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Unit of Study TCHR5008 - Professional Experience II - Secondary (2023)

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  • Enrolment information

    Students MUST complete a Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy I unit for their chosen Secondary Subject Teaching area prior to enrolling this unit. Students MUST provide evidence of compliance and health protection prior to attending professional placement. Students must comply with the vaccination requirements of placement providers. Failure to comply with these requirements and undertake the professional placement may result in a fail grade. 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

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

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 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Dual Term2,3
Dual Term2,3

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.

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.