Postgraduate Teaching Programs – Professional Experience Sequence
Masters Primary
Professional Experience
| Duration
| Focus
| Supervisory Model
|
|---|---|---|---|
EDUC6785 Education Foundations | 5 days | Focus on school routines, classrooms, and teaching in general | Attendance on 5 days. No reporting. Teacher assisted and monitored at all times. |
EDUC6762 Managing K-6 Learning | 20 days | Focus on classroom and behaviour management within lesson ideas provided by the teacher | Initial evidence of all Australian Professional Standards for Teachers using supervised teaching of whole class. |
EDUC6913 The Global Professional
| 40 days | Focus on transition to the profession through critical reflection within units of work developed by the Teacher Education Student and portfolio development. Focus on individualised & sequenced learning and full transition to the profession by the Teacher Education Student incorporating the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) | Continuing evidence of all Australian Professional Standards for Teachers using supervised teaching of whole class. Final evidence of all Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, using a Literacy learning sequence developed by the Teacher Education Student as part of their TPA. |
Masters Secondary
Professional Experience Unit | Duration | Focus | Supervisory Model |
|---|---|---|---|
EDUC6785 Educational Foundations | 5 days | Pre-service teachers develop an understanding of how students learn and how teachers can help students learn by being involved in a variety of teaching experiences in a range of school contexts. | Attendance on 5 days. No reporting. Teacher assisted and monitored at all times. |
EDUC6772 The Adolescent Learning Environment | 20 days | Introduction to the school context and the role of the teacher. Focus on establishing a productive learning environment/ classroom and behaviour management in the 7-12 context; introduction to lesson planning within lesson ideas provided by the teacher. | Initial evidence of Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Standards 1-4 and 7 (Moving Towards Graduate Level); supervised teaching of whole class, small groups and individual tutorial teaching. |
EDUC6913 The Global Professional | 40 days | Focus on transition to the profession through demonstration, analysis and articulation of practice via full involvement in all aspects of role of the teacher; TPA e-portfolio development. | Final evidence of all Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, using teaching of whole classes and individualised learning sequences developed by the Teacher Education Student. Includes period of Solo teaching in Phase 2. |
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