Pre-requisites

PR501 Primary Professional Experience: Observation PR502 Secondary Professional Experience: Observation

Co-requisites

ED631A Curriculum, Assessment and Data

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• In the context of a placement critically reflect on your own and others’ teaching practices, seek, evaluate, and apply advice and feedback from experienced teachers in order to evaluate and improve your teaching practice, and demonstrate increasing knowledge and understanding of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and The Victorian Teaching Profession Code of Conduct, and their application to professional practice and identity

• In the context of a placement apply a range of differentiated teaching, assessment, recording and feedback strategies, and appropriate resources, including ICT, in response to the learning strengths and needs of diverse students; and organise classroom activities, providing clear directions and using a range of communication and classroom management strategies that support the engagement, safety and well-being of diverse students

Unit Description

This professional experience unit entails attending a placement school (primary or secondary respective of the course being completed) for a block of 15 consecutive days. Under the supervision of an experienced teacher you will apply and develop your teaching practices, beginning with a week’s orientation, observing and assisting in the classroom, and gradually progress through team teaching, teaching small groups to teaching whole classes for whole lessons. You will continue to focus on learning through regularly observing and reflecting on experienced teachers’ practices.

You will attend preparation classes prior to the professional experience placement and a debrief class after its completion.
During the placement your supervising teacher will provide you with advice, support and feedback to support your progress and improve your practices, and will assess your teaching against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the graduate level. You are required to incorporate digital technologies in your teaching, learning, preparation and assessment practices displaying improving personal proficiency. As you progress through the Professional Experience, you are expected to demonstrate increasing competence and professional growth and become well immersed in school life.

Topics

• Preparing for professional experience in school
• How to seek and use feedback to improve practice
• Reflecting and debriefing on your professional experience in school

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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.