Tutorial Letter 102/0/2017
Teaching Practice Placement Information &
Forms
PTEAC2Y
Year module
Department of Curriculum & Instructional
studies
This tutorial letter contains important information
about your module.
BARCODE
, CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE ................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................ 3
3 CONTACT DETAILS ................................................................................................................... 3
3.1 Lecturer(s) .................................................................................................................................... 3
3.2 Teaching Practice Office ............................................................................................................... 3
4 PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK-INTERGRATED LEARNING ................................................. 4
5 GUIDELINES- PLACEMENT OF STUDENT TEACHERS AT SCHOOL ...................................... 4
6 GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING PRACTICE MODULES .............................................................. 7
7 LETTER REQUESTING SCHOOL PLACEMENT FOR THE STUDENT ...................................... 9
8 ANNEXURE A- GUIDELINES FOR THE SCHOOL & STUDENT TEACHER ............................. 11
9 DSAR25 PLACEMENT FORM ................................................................................................... 13
10 DSAR27 PLACEMENT FORM ................................................................................................... 15
11 INDEMNITY FORM..................................................................................................................... 17
12 ATTENDANCE REGISTER OF STUDENT TEACHER .............................................................. 19
13 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................ 21
14 IN CLOSING ............................................................................................................................... 22
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, PTEAC2Y/102/0/2017
Dear Student
1 INTRODUCTION
We are pleased to welcome you to the teaching practice component of your professional
development. Teaching practice is the core of our teacher education programmes. We shall do
our best to make your teaching practice experience interesting, rewarding and successful. You
will be well on your way to success if you start with your school placement arrangements early
in the year.
This tutorial letter also contains essential guidelines for your teaching practice period. Consult
the guidelines prior to and during your school teaching practice period. We have also included
some general and administrative information in this tutorial letter.
2 PURPOSE
To provide guidelines to all the teaching practice students before, during and after their
period of teaching practice at the school.
To ensure a positive teaching practical experience for all students registered for one or
more teaching practice modules.
VERY IMPORTANT: Read this letter carefully before you decide on the school and the
teaching practice period.
This tutorial letter contains important information on specific matters.
3 CONTACT DETAILS
3.1 Lecturer(s)
For your lecturers’ contact details kindly refer to the Tutorial Letter 101 of the teaching practice
module you are registered for.
3.2 Teaching Practice Office- Contact Details
Teaching Practice Office
Address: Sunnyside Campus, Building 10 Room 01- 030
Rissik Street, Pretoria, 0001
Teaching practice has introduced Skype for face-to-face contact with staff members for student
support. We encourage you to use this if you have Skype on your PC, laptop or mobile device.
To provide dedicated support to our students, we have partitioned our Student Help-Desk into
Provinces and or Countries. Refer to the table below for our contact details for each province or
country.
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