Professional Experience 3 (Ready to Teach)

Overview

In this unit, pre-service teachers will undertake a 20 day professional experience in a secondary school setting under the supervision of approved mentors. Pre-service teachers will involve themselves in the life of the school and reflect on their practice and performance, supported by their in school mentor and university academic staff. Within this unit, pre-service teachers must demonstrate that they are ready to teach within a secondary school. Pre-service teachers will be required to demonstrate competence against all elements of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: Graduate stage. This is a requirement of graduation.

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

• Plan, implement and critically evaluate engaging and level appropriate learning experiences using a variety of curriculum documents and resources
• Create learning environments that ensure safety and effectively facilitate learning
• Develop professional and collaborative relationships with education professionals, students, and the wider community
• Adapt teaching to cater for individual differences
• Utilise a range of strategies to effectively assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
• Evaluate their competence in relation to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate) and plan for ongoing professional learning
• Critically evaluate your knowledge and understanding of pedagogical approaches to promote children’s learning and wellbeing, and 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

Assessment

It is a requirement that students achieve an overall pass grade for the Professional Experience Portfolio assessment task. This task is designed to evidence attainment of various Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and National Program Standards in line with external accreditation by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL).

Students who do not achieve an overall pass grade will, if feasible, be granted one additional opportunity to evidence their attainment of unmet requirements.

This requirement is aligned to the National Program Standard 5.4 that ensures providers work collaboratively with placement schools and systems to rigorously assess pre-service teachers against the Graduate Teacher Standards.

Content

• Australian Professional Standards for Teachers 1-7 (Graduate) 
• Engagement in a professional experience under the guidance of a professionally qualified mentor teacher
• Understanding and supporting student diversity
• Assessment, feedback and reporting
• Developing collaborative working practices
• Critical reflection of teaching performance
• Innovative learning environments
• Working with families and the wider community
• Professional organisations and networking
• Teacher registration
• Code of Conduct
• Code of Ethics
• Completing the e-Portfolio
• Preparing for interviews
• Completing the GTPA Preparation Assessment
• Completing the GTPA Portfolio Assessment
• Graduate Attribute - Communication Skills Verbal communication
• Graduate Attribute - Information Literacy 
• Graduate Attribute- Technical literacy