Unit of Study TCHR2009 Professional Experience I - Secondary (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

0
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

EDUC2024 - Education and Practice: Ways of Teaching and Learning
Anti-requisites

TCHR3007 - Professional Experience I: Becoming a Teacher

Enrolment information

Early Enrolment Date: Students MUST enrol by the date specified by the Professional Experience Team to ensure a placement can be arranged. Students MUST achieve a Pass grade in EDUC2024 Education and Practice: Ways of Teaching and Learning prior to undertaking this placement unit. Students MUST have completed at least one Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy I unit for their chosen Secondary Subject Teaching areas prior to their first professional experience placement. All students are required to meet participation requirements including compulsory attendance at the residential, either online or face to face. Students MUST provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/education/education-profession/professional-experience/ Only ONE placement can be completed in a Term unless approval has been granted by the Director of Professional Experience.

Unit description

This placement unit provides students with the opportunity to practise and develop their learning and teaching in a professional environment. Before the placement, students undertake an orientation to prepare for the expectations and requirements of the professional environment. During the placement, students record and reflect on their experiences as informed by relevant course content and professional standards and principles. After the placement, students share their experiences and submit a portfolio as evidence of their engagement in the professional environment.

Unit content

This placement unit consists of three phases, with the placement days being situated in the second phase.

Orientation Phase

Professional expectations and requirements

Revisiting professional standards and principles

Revisiting course themes and concepts

Recording experiences

Placement Phase

Observation and application of standards, principles and practices

Reflection Phase

Sharing your experiences

Reviewing and reflecting on practice

Looking ahead

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Dual Term3	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand and meet the expectations and requirements of a professional environment.

understand, observe and apply standards and principles in a professional environment.

critically record relevant examples of professional practice.

critically and creatively reflect on professional experiences.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Placement 20 days (once)

Residential 8 hours (once)

Residential 4 hours (twice)

Assessment
Quiz	SR
Report	SR
Attendance	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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