ED5488 - Final Graduate Professional Experience

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Available to Graduate Diploma of Education [33506] students only. Enrolment in Study Period 1 availability in Townsville and Cairns allowed only with permission of the Director of Professional Experience

This subject is part of the developmental curriculum for professional experience within the Graduate Diploma of Education program. Preservice teachers are placed in schools and attend for 35 allocated days during which they complete a range of activities to develop an understanding of the complexities of teachers' roles and demonstrate competence across a range of professional standards as applicable to preservice teachers. Preservice teachers' professional experiences will include the development of teaching and learning activities, management of small and large groups, the meeting of individual and special needs, recognition of diversity and the development of strategies for promoting positive relationships with families and communities. Preservice teachers are required to plan, teach, assess and evaluate a minimum three-week block of teaching within the allocated 35 days. Completion of 10 days (50hrs) Community Education Service in wider community contexts is a requirement of this subject and including a focus on Indigenous education or education for sustainability.

Learning Outcomes

• Work collaboratively and ethically in professional and community contexts;
• Demonstrate competence to plan, teach, assess and critically evaluate a range of intellectually challenging, engaging learning programs for all learners;
• Demonstrate competence to foster safe and supportive learning environments;
• Identify, value, analyse and support learner diversity in a school setting;
• Use professional standards as applicable to preservice teachers to demonstrate and critically assess professional growth.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

ED5228

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Ms Helen McDonald.
Contact hours:	6 hours lectures 50 hours - Community Education Service 35 days professional experience
Assessment:	professional experience: certified as 'competent to begin to teach'. community service: certified log submitted to demonstrate completion of minimum hours.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Ms Helen McDonald.
Contact hours:	6 hours lectures 50 hours - Community Education Service 35 days professional experience
Assessment:	professional experience: certified as 'competent to begin to teach'. community service: certified log submitted to demonstrate completion of minimum hours.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Ms Helen McDonald
Lecturer:	Dr Pauline Taylor.
Contact hours:	6 hours lectures 50 hours - Community Education Service 35 days professional experience
Assessment:	professional experience: certified as 'competent to begin to teach'. community service: certified log submitted to demonstrate completion of minimum hours.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Ms Helen McDonald
Lecturer:	Dr Pauline Taylor.
Contact hours:	6 hours lectures 50 hours - Community Education Service 35 days professional experience
Assessment:	professional experience: certified as 'competent to begin to teach'. community service: certified log submitted to demonstrate completion of minimum hours.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.