Pre-requisites

PR602 Professional Experience 15 days
At least 120 credit points successfully completed
Successful LANTITE Results (Coded as NLTEST and NNTEST)

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

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

• Organise classroom learning experience by providing clear directions and using a range of communication and classroom management strategies that support engagement, safety and a positive classroom environment.

• 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.

• Apply knowledge of students, learning theory, curriculum and content, to plan and implement effective lesson sequences in response to the learning strengths and needs of all students including challenging but achievable learning goals, a range of inclusive and evidence-based teaching strategies, assessment, recording and feedback strategies, and appropriate resources, including ICT;

• Demonstrate an 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.

Unit Description

This professional experience unit has a block of 25 consecutive school days. You will not only learn about how to respond to students’ diverse strengths and learning needs, but you will also develop and apply strategies to support and improve their learning in classroom contexts. You will also develop and apply strategies that promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians through educational contexts.
Your teaching practice will involve teaching whole classes for whole lessons, taking the equivalent of a full-time teacher’s load from mid-Week 2 as negotiated with your supervising teacher based on your progress and performance and the school timetable.
You will attend an orientation class prior to the professional experience placement and a debrief class after its completion; both will be held on campus.
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

1. Preparing for teaching in school
2. Reflecting, evaluating feedback and modifying practice
3. Reflecting and debriefing on your professional experience in school
4. Diverse student contexts and the Christian response
5. Inclusivity in the classroom - exploring cultural, linguistic, religious and socioeconomic contexts
6. Identifying and responding to diverse students learning strengths and needs (utilising evidenced based teaching practices and skill to practically implement Tier 1 (MTSS) in the classroom)
7. Teaching strategies for the diverse classroom
8. Knowing and understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures, cultural identity and languages, spirituality, impacts, protocols and teachers’ responses
9. Accessing and engaging with significant resources – parents/carers, teachers, peers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, and websites

Assessment and Indicative Load

Assessment types include Other, Field Placement Supervisors Report, Portfolio, and Attendance. Indicative study load is 310 hours.

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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.