Handbook home
Professional Practice & Seminar Sec 2 (EDUC90408)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
February
Semester 2
October
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 February Semester 2 October |
---|---|
Fees | Look up fees |
This subject focuses on the Teacher Candidates’ awareness of the characteristics of knowledge, practice and engagement for professional accountability in teaching. The school placement focuses on consolidating key learnings from within each of the CORE and Learning Area subjects with a focus on assessment for tracking student learning to inform teaching. Teacher Candidates take responsibility for independent teaching and demonstrate their capacity to implement sustained sequences of lessons and assessment with consideration for the learning needs of individual students.
Teaching Fellows at the school and Clinical Specialists from the University advise and monitor Teacher Candidates in collaboration with Mentor Teachers during the period of sustained and independent teaching. The Professional Practice Seminars focus on professional readiness, creating and maintaining safe and challenging learning environments, assessment and feedback.
The Professional Practice Seminars focus on National standards and provide Teacher Candidates with opportunities to examine theoretical frameworks and associated practical tasks that have been assigned during the placement. Seminars focus on one or more of the National standards and provide opportunities for self assessment, document and scenario analysis and in depth reflection of theory and practice concerning links between instructional processes and student centred learning.
100% attendance is mandatory in all practicum subjects.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject Teacher Candidates should be able to:
The subject covers a range of the National Professional Standards for Teachers (for Graduate Teachers). In particular, the subject will contribute to students attaining the following standards:
3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
3.3 Use teaching strategies
5.2 Provide feedback to students on their learning
5.3 Make consistent and comparable judgements
5.4 Interpret student data
6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice
7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities
7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements
- Analyse and generate diverse sources of data to inform clinical judgments informing the implementation of teaching interventions;
- Demonstrate their capacity to use a range of strategies to establish a positive and inclusive learning environment;
- Establish a safe and productive learning environment with clear expectations for student behaviour;
- Use a range of strategies to assess and monitor student learning needs and use these to inform teaching, to report on student learning and provide feedback to students;
- Independently access and manage a range of learning and teaching resources including technologies to support their specialist area in teaching;
- Apply professional criteria to their own teaching and professional activity as outlined in the National Standards for Graduating Teachers;
- Plan and implement strategies to support their professional growth;
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
- Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify their professional development in teaching
- Be flexible and able to adapt to change through knowing how to learn;
- Understand the significance of teaching as interventionist practice;
- Use evidence to make clinical judgements;
- Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
- Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating;
- Have a conscious personal and social values base that is evident in their teaching.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
EDUC90404 | Professional Practice & Seminar Sec 1 |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
Corequisites
One Learning Area Semester 2 subject
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
There are two assessment tasks (Teacher Candidates must pass both components):
- Teaching Performance, due upon completion of placement, 60%
- Submission of the Professional Practice portfolio and associated reflective pieces including the Practicum Exhibition, due upon completion of placement, 40%
There are three hurdle requirements:
- Attendance on all days of placement
- Attendance and preparation for all Practicum Seminars throughout the placement
- Maintenance of Professional Practice Portfolio throughout placement
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Aranka Dalgleish Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Minimum of 30 days of Professional Practice in a secondary school including 8 hours Practicum Seminar sessions Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 Semester 1 contact information
- February
Principal coordinator Aranka Dalgleish Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Minimum of 30 days of Professional Practice in a secondary school including 8 hours Practicum Seminar sessions Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 5 February 2018 to 25 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 27 February 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 July 2018 Assessment period ends 26 October 2018 February contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Aranka Dalgleish Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Minimum of 30 days of Professional Practice in a secondary school including 8 hours Practicum Seminar sessions Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 21 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018 Semester 2 contact information
- October
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Minimum of 30 days of Professional Practice in a secondary school including 8 hours Practicum Seminar sessions Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 30 October 2018 to 19 November 2018 Last self-enrol date 2 November 2018 Census date 9 November 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 November 2018 Assessment period ends 19 December 2018 October contact information
Time commitment details
255 hours Minimum 30 days of professional practice, 100% attendance is mandatory in all practicum subjects. Please note that permission is required for enrolments in semesters other than semester two.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Collection of readings.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024