EDUC4743 Extended Rural Professional Experience

2018

4.5

1 x 3-hour workshop per semester
1 x 40-day field placement per semester

1 ^ EDUC4740 - Professional Experience: Final Assessment for Registration (Early Childhood)
1a ^ EDUC4741 - Professional Experience: Final Assessment for Registration (Primary R-7)
1b ^ EDUC4742 - Professional Experience: Final Assessment for Registration (Middle and Secondary Schooling)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b))

The Extended Rural Professional Experience occurs in the fourth year of the undergraduate degree program or the second year of the Master of Teaching program. It is undertaken con-currently with Professional Experience: Final Assessment for Registration. This combined and Extended Rural Professional Experience begins with the teacher preparation days for Term 1 and working in the school with their mentor teacher for a period of 10-12 days before returning to university for further academic studies. An extended teaching block of 10 weeks begins from Week 1 of Term 2. The pre-service teacher is expected to participate in the life of the rural community and to demonstrate the ability to combine working professionally with engaging personally in a rural community. Together with the required 40 days of teaching practice for the topic Professional Experience: Final Assessment for Registration, this combined professional experience constitutes an expected total of a minimum of 80 days.

This topic aims for pre-service teachers to demonstrate their ability to:

• form effective relationships with both the school community and the local community of a regional, rural or remote area

• plan appropriate curriculum and teaching materials and adapt their plans for the particular needs of students in a regional, rural or remote area

• successfully integrate into the local community in which they are working as a professional

• act in ways that show a clear understanding of the professional and ethical requirements of a teacher when they are living and working so closely within a small community

On completion of this topic pre-service teachers will have:

• developed effective working relationships with all members of their school community

• established relationships or friendships within the local regional, rural or remote community

• shown their ability to adapt curriculum and teaching plans to the needs of the students of a school in a regional, rural or remote area

• experienced living and working in a regional, rural or remote area for an extended period of time

• demonstrated through their behaviours a clear understanding of the professional and ethical requirements of a teacher when they are living and working so closely within a small community