Overview

In this ‘Ready to Teach’ professional experience unit pre-service teachers will undertake a 20 day placement within a primary school setting under the supervision of a mentor teacher. Pre-service teachers will involve themselves in the life of the school and reflect on their practice and performance in discussion with their school supervisor and university staff. In preparation for their placement in schools, pre-service teachers engage with material relating to the primary curriculum, assessment, pedagogy and professional relationships and are prepared to demonstrate competence against ALL the Australian Professional Standards for teachers: Graduate stage and can therefore be deemed ‘Ready to Teach’.

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Prepare and appraise learning experiences using a variety of curriculum documents and resources. Including; Writing detailed and professional learning/teaching plans and reflect upon teaching and learning experiences
  • Design learning environments to ensure safety and to facilitate learning
  • Demonstrate professional relationships with education professionals and caring and professional relationships with students
  • Critically evaluate curriculum and pedagogical principles in relation to effective teaching and learning
  • Demonstrate teaching performance, responsibility for the curriculum and professional readiness at an appropriate standard for a graduate teacher
  • Design and implement learning programs to measure impact on student learning and wellbeing, and promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, in ways that are responsive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, doing and being

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Placement
Placement		37.50 4 weeks 150
Specified Activities
Various		4.00 12 weeks 48
Unspecified Activities
Various		5.50 12 weeks 66
TOTAL300

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Placement
Placement		37.50 4 weeks 150
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL300

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Professional Experience PortfolioIndividual 0% 1,2,3,4,5,6 
Professional Experience ReportIndividual 0% 1,2,3,4,5,6 

Content

  • Australian Professional Standards for Teachers 1 – 7 (Graduate)
  • Code of Ethics
  • Engagement in a professional practicum under the guidance of a mentor teacher
  • Upper Primary School (Grades 3 to 6) curriculum policies and documents
  • Pedagogy
  • Introduction to assessment practices and their relationship to effective learning
  • Lesson and unit planning and documentation
  • Forming professional relationships
  • Self-assessment of teaching performance
  • Creating and maintaining a safe and challenging learning environment
  • Using a range of teaching practices and resource
  • Strategies for supporting students' well-being and safety, including policy and legislative requirements
  • Completing the GTPA Preparation Assessment
  • Completing the GTPA Portfolio Assessment

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.