School Of EducationPrimary Professional Experience 4: Transition into the ProfessionWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102659.1
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION: PRIMARY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 4
Credit Points: 10
Prerequisite
102656 Primary Professional Experience 3: Engaging with Diverse Students and Communities
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in and have successfully completed 240 credit points in the Bachelor of Education (Primary).
About this Unit
Students will participate in a 30-day professional experience set in the context of their future profession and under the supervision of qualified teachers. This is the final professional experience unit in your degree. The completion of this Professional Experience recognises you as a conditionally qualified teacher. This unit aims to recognise your shift from pre-service teacher to beginning teacher.
Students will be prepared by exploring issues involved in understanding the needs of learners within specific school and classroom contexts, and will design and teach experiences in ways that will enhance student engagement and student learning outcomes.
The unit is designed to develop your professional identity and the importance of continued professional learning, the relationship between professional and community organisations in supporting educators, and how these influence student outcomes. It will build awareness of skills and practices that will help facilitate preservice teacher’s personal wellbeing and resilience in their teaching career. The unit links theory and practice and enables students to construct new knowledge and new ways of practice as part of their transition into the teaching profession. In line with primary teaching specialisation requirements, your professional experience may focus on teaching, evaluating and assessing in the subject area of Science and Technology. Students are required to analyse their own learning in relation to the Graduate Teacher Standards through the completion of a Learning Portfolio and the TPA (Teaching Performance Assessment).
Special Requirements - Legislative Pre-requisites
Prior to enrolling in unit 102659 Primary Professional Experience 4:Transition into the Profession:
1. Students are required to complete a Working with Children Check leading to the issuance of a clearance number under the category of volunteer.
Students 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 a Working with Children Check number.
iii. Submit the letter with a valid Working With Children Check number to Student Central where the document is trimmed and recorded in Callista as a Special Requirement.
2. Students must have completed Child Protection Awareness Training (Online) prior to undertaking any visits/placements.
3. Students must have completed the ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training and registered their certificates with Student Central.
4.Students must have completed the National Literacy and Numeracy TEST (NSW Education Standards Authority) prior to enrolment 102659 Primary Professional Experience 4:Transition into the Profession
Courses| 1876.1 | Bachelor of Education (Primary) | CURRENT |