TPF2601/Assessment 1/0/2024

ASSESSMENT 1/0/2024

Teaching Practice I

TPF2601
Grades R - Grade 3

Year module
Department of Early Childhood Education

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:
ASSESSMENT 1
(School information and proof of placement)

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CONTENTS
Page

1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 3
COMPULSORY REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING PRACTICE ........................................ 3
2 THE SCHOOL-BASED PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS ................................................... 5
2.1. APLICATION FOR PLACEMENT ....................................................................................... 5
3 REGISTERED FOR MORE THAN ONE TEACHING PRACTICE MODULE ........................ 6
3.1 MONITORING OF PLACEMENT ......................................................................................... 6
ASSESSMENT 1 .............................................................................................................................. 9

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1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student

We are pleased to welcome you to the teaching practice module. 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 Assignment 01 and important information on teaching practice
requirements.

PLEASE NOTE:

All enquiries regarding your placement and other TP admin-related matters should be
directed to the Teaching Practice Office coordinator of the province in which you are
planning your placement.

Please do not contact the TPO with queries related to assessments,

workbook/portfolio, and content of the module and/or submission of your
assessments; contact your module lecturers for these matters.

Similarly, do not contact your lecturer(s) about school placement and/or TP admin-
related queries. These details you will find in Tutorial letter 102.

COMPULSORY REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING PRACTICE

The table below contains the compulsory requirements for the BEd Foundation Phase
teaching practice which are non-negotiable. It must be completed in the year of registration
for the module.
Please ensure that you read and understand the guidelines applicable to your teaching
practice modules. When selecting a school, please make sure that the school of your
choice offers your registered teaching practice subject/s in the relevant phase/s.

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Bachelor of Education: Foundation Phase

Module Duration Guidelines Year / Lecturer
code If registered for two or more TP modules Level
You may not do two teaching practice
module placements at the same time. This
means the dates must be different.

TPF2601 5 weeks For this module, you are required to complete: 1st DR PON
MOSHABA
• Grade R - 2 week (10 consecutive days)
• Grade 1 - 1 week (5 consecutive days)
• Grade 2 - 1 week (5 consecutive days)
• Grade 3 - 1 week (5 consecutive days)

Please refer to Tutorial Letters (Assessments

1, Assessment 2, Assessment 50 and
Assessment 51) for assessment requirements

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2 THE SCHOOL-BASED PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Teaching practice is a compulsory module, and no exception of any nature is provided

irrespective of the circumstances. Your registration for the B Ed Foundation phase
means you have accepted the rules and regulations of the qualification as well as the
requirements thereof for all the modules. Each TP module requires 5 consecutive
weeks in a school.

• The lecturers and Teaching Practice Office are aware of the different terms of
government and private schools, as well as international schools. The teaching
practice must be completed within the timeline provided and as per the requirements
specified by the university.

2.1. APLICATION FOR PLACEMENT

• Assessment 1 requires the School Information form and Proof of placement.

If you don’t submit these two documents before the closing date, you will be blocked
from any further submission of portfolios. This assessment therefore also
serves as admission to the examination.

• All arrangements must be made at the beginning of the academic year. Immediately
after registration, you must read the relevant study material before any arrangements
are made with the respective school/schools where you are planning to do your
teaching practice.

• It is compulsory to request permission from the principal of the school at which you
intend doing your teaching practice. Your study material (Tutorial Letter 102) and
portfolio requirements must be provided to the principal as proof of what is expected
of you during the five weeks teaching practice.

• Proof of placement is needed before you start your teaching practice. It can take 36
days to be issued. No applications for placement will be accepted post the closing date
of Assessment 1.

• Complete the Online TPU tool on myUnisa or the respective links (Tutorial Letter 102)
to obtain proof of placement.

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3 REGISTERED FOR MORE THAN ONE TEACHING PRACTICE MODULE

Special Notice: University rules apply if you could register for more than one TP module. No
lecturer can change this decision.

• If you are registered for two TP modules, no school-based placement may overlap
or be conducted at the same time. Ensure that the proof of placement form for each
module reflects the correct number of weeks.
• The Department Higher Education and Training requires 5 weeks for each TP
practice year module.
• Make sure you submit your portfolio within three weeks of teaching practice
completion. Only then can you start the placement of the second module you are
possibly registered for. For example:

 If registered for TPF2601 and TPF2602, each should be 25 independent days

 First do TPF2601 in May and submit your portfolio two weeks after completing
your placement at a school
 Then do TPF2602 in June and submit your portfolio two weeks after completing
your placement at a school.

Therefore, your online placement application must contain the TP modules you were
allowed to register for in 2024 as there are prerequisites required.
• Any student found conducting or completing teaching practice concurrently will fail
to meet the requirements.

• If, during 2023, a student attempts to do two TP module placements for 5 weeks
instead of 10 weeks, only one placement will be recognised (based on the year level),
which means one TP module will have to be redone either before the closing date, or
you must register again for the following year to complete the TP module.

• All changes to placement dates and any related problems must be communicated with
your workstation/provincial coordinator at the Teaching Practice Office. The details
are in Tutorial Letter 102; you must read this tutorial letter carefully.

3.1 MONITORING OF PLACEMENT

• The TP office will monitor your placement.

• Any transgression of the placement requirements is against the DHET (Department
of Higher Education and Training) requirements, and you will not graduate.
• The proof of placement dates and the dates of the attendance register must
correlate.
• All teaching practice portfolios must be submitted three weeks after completing the
teaching practice (TP) irrespective of the month in which you complete your TP.
You will be penalised for every week that your portfolio is late.
• No student is allowed to go to the school without proof of placement.

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3.2 ABIDING BY THE RULES OF THE SCHOOL

• The principal must be provided with all the requirements of teaching practice when you
request permission to do your teaching practice at the particular school.
• You must arrive in the morning when school starts and leave when the school day
ends. No special arrangements are allowed for individual students. You may not do
one day or alternative days a week; it must be consecutive days.
• You must complete your teaching practice at a registered DBE (Department of Basic
Education) school; TP placement at any home-schooling centre is not
permitted. International schools must contact the placement office coordinator
(Tutorial Letter 102).
• All changes to placement dates and related problems must be communicated with
your workstation/provincial coordinator from the Teaching Placement Office. The
details are in Tutorial Letter 102.

For all other information regarding module TPF2601, you should still refer to Tutorial letter
101 as well as refer to all the announcements on the TPF2601 module site.

Dr. PON Moshaba

Module coordinator:
Address: Prof NS Radipere Building, Room 7/56
E-mail address: emoshap@unisa.ac.za
Telephone number: 012 429 4314

ASSESSMENT 1
This assessment must be submitted before the closing date and before you commence your
teaching practice at the school.

• Students who do not submit Assessment 1 before the closing date and before
commencing teaching practice will not be granted admission to the examination.
• This further means you will not be able to continue with your teaching practice
and all further submissions will be blocked.
• You will then have to register for the module again in 2025.

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SCHOOL INFORMATION

• The details of the teaching practice school that you have applied to through the
teaching practice online booking or link (Tutorial 102), must be provided on the school
information form.

• If you are going to two different schools, you will need two school information forms.

• The dates on the school information form must correlate with the proof of placement
you received from the placement office.

PROOF OF PLACEMENT

The proof of placement which is sent to your myLife email address by the placement office
based on the online completion thereof must be signed and stamped by the principal.

HOW TO OBTAIN PROOF OF PLACEMENT

Consult Tutorial Letter 102 for the placement process. Student guidelines
have been posted on the announcements as well.

THIS IS NOT THE APPLICATION FORM FOR PLACEMENT

• COMPLETE YOUR PLACEMENT ONLINE – to obtain the proof of placement

• PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION FOR THE SCHOOL

ONLY ONE PDF DOCUMENT IS ACCEPTED FOR ASSESSMENT 1

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ASSESSMENT 1

(Submit only these two pages as assessment 1.Convert into one PDF Document)
SCHOOL INFORMATION & PROOF OF PLACEMENT

MODULE CODE PROVINCE:

Student Name & Surname Student number:

Miss/Mrs/Mr
Postal Address

myLife email

Contact details

Are you permanently employed at the school?

Are you an intern or assistant teacher at the school?

Are you employed outside the education sector?

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PRINCIPAL, MENTOR, AND SCHOOL DETAILS OF APPROVED PLACEMENT

PRINCIPAL NAME & SURNAME

Contact details

MENTOR NAME & SURNAME

Contact details

Dates must be completed below

Grade R …………………………………… to ………………………. …….. = 10 days

Grades 1, 2 & 3 ………………………….to ………………………………. = 15 days

Name of School

Address

Province

Tel Email:

Name of
SCHOOL STAMP
Principal…………………………………….

SIGNATURE

………………………………………….

Name of Mentor

…………………………………….

SIGNATURE MENTOR ……………………………

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PROOF OF PLACEMENT RECEIVED ON YOUR MYLIFE EMAIL MUST BE PROVIDED

Make sure you print your proof of placement you receive and obtain the school stamp and
signature

SCHOOL STAMP

PRINCIPAL’S SIGNATURE ……………………………….

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