School Of EducationProfessional Experience 2Western Sydney University Unit Code: 102793.2
Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
101288 Professional Practice II, 102074 Primary Professional Practice 2, 100978 Professional Experience II, 102094 Secondary Professional Practice 2, 102513 Secondary Professional Practice 2 - STEM
Prerequisite
102792 Professional Experience 1
Students enrolled in 1714 must have successfully completed 70 credit points.
Students enrolled in 1848 must have successfully completed 80 credit points.
Corequisite
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 1848 - Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM must have successfully completed or be enrolled in 102087 Secondary curriculum 1A and 102088 Secondary Curriculum 1B; Or must have successfully completed or be enrolled in102090 Secondary curriculum 2A and 102091 Secondary Curriculum 1B.
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in 1714 Master of Teaching (Secondary), 1781 Master of Teaching (Primary) or 1848 Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM.
About this Unit
Professional Experience 2 is a final capstone unit in your Master of Teaching course. The aim of this unit is to enable education students to proactively engage in real-life educational settings to learn and enhance their professional development as a future teacher. This second professional experience unit provides 30 of the 60 required professional experience days. This provides you with an opportunity to explore ranges of learning activities that occurs inside and outside the classrooms and the roles of the teaching and non-teaching staff within the school. You will also have opportunity to reflect on the teaching and learning cycle and refine your competencies as a beginning teacher under the supervision of qualified educators. This unit includes the TPA (Teaching Performance Assessment) which is designed to assess Teacher Education Students teaching as measured by the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate level.
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).
5. Students must satisfactorily complete the national Literacy and Numeracy TEST prior to undertaking the final Professional Experience placement in this unit.
Courses| 1714.4 | Master of Teaching (Secondary) | CONTINUING |
| 1714.5 | Master of Teaching (Secondary) | CURRENT |
| 1781.3 | Master of Teaching (Primary) | CURRENT |
| 1848.1 | Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM | CONTINUING |
| 1848.2 | Master of Teaching (Secondary) STEM | CURRENT |
| 1859.3 | Master of Educational Studies (exit only) | CONTINUING |
| 1859.4 | Master of Educational Studies (exit only) | CURRENT |