Professional Experience SEC 2 (6907.4)

Availability

Availability

This unit is no longer offered. Information may be available for Units in the following years:

• Version 4 - Start Date: 01/01/2011 End Date: 31/12/2011
• Version 1 - Start Date: 01/01/2006 End Date: 31/12/2006
• Version 2 - Start Date: 01/01/2007 End Date: 31/12/2008
• Version 3 - Start Date: 01/01/2009 End Date: 31/12/2010

Syllabus

In this unit the Preservice Teacher will further increase time spent in the teacher role, taking on more of the decision-making role in the classroom. The focus of the professional experience is to further grow as a responsible teacher in the classroom and wider school context. Planning will be enhanced through the developing responsibility for teaching, taking into account a growing repertoire of teaching and assessment strategies.

Learning Outcomes

1. On completion of this unit Preservice Teachers will have: demonstrated a developing proficiency for teaching in specific curriculum areas that have been studied at this level, fostered appropriate learning opportunities for individual students within the context of the whole class; utilised their developing repertoire of assessment techniques to provide feedback on individual student performance; and continued to be critically reflective in the development of personal philosophies of teaching.

Contact Hours

Three hours a week plus 15 days in schools.

Prerequisites

For other students: Professional Experience SEC 1 or Professional Experience ECP 2.AND (for all students) Students who have failed this unit once: Permission of unit convener.Students who have failed this unit twice: not permitted to enrol.Students who fail this unit will need to meet with the Director, Professional Experience to negotiate an individual plan for increasing the potential for a successful result. Permission of the unit convener is required to enrol in the unit.Students who have failed this unit twice will be required to contact the unit convener and the Director, Professional Experience, and show cause as to why they should be allowed to attempt the unit again. This will be via a written application submitted to the Faculty Assessment Board, which will determine if the student should be enrolled or not enrolled in the unit.This unit is required for teaching courses leading to the Bachelor of Education award. Students who are not able to complete this unit will not meet the academic requirements for this award. Such students may be able to complete the Bachelor of Educational Studies exit award, or transfer to another UC course with credit as outlined in the Credit Policy.