ED5488 - Final Graduate Professional Experience

Credit points:	03
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	College of Arts, Society & 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 the required number of 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 days. Completion of Wider Professional Experience days 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.

Prerequisites:	ED5218
Corequisites:	ED5219
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED5228

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2016
Coordinator:	Dr Louisa Tomas Engel
Contact hours:	6 hours lectures 10 days fieldwork 40 days professional experience
Assessment:	professional experience: certified as 'competent to begin to teach'. wider professional experience: certified log submitted to demonstrate completion of minimum hours.
Special Assessment Requirements:	Subject assessment requirements includes the completion of Professional Experience and Wider Professional Experience.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coordinator:	Dr Louisa Tomas Engel
Contact hours:	6 hours lectures 10 days fieldwork 40 days professional experience
Assessment:	professional experience: certified as 'competent to begin to teach'. wider professional experience: certified log submitted to demonstrate completion of minimum hours.
Special Assessment Requirements:	Subject assessment requirements includes the completion of Professional Experience and Wider Professional Experience.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coordinator:	Dr Louisa Tomas Engel
Contact hours:	6 hours lectures 8 days fieldwork 40 days professional experience
Assessment:	professional experience: certified as 'competent to begin to teach'. wider professional experience: certified log submitted to demonstrate completion of minimum hours.
Special Assessment Requirements:	Subject assessment requirements includes the completion of Professional Experience and Wider Professional Experience.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2016
Coordinator:	Dr Louisa Tomas Engel
Contact hours:	6 hours lectures 8 days fieldwork 40 days professional experience
Assessment:	professional experience: certified as 'competent to begin to teach'. wider professional experience: certified log submitted to demonstrate completion of minimum days.
Special Assessment Requirements:	Subject assessment requirements includes the completion of Professional Experience and Wider Professional Experience.

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.