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Unit of Study TCHR2009 - Professional Experience I - Secondary (2025)

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  • Enrolment information

    Early Enrolment Date: Students MUST enrol by the date specified by the Professional Experience Team to ensure a placement can be arranged. Students MUST achieve a Pass grade in EDUC2024 Education and Practice: Ways of Teaching and Learning prior to undertaking this placement unit. Students MUST have completed at least one Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy I unit for their chosen Secondary Subject Teaching areas prior to their first professional experience placement. All students are required to meet participation requirements including compulsory attendance at the residential, either online or face to face. Students MUST provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/education/education-profession/professional-experience/ Only ONE placement can be completed in a Term unless approval has been granted by the Director of Professional Experience.

Unit description

This placement unit provides students with the opportunity to practise and develop their learning and teaching in a professional environment. Before the placement, students undertake an orientation to prepare for the expectations and requirements of the professional environment. During the placement, students record and reflect on their experiences as informed by relevant course content and professional standards and principles. After the placement, students share their experiences and submit a portfolio as evidence of their engagement in the professional environment. 

Unit content

This placement unit consists of three phases, with the placement days being situated in the second phase. 
 
Orientation Phase 
 
Professional expectations and requirements 
 
Revisiting professional standards and principles 
 
Revisiting course themes and concepts 
 
Recording experiences 
 
Placement Phase 
 
Observation and application of standards, principles and practices 
 
Reflection Phase 
 
Sharing your experiences 
 
Reviewing and reflecting on practice 
 
Looking ahead 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Dual Term3
N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand and meet the expectations and requirements of a professional environment.

understand, observe and apply standards and principles in a professional environment.

critically record relevant examples of professional practice.

critically and creatively reflect on professional experiences.

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