EDUC4196Quality Teaching and Professional Practice 7-12

Course handbook

Description

This course is focused on consolidating students' knowledge and skills in the areas of professional knowledge and professional practice, across all key learning areas with a focus on differentiating for students with individual needs. A key focus is on gathering evidence aligned with the Australian Institute for Teaching School Leadership (AITSL) standards to demonstrate a coherent understanding of all elements of the profession, although the emphasis will be on professional practice (Elements 6 and 7). This course builds on students' experiences with Teach Outreach and the placements undertaken in the previous two 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 a senior understanding of the 7-12 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.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Demonstrate progress towards the attainment of Graduate Teacher Standards through professional experience.

Content

Topic 1 - Connections between teacher education, coursework, research and teaching/learning in 7-12 contexts

Topic 2  - Identifying and addressing professional learning needs.

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 who have successfully completed EDUC4195 or EDUC4197 cannot enrol in this course.

Students must have successfully completed EDUC3196.

Students must have successfully completed LANTITE

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 one of the following programs:

Bachelor of Teaching (Humanities) (Honours) [12386]

Bachelor of Teaching (Fine Art) (Honours) [12369]

Bachelor of Teaching (Health and Physical Education) (Honours) [12370]

Bachelor of Teaching (Mathematics) (Honours) [12371]

Bachelor of Teaching (Science) (Honours) [12372]

Bachelor of Teaching (Technology) (Honours) [12373]

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

Teacher Education Milestone

Assumed knowledge

To enrol in this course you must have successfully completed 270 units, have completed all Specialist Studies methods courses in each of your selected Teaching Areas.

Assessment items

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

Portfolio: Newcastle Teacher Performance Assessment (NTPA)
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

• EDUC4196 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 328.9 KB)