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Professional Practice & Seminar Sec 2 (EDUC90408)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
April
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | April Semester 2 |
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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 |
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EDUC90404 | Professional Practice & Seminar Sec 1 | No longer available |
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Teaching Performance | Upon completion of placement | 60% |
Submission of the Professional Practice portfolio and associated reflective pieces including the Practicum Exhibition | Upon completion of placement | 40% |
Hurdle requirement: Teacher Candidates must pass both assessment tasks. | N/A | |
Hurdle requirement: Attendance on all days of placement | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: Attendance and preparation for all Practicum Seminars throughout the placement | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: Maintenance of Professional Practice Portfolio throughout placement | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- April
Principal coordinator Andrew Swainston Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 29 April 2022 to 10 June 2022 Last self-enrol date 6 May 2022 Census date 13 May 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 June 2022 Assessment period ends 20 June 2022 April contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Harry Galatis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 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