Unit of Study TCHR3006 Professional Experience III: Transition to the Profession (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

TCHR3008 - Professional Experience II: Effective Teaching; AND 288 credit points in 3207310 - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Primary) OR 3207313 - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Primary/Early Childhood) OR 3207311 - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Secondary) OR 3207322 - Bachelor of Technology/Bachelor of Education (Secondary); OR 336 credit points in 3207312 - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Primary/Secondary).
Co-requisites

Students admitted to 3207312 - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Primary/Secondary) must be enrolled in or have completed EDUC3003 - Mathematics: Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy II OR TCHR3002 - English: Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy II OR EDUC3019 - HSIE: Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy II
Anti-requisites

TCH10136 - Pedagogy in Practice III: Differentiation AND TCH10138 - Pedagogy in Practice IV: Professional Pathways

Enrolment information

This unit has a compulsory professional experience component. Enrolment in this unit requires you to have a valid QLD Blue Card and/or a Working with Children Check for your State or Territory. For online students an optional onsite workshop is available.
Enrolment restriction

Students are required to submit a Unit Approval Request via MyEnrolment. Students must have satisfactorily completed both components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) before enrolling in this unit.

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to build on knowledge and skills developed in Professional Experience I and II through a further classroom teaching experience. This unit further develops students' knowledge and skills for collecting and interpreting data as evidence to inform practice; developing successful summative assessment tasks; providing feedback to students; and engaging in moderation practice to ensure accurate judgments and feedback. Students will collect information to inform the development of an authentic assessment item that will further develop their skills for teaching as they make the transition to the profession.

Unit content

Topic 1: Data and Evidence

What constitutes data and evidence?
Assessment types for consideration
Developing effective formative and summative assessment
Applying formative and summative assessment to the classroom

Topic 2: Planning and Teaching

Using data to inform planning and teaching
The alignment of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
Developing units of work and appropriate assessment

Topic 3: Feedback and Making Judgments

Effective feedback
Feedback for students, parents and carers

Topic 4: Moderation and Standards

Moderation in teams and making judgments against criteria
Moderation practice

Topic 5: Preparation for the Teaching Profession

Topic 6: Preparation for Professional Experience

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2024

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:

work effectively in a learning community that seeks to meet the specific learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds and across a wide range of abilities; practise strategies of providing feedback to students about their learning and performance against the standards

consider data collection and evaluation to inform planning for teaching; critically review teaching and students' learning as a way to improve student outcomes

analyse and evaluate the range of contexts for teaching, considering the needs of students in the preparation of learning sequences and assessment strategies

reflect critically and creatively on teaching practices, drawing on classroom experiences of student learning

articulate knowledgeably the importance of polices and guidelines on child protection, health and safety, and professional codes of conduct

create a safe and supportive learning environment having regard to child protection legislation, workplace health and safety, and duty of care

apply competently the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers.

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