TPS3703 TEACHING
PRACTICECOMPULSORY
APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT
INFORMATION AND FORMS
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
UNISA
[Company address]
, TPS3703/102/0/2025
Tutorial Letter 102/0/2025
Year module
Department of Curriculum and Instructional
Studies
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please register on MYUNISA, activate your MYLIFE e-mail account and make
sure that you have regular access to the MYUNISA module website, as well as
your group website.
This tutorial letter contains important information about your:
• Teaching practical placement requirements and processes
• Specific teaching practice placement information and forms
BARCODE
Open Rubric
, TPS3703/102/0/2025
CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................... 3
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ............................................................................................ 3
4 CONTACT DETAILS..................................................................................................................... 3
5 PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK-INTERGRATED LEARNING ................................................... 4
6 COMPULSORY REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING PRACTICE ................................................. 4
7 ONLINE APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF STUDENT TEACHERS AT SCHOOLS.............. 7
8 TEACHING PRACTICE QUALITY ASSURANCE ....................................................................... 16
9 SACE REGISTRATION BY STUDENT TEACHERS ................................................................... 16
10 ANNEXURE A – GUIDELINES FOR THE SCHOOL AND STUDENT TEACHER ....................... 17
11 APPENDICES AND DOCUMENTS TO CONFIRM TEACHING PRACTICALS AT SCHOOL ...... 19
APPENDIX A – LETTER TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ........................................................................ 21
APPENDIX B – TO THE SCHOOL-BASED MENTOR TEACHER ........................................................... 22
APPENDIX C – MY LEARNING CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL ........................................................ 23
APPENDIX D – INDEMNITY FORM........................................................................................................ 25
APPENDIX E – LESSON PLAN FORMAT ............................................................................................. 26
12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ......................................................................................... 30
13 IN CLOSING ............................................................................................................................... 31
2
, 1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
We are pleased to welcome you to the Teaching Practice Office. The Teaching Practice is your
professional development and an integral component of the Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
programme. This ITE programme is an accredited requirement of Teacher Education as mandated
by the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications (MRTEQ).
This tutorial letter contains essential guidelines for your teaching practice period. Consult the
guidelines before 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 for all teaching practice students before, during and after completing
teaching practice at their selected schools.
• To ensure a positive practical teaching experience for all students registered for teaching
practice modules.
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
Unisa has implemented a transformation charter, in terms of which the university has placed
curriculum transformation high on the teaching and learning agenda. Curriculum transformation
includes student-centred scholarship, the pedagogical renewal of teaching and assessment
practices, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the infusion of African epistemologies and
philosophies. All of these will be phased in at both programme and module levels, and you will notice
a marked change in the teaching and learning strategy implemented by Unisa, together with the way
in which the content is conceptualised in your modules. We encourage you to embrace these
changes during your studies at Unisa in a responsive way, within the transformation framework.
4 CONTACT DETAILS
4.1 Lecturer(s)
For your lecturers’ contact details, kindly refer to Tutorial Letter 101. The name and contact details
of the primary lecturer of this module are also provided on myUnisa.
4.2 Teaching Practice Office
Teaching Practice Office
Address: Sunnyside Campus, Building 10, Room 01-030
Corner of Justice Mohammed and Steve Biko Streets, Pretoria, 0001
You are encouraged to activate your myLife e-mail address and ensure that you have regular access
to the MyUnisa and all Teaching Practice announcements. You will receive your placement confirmation
letter through your myLife e-mail address. Kindly send your responses, concerns and related teaching
3
PRACTICECOMPULSORY
APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT
INFORMATION AND FORMS
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
UNISA
[Company address]
, TPS3703/102/0/2025
Tutorial Letter 102/0/2025
Year module
Department of Curriculum and Instructional
Studies
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please register on MYUNISA, activate your MYLIFE e-mail account and make
sure that you have regular access to the MYUNISA module website, as well as
your group website.
This tutorial letter contains important information about your:
• Teaching practical placement requirements and processes
• Specific teaching practice placement information and forms
BARCODE
Open Rubric
, TPS3703/102/0/2025
CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................... 3
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ............................................................................................ 3
4 CONTACT DETAILS..................................................................................................................... 3
5 PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK-INTERGRATED LEARNING ................................................... 4
6 COMPULSORY REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING PRACTICE ................................................. 4
7 ONLINE APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF STUDENT TEACHERS AT SCHOOLS.............. 7
8 TEACHING PRACTICE QUALITY ASSURANCE ....................................................................... 16
9 SACE REGISTRATION BY STUDENT TEACHERS ................................................................... 16
10 ANNEXURE A – GUIDELINES FOR THE SCHOOL AND STUDENT TEACHER ....................... 17
11 APPENDICES AND DOCUMENTS TO CONFIRM TEACHING PRACTICALS AT SCHOOL ...... 19
APPENDIX A – LETTER TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ........................................................................ 21
APPENDIX B – TO THE SCHOOL-BASED MENTOR TEACHER ........................................................... 22
APPENDIX C – MY LEARNING CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL ........................................................ 23
APPENDIX D – INDEMNITY FORM........................................................................................................ 25
APPENDIX E – LESSON PLAN FORMAT ............................................................................................. 26
12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ......................................................................................... 30
13 IN CLOSING ............................................................................................................................... 31
2
, 1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
We are pleased to welcome you to the Teaching Practice Office. The Teaching Practice is your
professional development and an integral component of the Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
programme. This ITE programme is an accredited requirement of Teacher Education as mandated
by the Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications (MRTEQ).
This tutorial letter contains essential guidelines for your teaching practice period. Consult the
guidelines before 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 for all teaching practice students before, during and after completing
teaching practice at their selected schools.
• To ensure a positive practical teaching experience for all students registered for teaching
practice modules.
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
Unisa has implemented a transformation charter, in terms of which the university has placed
curriculum transformation high on the teaching and learning agenda. Curriculum transformation
includes student-centred scholarship, the pedagogical renewal of teaching and assessment
practices, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the infusion of African epistemologies and
philosophies. All of these will be phased in at both programme and module levels, and you will notice
a marked change in the teaching and learning strategy implemented by Unisa, together with the way
in which the content is conceptualised in your modules. We encourage you to embrace these
changes during your studies at Unisa in a responsive way, within the transformation framework.
4 CONTACT DETAILS
4.1 Lecturer(s)
For your lecturers’ contact details, kindly refer to Tutorial Letter 101. The name and contact details
of the primary lecturer of this module are also provided on myUnisa.
4.2 Teaching Practice Office
Teaching Practice Office
Address: Sunnyside Campus, Building 10, Room 01-030
Corner of Justice Mohammed and Steve Biko Streets, Pretoria, 0001
You are encouraged to activate your myLife e-mail address and ensure that you have regular access
to the MyUnisa and all Teaching Practice announcements. You will receive your placement confirmation
letter through your myLife e-mail address. Kindly send your responses, concerns and related teaching
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