Courses & Units

Preparing for the Profession EMT607

Introduction

Work in this unit represents a culmination of your teacher education journey and is an important bridge to your ongoing development as a professional. Through engagement with a range of blended learning activities and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (graduate level) you will participate in, and lead, a range of learning experiences designed to help you transition from pre-service teacher to beginning teacher as you enter the profession, nationally and internationally. The unit focuses on the task of preparing you for the workplace with an emphasis on critical reflection in relation to theory and professional practice in the 21st Century. You will reflect on your academic and professional experiences throughout the course, which will enable you to refine your approach to learning and teaching. Through a process of planning, teaching, assessing, reflecting and appraising impact of teaching during your final Professional Experience placement, you will clearly and coherently communicate an independent exposition of your professional learning through the completion of the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA).

Summary

Unit name	Preparing for the Profession
Unit code	EMT607
Credit points	6.25
College/School	College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Education
Discipline	Education
Coordinator	Doctor Michelle Parks
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 2	On-Campus		International	Domestic
Online	Semester 1		Off-Campus	International	Domestic
Online	Semester 2		Off-Campus	International	Domestic

Key

: On-campus
: Off-Campus
: International students
: Domestic students

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 2	22/7/2024	16/8/2024	9/9/2024	27/10/2024
Semester 1	26/2/2024	22/3/2024	15/4/2024	2/6/2024

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2024 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2024 will be available from the 1st October 2023. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Collect, interpret and use a variety of student data and evidence for diagnostic, formative and summative purposes to establish students’ current level of performance, desired level of performance, and readiness for learning. Use the official curriculum and other relevant materials to plan connected teaching and learning sequences while identifying opportunities for explicit teaching of literacy and numeracy in the curriculum.
Employ a range of suitably challenging and engaging teaching and learning strategies that connect to and build on students’ prior learning while providing differentiated teaching and learning opportunities. Teach general capabilities, including literacy and numeracy, required for student success in learning while making suitable adjustments to teaching based on ongoing student data gathering and analysis.
Select and use a variety of assessment tools and practices, addressing fitness for purpose and principles of inclusion. Provide feedback to learners to inform student self-assessment, goal setting, and to progress learning. Make judgements of the quality of student work with reference to curriculum and achievement standards independently and through moderation practices.
Describe and analyse the scope and sufficiency of initial and ongoing data choices for identifying students’ learning needs and informing next-step teaching. Identify and describe differences between planned and enacted teaching, and related pedagogical reasoning. Discuss how evidence of learning is used to monitor student progress and to modify teaching and assessment strategies while identifying and justifying future teaching and assessment practices in relation to relevant theory.
Evaluate the effectiveness of teaching through demonstrated impact on student learning and to examine and discuss how teaching decisions were effective or not effective in progressing student learning and why.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
070103	$277.00	$277.00	not applicable	$1,162.00

¹ Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
² Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
³ Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
⁴ Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

150 credit points in the Master of Teaching and (EMT600 or EMT613 or EMT518 or EMT528) and (EPE101 and EPE102)

Co-requisites

EMT601 or EMT623 or EMT614 or EMT624

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	This unit will be offered in the online mode in semester 1, and in both face-face and online modes in semester 2 of each year. This unit incorporates the period after the semester where you will then be attending your final Professional Experience placement in a school or care site. Synchronous evening webinars are negotiated with students to accommodate Professional Experience and school hours. The unit presents a number of self-paced modules with engagement expected in discussion boards and with tutors. When offered, face-to-face tutorials will be available in Hobart, Launceston and the Cradle Coast. Details of face-to-face tutorial times and locations are to be advised.
Assessment	GTPA Submission (100%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Teaching Pattern

This unit will be offered in the online mode in semester 1, and in both face-face and online modes in semester 2 of each year. This unit incorporates the period after the semester where you will then be attending your final Professional Experience placement in a school or care site.

Synchronous evening webinars are negotiated with students to accommodate Professional Experience and school hours. The unit presents a number of self-paced modules with engagement expected in discussion boards and with tutors. When offered, face-to-face tutorials will be available in Hobart, Launceston and the Cradle Coast. Details of face-to-face tutorial times and locations are to be advised.

Assessment

GTPA Submission (100%)

Timetable

View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	There are no required readings for this unit however, previous textbooks utilised throughout your course related to Planning, Teaching, Assessment, Reflection and impact, as well as texts related to practical teaching and behaviour management will be useful.
Recommended	University of Tasmania Library Guides
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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