Unit of Study TCHR6011 Professional Experience: Early Childhood II (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

0
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Co-requisites

TCHR5009 - Theory to practice: Education and Care for Infants and Toddlers
Anti-requisites

TCHR6001 - Professional Experience in Early Childhood Education II: Infants and Toddlers

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 provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Students MUST comply with the vaccination requirements of the placement providers. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in a fail grade. 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

Consolidate learning from previous units and provide students with the opportunity to apply their learning to practical teaching experience. The unit will: (i) prepare students to undertake a successful professional experience placement, (ii) facilitate the satisfactory completion of a professional experience placement in an infant and toddler setting (birth to 2 years), and (iii) enable students’ critical reflection on their professional experience placement. This unit consists of a compulsory one-day pre-professional experience briefing (or equivalent), followed by an onsite professional experience and two-hour post-professional experience de-brief.

Unit content

Preparation for placement followed by Professional Experience.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Dual Term3,4	Dual Term3,4

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 30 days (once)

Residential 3 hours (once)

Assessment
Report	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Sims, M.,& Hutchins, T. , 2020, Program planning for infants and toddlers, 3rd, Pademelon Press, Jamberoo, NSW. ISBN: 9781876138578.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts

Sims, M.,& Hutchins, T. , 2020, Program planning for infants and toddlers, 3rd, Pademelon Press, Jamberoo, NSW. ISBN: 9781876138578.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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