course Enrolment Guides each year for accurate enrolment advice and links to Professional Experience dates.

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