PR502 Professional Experience: Secondary 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 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.
The student will gain an understanding of how Christian perspectives and understandings contribute to their learning experiences as a learner.
Observe and reflect on teaching practices and resources that are responsive to curriculum and diverse students in order to maximise engagement, motivation and learning.
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.
Unit Description
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.
The Professional Experience together with the College-based delivery are designed 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. Through this subject, students will get an early ‘feel’ for their development as pre-service teachers.
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; management of student behaviour and; teachers’ professional behaviour and ethical conduct. In addition they will observe and reflect on professional behaviour including empathy, positive regard for and rapport with students, productive relationships with colleagues and teachers’ on-going learning.
Successful completion of all Professional Experience units 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.
You will attend a preparation class prior to the placement and a debriefing class after completing the placement, both are on-campus classes.
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.