ETP200 - Classroom Management
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Melbourne (Burwood), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E359 |
| Prerequisite: | ETP102 or ETP104 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ETP201 |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week NIKERI (CBD): 8 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks |
| In-person attendance requirements: | 10-day on-site professional experience (placement) completed once day per week over the trimester period For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here. Placements for this unit are scheduled across multiple placement blocks. Students will be assigned to one of these blocks and cannot choose their preferred placement window. It is the student's responsibility to ensure they are available for placement at any time within the designated placement periods, as scheduling may occur at any point within these timeframes. Please note: Placement periods may take place during or outside standard trimester teaching dates. |
| Note: | *Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) |
Content
This unit provides pre-service teachers with essential strategies to establish and maintain positive and effective learning environments in primary classrooms. This unit focuses on proactive and research-based classroom management techniques, including the development of rules and routines, behaviour reinforcement, and modelling of desired behaviours. Students will explore how to pre-plan and rehearse responses to student behaviour, including early intervention techniques such as prompts, pre-corrections, and verbal feedback, to maintain high expectations and minimise disruptions. A key component of this unit is understanding and applying whole-school behaviour frameworks to ensure consistency and collaboration within school settings. Students will also learn how to develop responsive lesson plans that incorporate effective classroom management strategies, ensuring lessons are engaging and conducive to learning. Throughout the unit, students will critically engage with research on classroom management and practice applying their learning through role-playing scenarios and lesson planning exercises. A 10-day teaching placement, attended one day per week, will provide an opportunity to implement these strategies in a real classroom setting. By the end of the unit, students will be equipped with the foundational skills necessary to create structured, safe, and positive learning environments that support student engagement and success.
Unit fee information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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Commonwealth Prac Payment
From 1 July 2025, the Australian Government is intending to introduce the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to assist eligible students with costs related to mandatory placements in higher education courses for teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work.
Hurdle requirements
Professional experience is a requirement of the Victorian Institution of Teaching for the preparation of teachers. In this unit you will complete 10-days of the required 80-days for the Bachelor of Education (Primary). Satisfactory completion of the professional experience is required in order to pass this unit.