Details for EXP313 Professional Experience 2 – Minor 2

This unit provides an opportunity for students to consolidate and integrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes previously developed in EXP212. The unit focuses on meaningful and authentic learning tasks and contexts, giving specific attention to the design, development, implementation, student assessment and evaluation of units of work. The unit focuses on the process-driven and critically reflective nature of curriculum work, applying this to the specific needs of the secondary school context. Students will learn integrative processes and practices and cross-curricular priorities and reflect upon a range of disciplinary approaches to curriculum. Other skills will also be embedded including communication with parents/carers and a community focused approach. Students should develop increasing autonomy in the classroom and take greater responsibility for observing, planning, teaching, and assessing and reporting through the duration of their professional experience. 

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: EXP313
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

The following are prerequisites:

• EDU116 Introduction to Learning Theory
• 40 credit points
• EXP210 Professional Experience 1

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Observe and apply a range of effective teaching, student engagement and classroom management approaches and strategies in school-based contexts and critique their effectiveness.
2. Identify how different teaching and learning strategies acknowledge and respond to the diversity of student’s needs, strengths, culture, ability, and uniqueness and include this information in lesson planning and delivery (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, EALD and students with a disability). 
3. Plan a sequence of lessons that demonstrate an understanding of learning and assessment theory, their content areas and how to integrate a faith perspective.
4. Apply a range of teaching strategies (including numeracy and literacy teaching strategies) and resources to effectively engage students in the learning experience (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, EALD and students with a disability) .
5. Use effective communication and classroom management strategies that support student engagement, wellbeing, and safety,
6. Use a range of effective assessment strategies, make consistent assessment decisions, and provide constructive feedback to students and parents.
7. Interact with parents and carers as part of the educative process.
8. Evaluate teaching programs and identify areas that can be adjusted to improve the student learning experience.
9. Reflect on personal teaching practice in relation to the Australian Professional Teaching Standards and together with peers and mentors identify areas for improvement.
10. Exhibit professional ethical and legislative requirements and responsibilities in personal, classroom, school and professional contexts.

Subject Content

1. The Australian Professional Teaching Standards and how these apply in professional teaching practice. 
2. Mentoring and how to engage with a professional mentor as part of a professional learning journey and to integrate feedback into practice. 
3. Ethical and professional teaching standards, legislation and practice. 
4. Organisation and conceptual models of planning curriculum work; layers of influence on classroom activity; understanding contexts for teachers’ curriculum work. 
5. Planning units of work for the Key Learning Areas/curriculum areas; comparing outcomes-based and standards-based orientations to planning; be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant issues and the strategies available to support the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching. 
6. Designing and teaching differentiated learning experiences that accommodate a range of different student needs, interests, abilities, as well as social and economic backgrounds.  
7. Building authentic Christian and alternate school perspectives into curriculum work; designing, developing and implementing curriculum work from the relevant syllabus. 
8. Critical reflection on the implementation of units of work; working in teams; approaches to curricular integration and differentiation; social, political and economic influences on curriculum. 
9. The application of reflective learning principles within a professional improvement framework. 

This course may be offered in the following formats

On-site placement which includes one placement induction session plus 20 professional experience days in schools Minor 2.

Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Observation Journal (Satisfactory requirement)
• Professional Experience Report (Satisfactory requirement)

Prescribed Text

No prescribed texts applicable.