S.L. 327.301 Art. 13Special provision for field placement.

(1) There shall be a Field Placement, comprising a period of observation and/or teaching in schools, under supervision, as determined by the Board as follows:

(a) in each of the four years, in the case of the Early

Childhood Education and Care, Primary and Secondary Education areas of specialisation; and

(b) in each of the three years (or spread throughout the part-time Course for courses which commenced prior to October 2013), in the case of the Early Childhood Education and Care area of specialisation.

(2) Field Placements shall be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis in the case of the B.Ed.(Hons) Primary and Secondary Education areas of specialisation. Field placements shall be assessed by grades/marks in the B.Ed.(Hons) Early Childhood Education and Care area of specialisation.

(3) Students shall be required to pass all the field placements. Students can only do one field placement in any year of the course and shall be allowed to repeat only one failed field placement during the following year, so that the final field placement is held during an additional year of studies, if allowed in terms of the Principal Regulations.

(4) Students whose field placement includes the teaching of two teaching areas and who fail to satisfy the examiners in the teaching of one of the teaching areas shall be considered to have failed the field placement. Such students shall be required to repeat the field placement in terms of paragraph (3) and as provided for in the Principal Regulations. Students may be allowed to repeat the field placement in the teaching of the failed teaching area only under those conditions established by the Board.

(5) Students shall be required to abide by the field placement Code of Ethics as published by the Board. Any breach of this Code of Ethics shall be referred to an ad hoc Disciplinary Board appointed by the Board and may result in a recommendation to Senate for dismissal from the course.

(6) (a) Students who, for health reasons, fail to attend for up to four days should present a medical certificate within twenty-four hours to the Office of Professional Practice. The medical certificate, drawn up by a Medical Doctor, should clearly state the ailment which is preventing the student from attending school and should include the name and the Medical Registration Number of the Medical Doctor.

(b) Where students are away from school for up to four days for any valid reason, including health reasons, as well as in special circumstances for which prior approval would have been given, they shall be requested to make up for any missed teaching duties in accordance with instructions issued by the Office of Professional Practice and the Head of Department concerned.

(c) Students who fail to attend five days or more shall have to undergo a full Field Placement during an additional year of studies.

(7) The Board shall assign at least two additional examiners to each student. The main additional examiner is requested to present the assessment reports for the consideration of the field placement Board of Examiners. The Board of Examiners shall, in terms of the University Examinations Regulations, determine the procedure to be adopted for the conduct of the field placement assessment and may themselves conduct assessment visits to particular students as they deem fit.