EDUC4742 Professional Experience: Final Assessment for Registration (Middle and Secondary Schooling)

2019

4.5

1 x 40-day field placement per semester

1 EDUC3642 - Professional Experience: Year 3B (Middle and Secondary Schooling)
2 90 units of study
Must Satisfy: (1 and 2)

1 of EDUC4778, EDUC4779 has been successfully completed

This Professional Experience occurs in the fourth year of the undergraduate degree program and the second year of the Master of Teaching program. Pre-service teachers are expected to attend the staff planning days at the commencement of the semester unless they are undertaking a country placement, in which case they may need to undertake this placement as a block of 8 weeks (40 days). Metropolitan placements require the completion of 10 days preparation and participation prior to a block of 6 weeks (30 days).

Pre-service teachers work closely with their mentor teachers in the school placement as they assume a full range of professional responsibilities under the guidance of their mentor teacher. The pre-service teacher is expected to plan, implement and evaluate extended teaching and learning programs. A university-appointed liaison will maintain close links between the pre-service teacher, the school mentors and the university coordinators.

At the conclusion of this Professional Experience a written report will indicate compliance with Professional Standards and readiness for entry to the Register of the Teachers Registration Board of South Australia.

To provide an opportunity for pre-service teachers to:

• demonstrate the skills of teaching and a clear understanding of the requirements of the teaching profession
• form co-operative and effective professional relationships with students, colleagues and parents
• make connections between theoretical understandings about learning and teaching and their classroom practices
• identify themselves as educators, reflecting on their own strengths, interests and areas for professional and personal growth in relation to professional standards for teachers
• establish readiness for entry to the Register for the Teachers Registration Board of South Australia

On successful completion of this topic, pre-service teachers should have:

• reflected an understanding of how students learn in their teaching methodologies
• planned appropriate curriculum and instructional materials for given students
• assessed and recorded student learning
• demonstrated skills in managing the learning environment for extended periods of time
• developed professional and effective relationships with the students, teachers and parents of the school
• practised using inclusive teaching methodologies
• evaluated the effectiveness of their educational programs
• critically reflected on their performance as teachers
• acted in ways that show a clear understanding of the professional and ethical requirements of a teacher
• demonstrated the teaching competence that is appropriate and necessary for a beginning teacher