PR501 Professional Experience: Primary Observation (5 days)
Unit Description
Pre-requisites
None.Co-requisites
None.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
The student will gain an understanding of how Christian perspectives and understandings contribute to their learning experiences as a learner.
Apply knowledge of students and how they learn to observations and reflections.
Engage professionally, collaboratively and relationally with teachers, students, and parents/carers.
Demonstrate emerging knowledge of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate level and The Victorian Teaching Profession Code of Conduct.
The student will consider and reflect on their own experiences of learning and others’ teaching practices and the effectiveness of the learning environment in order to improve as a teacher.
Unit Description
The Professional Experience together with the College-based delivery are designed developmentally to scaffold the pre-service teachers’ development in professional practice from those of a novice to those of an independent graduating teacher who is “ready to teach”.
Pre-service teachers will be required to undertake five days in a school setting. Students will concentrate on observing and assisting teachers and students and reflecting on their experiences. They will observe how teachers respond to student diversity and a range of learning needs, how they manage student behaviour and support student safety and well-being to create supportive and inclusive learning environments. Through conversations with experienced teachers, they will expand their knowledge of and reflect on strategies used to create effective, supportive and inclusive learning environments.
Pre-service teachers will attend a preparation clas prior to the placement and a debriefing class after completing the placement, both are on-campus classes.
Pre-service teachers will observe and reflect on the effectiveness of a learning environment in terms of overall student learning, attention to individual learning needs and management of student behaviour. During the school-based learning experiences, pre-service teachers will demonstrate a responsive and responsible approach to professional practice and satisfactory completion of Professional Experience placements and debriefings. They will observe and reflect on the role and responsibility of a teacher, including Christian values and principles, and professional conduct with students, colleagues and the school community.
Pre-service teachers will engage with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and the Codes of Conduct and Ethics for the teaching profession and reflect on their implications for professional practice.
Successful completion of all Professional Experiences is essential to gaining the award of Bachelor of Education.
Pre-service teachers will have a Working with Children check before they commence Professional Experience.
Topics
- Observing students and experienced teachers
- Participating in the whole school life
- Reflection on learning
Assessment and Indicative Load
Assessment types include Other, Field Placement Supervisors Report, Journal, and Attendance. Indicative study load is 54 hours.
Unit offerings
Face to face: (Demand based)Please note
The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.
This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.