| Effective Term: | 2025/20 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Professional Experience A |
| Unit ID: | EDCEL3721 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (EDBED2114 or EDCEL2114) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (EEZED3721) |
| ASCED: | 070105 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit supports a 15 day professional experience. During the placement, students will continue to develop skills and knowledge aligned with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) through authentic, practical experiences under the guidance of qualified mentors. This placement will be completed in an education setting relevant to the specific student’s course of study. This unit is part of the Bachelor of Secondary Education courses. Throughout the placement, PSTs are required to complete designated professional learning activities in collaboration with their assigned mentors. |
| Grade Scheme: | Ungraded (S, UN) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| Student is undertaking work experience in industry where learning and performance is not directed by the provider, but support is received from the provider. Fees (provider may charge a student contribution amount or tuition fee). |
| Placement Component: | Yes - 15 days |
| Supplementary Assessment:No |
| Supplementary assessment is not available to students who gain a fail in this Unit. |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Connect theoretical learning with the practice of teaching in an authentic education environment |
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| K2. | Receive and reflect on critical and meaningful feedback |
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| K3. | Inquire into their own and others teaching practice appropriate to the professional experience setting |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Negotiate professional duties and teaching and learning tasks with the supervising mentor |
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| S2. | Set personal goals for future learning and research |
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| S3. | Reflect on strengths and future needs as a learner and as a teacher |
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| S4. | Document learning specific to diversity |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Nominate, complete and document personal learning tasks that are relevant to the placement setting |
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| A2. | Reflect-on-action related to personal learning in an on-line journal, Assessment Report B and C and through collegiate discussions |
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| A3. | Continue to develop an online resource folder that includes tasks based on the Professional Standards, as well other learning |
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| Unit Content: |
This is a professional experience placement in an education setting in which all learning and assessment takes place in that setting. . The compulsory preparatory tutorials which precede placement are structured within the theme of ‘Action’ include as focus areas:
• Administration
• Self-care strategies Teaching a sequence
• Assessment For/As/Of learning
• Teaching as a communal/collegiate activity |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | N/A - Not Applicable | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3 | Completion and submission of the following Placement Assessment Reports: Assessment report aligned to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) (Form A), completed in collaboration with School/Agency Mentor. Professional Learning Log (Form B), completed in consultation with School/Agency mentor to establish learning goals for current and future professional experience. Self-reflection exercise completed midway through professional experience (Form C). | Hurdle | S/U | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2, A3 | Successful completion of 15 days placement. | Hurdle | S/U |
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