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EPE529 - Secondary Professional Experience 1

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (ECM301, ECM311, ECM313, ECM317, ECM331, ECM333, ECM341, ECM351, ECM361, ECM381)

Incompatible

Assumed Knowledge

EST501 - Managing the Classroom Environment and Student Wellbeing

Unit Description

In this unit, preservice teachers undertake 30 days of professional experience in a secondary classroom under the guidance of a mentor teacher and as precursor to the Assessment for Graduate Teachers (AfGT) undertaken in the final placement. This professional experience contributes to the development of a preservice teacher by working towards the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in identifying professional learning needs, and the role this plays in improving student learning. Specifically, preservice teachers need to enact the code of ethics and conduct for teachers; apply and reflect upon approaches to the teaching, learning and assessment of secondary aged students; and engage professionally and collaboratively with colleagues and families/carers. Preservice teachers will demonstrate knowledge of the legislative, regulatory, policy and ethical requirements for inclusive classrooms, including students with a range of disabilities, additional needs or disadvantaged backgrounds. Specific assessable activities are undertaken during this placement. All assessment tasks must be satisfactorily completed to pass this unit.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Demonstrate the capacity to design, plan and implement effective learning and teaching activities for secondary-aged children, employing a range of appropriate teaching resources for inclusive and evidence-based strategies.
2.	Critically engage assessing student achievement and the provision of appropriate feedback.
3.	Demonstrate the capacity to design, plan and implement effective learning and teaching activities, taking into account the learning needs of individual or groups of students, including children with disabilities.
4.	Critically engage in reflective practices to improve teaching and student learning and collaborating with colleagues, and identify when collaboration with subject experts is needed to design and deliver the most responsive programs for students.
5.	Critically reflect on knowledge and strategies for partnering with families/carers alongside school-wide practices.
6.	Apply feedback from mentor teacher/s to improve teaching practice and student learning.
7.	Implement a range of strategies to manage the learning environment and support student well-being and safety.
8.	Display professional and ethical conduct when working with school mentors, teaching colleagues and school students.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Pre-placement quiz (20 questions) (Hurdle)	P/F	8
2.	Case study (800 words) (Hurdle)	P/F	3
3.	Professional practice reflection (2,500 words) (Hurdle)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
4.	Mentor teacher reports plus compulsory 30 days professional experience (Hurdle)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 2	Internal	Danala - Education and Community Precinct	OLR	View
2025	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR	View
2025	Semester S	Internal	Danala - Education and Community Precinct	OLR	View
2025	Semester S	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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