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.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Quarter 4
Location
Online
Start and end dates
07-October-2024
08-December-2024
Last self-enrolment date
07-October-2024
Census date
25-October-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
08-November-2024
Results released date
14-January-2025
Quarter 1
Location
Online
Start and end dates
20-January-2025
23-March-2025
Last self-enrolment date
20-January-2025
Census date
07-February-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
21-February-2025
Results released date
15-April-2025
Quarter 2
Location
Online
Start and end dates
14-April-2025
15-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
14-April-2025
Census date
02-May-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
16-May-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Quarter 3
Location
Online
Start and end dates
07-July-2025
07-September-2025
Last self-enrolment date
07-July-2025
Census date
25-July-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
08-August-2025
Results released date
30-September-2025
Quarter 4
Location
Online
Start and end dates
29-September-2025
30-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
29-September-2025
Census date
17-October-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
31-October-2025
Results released date
13-January-2026

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
Placement

17.50

7 weeks 

160

On Campus
Workshop

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) 
  • 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.