Ready to Teach Professional Experience: Practicum 4P
Overview
In this ‘Ready to Teach’ professional experience unit pre-service teachers will undertake a 20 days placement within a primary school setting under the supervision of a mentor teacher. Pre-service teachers will involve themselves in the life of the school and reflect on their practice and performance in discussion with their school supervisor and university staff. In preparation for their placement in schools, pre-service teachers engage with material relating to the primary curriculum, assessment, pedagogy and professional relationships and are prepared to demonstrate competence against ALL the Australian Professional Standards for teachers: Graduate stage and can therefore be deemed ‘Ready to Teach’.
Requisites
AND
287.5 credit points in BA-EDUPRI (1) Bachelor of Education (Primary)
01-June-2025
08-June-2025
05-October-2025
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Prepare and appraise learning experiences using a variety of curriculum documents and resources. Including; Writing detailed and professional learning/teaching plans and reflect upon teaching and learning experiences
- Apply professional relationships with education professionals, students and families
- Critically evaluate curriculum and pedagogical principles in relation to effective teaching and learning including designing safe, relevant learning plans
- Design and implement learning programs to measure impact on student learning and wellbeing, and promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, in ways that are responsive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, doing and being
- Enact teaching performance, responsibility for the curriculum and professional readiness at an appropriate standard for a graduate teacher
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture |
1.00 | 6 weeks | 6 |
| On-campus Class |
3.00 | 8 weeks | 24 |
| Placement Placement |
40.00 | 4 weeks | 160 |
| Unspecified Activities Various |
1.66 | 12 weeks | 20 |
| TOTAL | 210 |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placement Placement |
40.00 | 4 weeks | 160 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning |
4.16 | 12 weeks | 50 |
| TOTAL | 210 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Experience Portfolio | Individual | 0% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Professional Experience Report | Individual | 0% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:
Students must achieve a minimum overall score of 70% for the Professional Experience Placement Report, including meeting the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership Focus Areas 4.4 (Maintain student safety), 7.1 (Meet professional ethics and responsibilities) and 7.2 (Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements):
• Not met (0%-49%)
• At risk (50%-69%)
• Met (70%-89%)
• Exceeding (90%-100%).
Students who achieve an ‘At Risk’ result will be offered one opportunity to improve their assessment through an appropriate supplementary task determined by the Unit Convenor.
This hurdle requirement is in line with Initial Teacher Education Accreditation and meets the National Program Standard 5.4 (Professional Experience-Providers work with their placement school(s)/systems to achieve a rigorous approach to the assessment of pre-service teachers’ achievements against the Graduate Teacher Standards) set by the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership that partner with State Teacher Education registration organisations to register all qualified Teachers.
Content
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers 1 – 7 (Graduate)
Code of Ethics
Engagement in a professional practicum under the guidance of a mentor teacher
Upper Primary School (Grades 3 to 6) curriculum policies and documents
Pedagogy
Introduction to assessment practices and their relationship to effective learning
Lesson and unit planning and documentation
Forming professional relationships
Self-assessment of teaching performance
Creating and maintaining a safe and challenging learning environment
Using a range of teaching practices and resource
Strategies for supporting students' well-being and safety, including policy and legislative requirements
Completing the GTPA Preparation Assessment
Completing the GTPA Portfolio Assessment
GA1 Communication - Verbal communication
GA2 Communication - Communicating using different media
GA3 Teamwork - Collaboration and negotiation
GA4 Teamwork – Teamwork roles and processes
GA5 Digital literacies– Information literacy
GA6 Digital Literacies– Technical literacy
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.