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.
Requisites
08-December-2024
23-March-2025
15-June-2025
07-September-2025
30-November-2025
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
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Placement |
17.50 |
7 weeks |
160 |
On Campus |
20.00 |
1 week |
20 |
Live Online Workshop |
1.00 | 1 week | 20 |
Live Online Workshop |
1.00 | 7 weeks | 7 |
Unspecified Activites Various |
10.12 | 8 weeks | 81 |
Specified Activites Various |
4.00 | 7 weeks | 28 |
TOTAL |
310 |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Placement Placement |
20.00 | 8 weeks | 160 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning |
18.75 | 8 weeks | 150 |
TOTAL | 310 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Professional Experience Portfolio | Individual | 0% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Professional Experience Report | Individual | 100% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Content
- Australian Professional Standards for Teachers 1-7 (Graduate)Â
- 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
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.