If you are a high-achieving student who is sure of your choice of a teaching career, the Bachelor of Languages/Master of Teaching (Secondary) is designed to prepare you with the background and skills necessary to enter the teaching profession with confidence and competence. You will become equipped with all the necessary skills to become a registered secondary school teacher, and to teach two secondary school subjects related to languages. What you will study First year A typical first year may include: core topics in teaching and educational contexts, middle schooling philosophy and pedagogy, strategies for language learning, language and languages middle and secondary schooling professional experience placement a selection of teaching major topics a selection of language major topics. Second year A typical second year may include: a core topic in learners and their development middle and secondary schooling professional experience placements a selection of teaching major topics a selection of language major topics. Third year A typical third year may include: core topics in literacies across the curriculum in the middle and secondary years, numeracy and ICT across the middle and secondary curriculum, and understanding child and adolescent behaviour middle and secondary schooling professional experience placements language curriculum specialisation topics a selection of language major topics. Fourth and fifth year A typical fourth and fifth year may include: core topics in professional issues in secondary education, teaching Indigenous Australian students, the reflective professional in action, and differentiation and inclusive educational practices languages curriculum studies topics a secondary professional experience assessment for registration a language major topic Master of Education topics a topic in approaches to research an independent research study or a dissertation in education. Your career Although the majority of education graduates go on to employment as teachers in the public or private sector, some choose to follow other pathways. Potential occupations include: secondary language teacher developmental educator graduate administrative officer youth and children’s support officer. Potential employers include: secondary schools government schools independent schools government education departments government and private industry settings.