EDUC4187Quality Teaching and Professional Practice K-6

Course handbook

Description

This course is focused on consolidating student's knowledge and skills in the areas of professional knowledge, professional practice and professional engagement, across all Key Learning Areas with a focus on inclusion and equity. A key focus is on gathering evidence aligned with the Australian Institute for Teaching & School Leadership (AITSL) standards to demonstrate an advanced understanding of all elements of the profession, although the emphasis will be on assessment and reporting (Elements 4 and 5) and professional engagement (Elements 6 and 7). This course builds on student's experiences with the placements undertaken in the previous three years of their teacher education program. It helps students to recognise and understand how coursework/research forms the foundation of high quality teaching and assessment practice by connecting what is studied at university and how that plays out in classrooms and schools. Students will have the opportunity to engage in the wider school community whilst demonstrating an advanced understanding of the K-6 classroom context.

Availability2024 Course Timetables

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Construct, implement and evaluate unit/s of work that are responsive to the needs of the school and community.

2. Design and implement authentic learning tasks integrating cross-curricular capabilities.

3. Engage in critical reflection on their development and learning as an ethical teacher in productive professional learning communities.

4. Develop strategies for identifying professional learning strengths and needs, critical reflection, individual and collegial support, engagement with the wider school community and the world beyond the classroom/school.

5. Engage in the full life of school including student sport, playground supervision, faculty/grade/stage meetings and school activities and functions.

6. Demonstrate the attainment of all Australian Professional Teacher Standards through professional experience and participate in a mock-interview.

Content

1. Being a teacher in school culture and context the professional and wider school environment
2. Issues-based curriculum design in action.
3. Engaging with parents/carers/community expectations and responsibilities.
4. Quality Teaching and Professional Learning working with colleagues and the community.
5. Connections between teacher education, coursework, research and teaching/learning in K-6 contexts.
6. Identifying and addressing professional learning needs
7. Developing and working in a professional learning community.
8. Developing and maintaining an online professional identity " the pluses and pitfalls of social media.
9. Professional conduct and ethics.
10. Applying for jobs, preparing a CV, addressing criteria and interview skills
11. Consolidating and presenting an e-portfolio

Review of Progress

This course is a compulsory program requirement and is monitored for academic progress purposes. The course must be completed to progress in the program or meet other program requirements.

Failure or withdrawal from this course will result in students being considered under the Student Academic Progress Procedure.

Requisites

Students cannot enrol in this course if they have completed EDUC4185 or EDUC4186.

To enrol in this course you must have successfully completed EDUC3186.

To enrol in this course students must have met the LANTITE milestone.

For students who commenced in the program in 2016 onwards, enrolment in this course is dependent on successful completion of the teacher education admission milestone:

- Three HSC band 5s (including one in English) or

- 80 units of UON courses or

- Regulatory authority approved comparable pathways.

To enrol in this course student must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) [40106] or the Bachelor of Education (Primary)(Honours) [40110].

LANTITE Milestone

Teacher Education Milestone

Assumed knowledge

To enrol in this course you must have successfully completed 270 units, and have completed the LANTITE milestone.

Assessment items

Report: Professional Experience Report
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.

Portfolio: Newcastle Teacher Performance Assessment
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.

Compulsory Requirements

Compulsory Placement and WHS Requirements:

• Child Protection Awareness Training - Students must complete approved child protection awareness training.
• Working with Children - A national criminal history check and review of findings of misconduct involving children, required for any child-related work.
• Anaphylaxis Training - Students must complete approved anaphylaxis training.

Contact hours

Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan

Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan

Semester 2 - 2024 - Ourimbah

Course outline

• EDUC4187 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 525.5 KB)