School Of EducationProfessional Experience 1Western Sydney University Unit Code: 102792.2
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
102073 - Primary Professional Practice 1, 102093 - Secondary Professional Practice I, 101289 - Professional Practice 1, 101074 - Professional Experience 1, 102510 - Secondary Professional Practice 1 STEM
Prerequisite
Students enrolled in 1848 - Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM must have successfully completed 102081 Adolescent Development and Teaching, 102083 Diversity, Social Justice and Learning, 102086 Designing Teaching and Learning and 102508 STEM foundations before enrolling in this unit.
Students enrolled in 1714 must have successfully completed 40 credit points.
Students enrolled in 1714 - Master of Teaching (Secondary) must have successfully completed 102081 Adolescent Development and Teaching, 102083 Diversity, Social Justice and Learning and 102086 Designing Teaching and Learning before enrolling in this unit.
Corequisite
Students enrolled in 1714 - Master of Teaching (Secondary) must have successfully completed or be enrolled in 102082 Pedagogy for Positive learning Environments.
Students enrolled in 1714 - Master of Teaching (Secondary) must have successfully completed or be enrolled in any one of the following units 102088 Secondary Curriculum 1B , 102091 Secondary Curriculum 2B, 102087 Secondary Curriculum 1A, 102090 Secondary Curriculum 2A, 102089 Secondary Curriculum 1C or 102092 Secondary Curriculum 2C.
Students enrolled in 1781 - Master of Teaching (Primary) must have successfully completed or be enrolled in 102076 Teaching and Learning in Classrooms.
Students enrolled in 1848 - Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM must have successfully completed or be enrolled in 102087 Secondary curriculum 1A or 102090 Secondary curriculum 2A
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in the 1714 Master of Teaching (Secondary), 1846 Graduate Certificate in Education (Curriculum Specialisation), 1781 Master of Teaching (Primary) or 1848 Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM.
About this Unit
This unit is the first Professional Experience unit of the Master of Teaching (Primary) and Master of Teaching (Secondary) programs. This unit incorporates a 30-day placement in a NSW school. It is designed to introduce all students to the philosophical, ethical, practical and pedagogical perspectives of becoming a teacher in diverse, contemporary educational settings.
The aim of this unit is to enable you to proactively engage in real-life educational settings to learn and enhance your professional development as a future teacher. This unit gives you the opportunity to explore the relationship between practical and theoretical knowledge of teaching. This unit will provide you with an opportunity to explore a range of learning activities that occur inside and outside the classrooms, and the roles of the teaching and non-teaching staff within the school. Through ongoing observation, supervised teaching and contribution in the wider school community, the unit ensures you work towards the achievement of the national standards for a graduate teacher.
Special Requirements - Legislative Pre-requisites
1. Students are required to complete the TWO components of the Working with Children Check (WWCC) process leading to a) the issuance of a clearance number under the category of volunteer and b) verification of the clearance number with the NSW Department of Education.
a) 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 Service NSW office who will issue a Working with Children Check number via mail or email.
iii. Submit the letter with a valid Working With Children Check number via WesternNow Student Portal. The document is trimmed and recorded as a Special Requirement on your academic record.
WesternNow Student Portal link
b) Students will need to:
i. Access the NSW Department of Education WWCC Verification declaration form https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/jecpc/crc/wwcc.jsf
ii. Carefully read the information about Identity Documents and obtain a copy of the relevant ID documents.
iii. Complete and submit the verification declaration form.
iv. Once your WWCC verification is complete you will receive an email reply from the DoE Probity Unit confirming your WWCC number has been verified.
v. Submit the verification confirmation email via WesternNow Student Portal. The document is trimmed and recorded as a Special Requirement on your academic record.
2. Students must complete the TWO components of the NSW Department of Education’s Child Protection Awareness Training (CPAT)
a) Students will need to:
i. Access the NSW Department of Education’s MyPL website https://mypl.education.nsw.gov.au/
ii. Complete the online Child Protection Awareness Training: Induction
iii. Save certificate of completion
iv. Submit certificate via WesternNow Student Portal
b) Students will need to:
i. Access the NSW Department of Education’s MyPL website https://mypl.education.nsw.gov.au/
ii. Complete the Child Protection Awareness Training (CPAT): Annual Update for the calendar year
iii. Save certificate of completion
iv. Submit certificate via WesternNow Student Portal
Both certificates will be recorded on your student record as Special Requirements with the end date for the Annual CPAT recorded. The CPAT: Annual Update will need to be renewed and submitted on an annual basis.
Students who have not completed both components of the Child Protection Awareness Training will need to withdraw from the unit.
3. Students must complete the ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training and submit their certificate to Submit certificate via WesternNow Student Portal.
4. Students must meet the Inherent Requirements for the Master of Teaching (Primary), or the Master of Teaching (Secondary).
Courses| 1714.4 | Master of Teaching (Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 1714.5 | Master of Teaching (Secondary) | CURRENT |
| 1781.3 | Master of Teaching (Primary) | CURRENT |
| 1782.2 | Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Primary) (exit only) | CURRENT |
| 1846.2 | Graduate Certificate in Education (Curriculum Specialisation) | CONTINUING |
| 1848.1 | Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM | CONTINUING |
| 1848.2 | Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM | CURRENT |
| 1853.1 | Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) STEM (exit only) | CONTINUING |
| 1853.2 | Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) STEM (exit only) | CURRENT |
| 1859.3 | Master of Educational Studies (exit only) | CONTINUING |
| 1859.4 | Master of Educational Studies (exit only) | CURRENT |