Professional Experience - Early Childhood 3 to 5 unit (EDP732)

Introduction

Professional Experience in the Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood) course is designed to enable graduates to further demonstrate their practice in either a child care and education or Kindergarten (or equivalent) context. This PE involves active observation and participation and increased engagement in teaching and learning activities within a 3 – 5-year-old setting. This placement is conducted over seven consecutive weeks (35 days). There is an expectation that by the end of Professional Experience, graduates should demonstrate the capacity to assume responsibility for approximately 75% of a full-time teaching load across English, Mathematics and ICT learning areas. Kindergarten placement: Graduates undertaking a Kindergarten placement which runs for approx. 15 – 18 hours per week or the equivalent of 3 days may spend one day in a Preparatory classroom, the remaining day may be used for the purpose of planning, or undertaking duties associated with the Kindergarten teacher role (i.e., Launching into Learning etc.). Throughout the placement graduates are required to maintain a professional planning file which must include planning; policy documents; resources for teaching and learning; and reflections on their own teaching and learning.

This placement is undertaken in Semester 1 only, in accordance with the Professional Experience Calendar. All students must be aware of the scheduled Professional Experience dates and be prepared to undertake a placement during the scheduled time. The dates of Professional Experience may only be changed in exceptional, unplanned circumstances. Date variations are assessed on a case-by-case basis by the Coordinator, Professional Experience in accordance with the Professional Experience Guidelines. Variations can be submitted via the Variation Request Form. 

Summary

Unit name	Professional Experience - Early Childhood 3 to 5
Unit code	EDP732
College/School	Arts and Society Faculty of Education
Discipline	Education
Coordinator	Associate Professor Frances Fan
Delivered By
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate a growing professional knowledge of learners and how they learn and of appropriate curriculum content and how this knowledge is applied in Early Childhood Education contexts.
• Demonstrate a developing capacity to plan, implement and assess for effective teaching and learning and for safely managing young learners and their learning environments.
• Demonstrate increasing capacity to develop and maintain effective professional relationships with the early childhood learning and teaching community to enhance learning opportunities.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

EDP731 or EDP704

Teaching

Assessment	Final Report
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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