VCEA Pre-Service Teacher Placement Grants Program
The Victorian Catholic Education Authority (VCEA), in partnership with Catholic school across Victoria, has launched the Pre-Service Teacher Placement Grant Program to support pre-service teachers undertaking placements in eligible Catholic schools in 2025.
Program Overview
Eligibility
Open to pre-service teachers enrolled in a Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)-accredited Initial Teacher Education (ITE) degree, completing a placement in an eligible Catholic school between 28 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.
Grant Amounts
- $140 per day for all schools in regional urban centres.
- $280 per day for all schools in inner regional placements.
- $420 per day for all schools in outer regional and remote placements.
Payment rates and location classifications match those offered for completing a pre-service teacher placement in an eligible Victorian government school.
These rates align with those offered for completing a pre-service teacher placement in an eligible Victorian government school.
For Pre-Service Teachers
If you are studying at a Victorian ITE provider:
VCEA will email you at your university email address with instructions on how to apply for your grant payment. This will happen either shortly before or shortly after your placement begins. The Catholic Schools PST Placement Grants Program uses a unique submission link, which will be included in the email from VCEA. Please do not use the Victorian Government Schools PPG Link, as it does not apply to Catholic school placements.
VCEA will contact you either shortly before or shortly after your placement begins. If your placement is finishing and you have not received information from VCEA, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a completed Placement Confirmation Form.
Victorian ITE providers are:
- Australian Catholic University
- Deakin University
- Eastern College Australia
- Federation University Australia
- La Trobe University
- Melbourne Polytechnic
- Monash University
- RMIT University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- The University of Melbourne
- Victoria University.
If you are studying at a non-Victorian (interstate) ITE provider:
Please complete the grant eligibility form (see below) and email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. VCEA will assess your Grant Eligibility Form and respond with confirmation your eligibility for the program.
For more information and to access application forms, visit the VCEA Pre-Service Teacher Placement Grants page.
- PST Grants Guidelines
- Placement Confirmation Form
- Grant Eligibility Form - FOR INTERSTATE UNIVERSITIES ONLY
- FAQs for Pre-Service Teachers
- FAQs for VIT accredited ITE Providers
- FAQs for Victorian Catholic Schools
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