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EPE635 - Professional Experience: Assessment for Graduate Teachers

2026

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

(EPE530, EPE531)

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (EPE502, EPE520, EPE528, EPE529, EPR500) AND Must have passed 1 unit in (LAN020)

Incompatible

Coerequisites

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

This 30-day professional experience unit is undertaken in a school setting and requires preservice teachers to integrate their professional knowledge with pedagogical practices. The unit employs the Assessment for Graduate Teachers (AfGT) which meets the Australian Government requirements for a Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA). Preservice teachers are required to contextualise their setting, plan for and demonstrate their impact on the learning and assessment of students through structured evidence. Specific assessable activities are undertaken during the placement including the application of theoretical perspectives, research, informed teaching practices, and personal reflection to demonstrate their readiness as a teacher. Specific assessable activities are undertaken during this placement. All assessment tasks must be satisfactorily completed to pass this unit.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Apply the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate level), to evaluate evidence and reflect on teaching practice.
2.	Analyse data, and measurable student learning outcomes, to inform adjustments to pedagogical practices.
3.	Review and critique teaching strategies that are contextually appropriate.
4.	Plan and execute teaching and learning sequences to meet the contextual learning needs of students.
5.	Plan and evaluate teaching practices to improve professional knowledge and pedagogic skills.
6.	Plan and execute teaching and learning sequences to meet the differentiated learning and welfare needs of students.
7.	Implement a range of teacher duties enacting legal, social and moral responsibilities.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Elements 1-4 AfGT (3,000 words) (Hurdle)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6,7
2.	Satisfactory performance on 30 days professional experience as recorded through Interim and Final Reports (Hurdle)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2026	Semester 1	Internal	Danala - Education and Community Precinct	OLR	View
2026	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View
2026	Semester 2	Internal	Danala - Education and Community Precinct	OLR	View
2026	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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