School Of EducationProfessional Experience 4: Teaching in CountryWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102141.5
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION: PRIMARY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
101502 - Professional Experience 3: Teaching in Context - AREP
Prerequisite
102117 Professional Experience 1: Introduction to Classrooms AND 102128 Professional Experience 2: School-based Learning AND 102137 Professional Experience 3: Engaging with the Profession OR 102750 Professional Experience 3
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in 1717 Bachelor of Education (Primary) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education.
About this Unit
The unit is only offered to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education program. This unit will build on previous Professional Experience in the course. Students will be placed for 30 days in one of the partner local/regional/rural schools with a high Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student population. Students are required to develop skills related to effective planning, programming, evaluating and teaching in a teaching context, which will be assessed against the Graduate Teacher Standards and as part of their Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA). Students will experience how school and classroom curricula and policy are influenced by the nature of the school’s community.
Special Requirements - Legislative Pre-requisites
Students must be enrolled in 1717 - Bachelor of Education (Primary) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education.
• Pre-service Teachers are required to complete a Working with Children Check leading to the issuance of a clearance number under the category of volunteer.
• Pre-service Teachers will need to:
i. Access the Commission for Children and Young People website and complete an online application form to generate an application number.
ii. Present an application number and identification to a NSW Motor Registry or Government Access Centre prior to issuance by mail of a Working with Children Check number.
iii. Email the letter with a valid Working with Children Check number to enrolments@westernsydney.edu.au to facilitate processing of a school placement.
• Pre-service Teachers must also attend Child Protection Awareness Training prior to undertaking any visits/placements.
• Pre-service Teachers who have not completed Child Protection Awareness will need to withdraw from the unit.
• Pre-service Teachers must complete the ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training and email their certificate toPrmAnaphylaxis@westernsydney.edu.au.
• Pre-service Teachers must meet the Inherent Requirements for the Bachelor of Education (Primary) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education.
• Students must satisfactorily complete the national Literacy and Numeracy TEST prior to undertaking the final professional experience placement i.e. this unit.