Ready to Teach Professional Experience: Practicum 4P
Duration:
1 Teaching Period
Unit Code:
EDU40012
Contact Hours:
Recommended 10 hours of theory study per week plus 20 days of placement
About this unit
In this ‘Ready to Teach’ professional experience unit pre-service teachers will undertake a 20 days 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’.
Placement
Type: Primary School
Year Level: 5-12 years of age / Foundation to Year 6
Duration: 20 days
Minimum Attendance: 7.5 hours per day excluding breaks
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
- GA1 Communication – Verbal communication
- GA2 Communication – Communicating using different media
- GA3 Teamwork – Collaboration and negotiation
- GA4 Teamwork – Teamwork roles and processes
- GA5 Digital literacies– Information literacy
- GA6 Digital Literacies– Technical literacy
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