Global Education Program

The Global Education Program provides an experience of living and teaching in a regional town and remote community in Australia. There are many highlights of this program including engaging with local communities and experiencing their generosity in sharing their community and the opportunity to teach indigenous students and learn from them.

This experience equips pre-service teachers with strategies to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and to develop respect and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

International Initial Teacher Discovery

The International Initial Teacher Discovery program offers an exciting opportunity for you to experience teaching amongst alternative cultures via immersive and supported learning experiences. The IITD allows you to complete a third-year placement unit in an international setting.

This international teaching placement involves both cultural negotiation and understanding, the development of new, and refinement of existing, pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions. This results in the development of a broader range of teaching and learning approaches and a more global perspective on education.

This immersive program will allow you to grow your capabilities through cultural immersion, allowing you to develop powerful teaching strategies, refine your existing skills and unlock career opportunities.

Applying for the Global Education Program or International Initial Teacher Discovery Program

Expressions of Interest are now open for 2025 programs.

Please complete the expression of interest form through the link below to register your interest in a 2025 program. Once applications open in early 2025, you will be given the first opportunity to apply for the programs available.

Submit your Expression of Interest Now

Eligibility

Refer to the information below for a guideline of approved units for each eligible degree.

Degrees/Units not included in the above table cannot be considered for the programs, due to course progression complications and accreditation purposes.

Costs

The below price is indicative only:

• Remote Australian Placement approximate cost: $1,000 - $1,500
• International Placement approximate cost: $3,000 - $8,000 (cost is dependant on program location).

Program costs may vary year to year, please use this as a guide only. Specific cost information will be provided for each program once applications are open.

Funding Your Experience

You may be eligible for assistance from an OS-HELP Loan or other funding, to help with the cost of travel, accommodation and program costs.

See Funding your WIL experience for more information.

New Colombo Plan (NCP) Grants may be available for a selected program in 2025 for students who meet the eligibility requirements. Eligible programs will be advertised with funding availability at the time of application.

Insurance

As a Deakin student travelling on a Deakin program, your travel insurance is free of charge for the duration of your IITD. The insurance provided will even cover you for up to 10 days of leisure travel free!

Exception for GEP students, who are automatically insured for the duration of their Australian placement.