Professional Experience 2
Overview
In this unit, pre-service teachers will undertake a 20-day professional experience in a secondary school setting under the supervision of approved mentors. Pre-service teachers will involve themselves in the life of the school and reflect on their practice and performance supported by their in school mentors and university academic staff. Within this unit pre-service teachers will continue to develop their understanding and competence against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) appropriate to this course stage. In preparation for this professional experience, pre-service teachers will engage with material relating to pedagogy, curriculum, assessment and policies relevant to a secondary school setting.
Requisites
Rule
EDU70015 Professional Experience 1
AND
EDU60050 Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy 1
OR
25 credit points in units EDU60020-EDU60042
15-June-2025
30-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Plan, implement and evaluate learning experiences
- Modify learning environments to ensure safety and to facilitate learning
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills with education professionals, students and families
- Critically analyse and reflect upon teaching and learning in relation to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
- Utilise a range of teaching and assessment strategies and evaluate their effectiveness
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| On-campus Workshop | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Placement Placement | 37.50 | 4 weeks | 150 |
| Specified Activities Various | 4.50 | 8 weeks | 36 |
| Unspecified Activities Various | 6.50 | 12 weeks | 78 |
| TOTAL | 300 |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placement Placement | 37.50 | 4 weeks | 150 |
| Online Learning activities | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 300 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Experience Portfolio | Individual | 0% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Professional Experience Report | Individual | 0% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Content
- Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate) focus areas 1.3, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 4.3, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2Â are explicitly taught, practiced and assessed in this unit, whilst focus areas 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 6.3, 7.1, 7.3 are furthered developed
- Engagement in a professional experience under the guidance of a professionally qualified mentor teacher
- Curriculum documentation
- Introduction to assessment practices and their relationship to effective learningg
- Lesson and unit planning
- Establishing and maintaining professional relationships with students and other professionals
- Using reflection as a tool for improvement
- Setting goals for teaching and learning
- Modify the learning environment to enhance safety and learning
- Teaching resources including ICT
- Effective communication
- A range of teaching strategies that support students’ learning
- Strategies for supporting students’ learning, well-being and safety, including policy and legislative requirements
- Code of Conduct
- Code of Ethics
- Building on e-Portfolios
- Graduate Attribute - Communication Skills Verbal communication
- Graduate Attribute - Information Literacy
- Graduate Attribute - Technical literacy
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.