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The Master of Teaching (Primary) is dedicated to producing future teachers ready to enter the Primary education profession. This course is built on the principle that students come to the program with strengths from a diverse range of educational and life experiences. A distinguishing feature of the course is the opportunity to complete a formal specialisation in the Primary Education qualification. This enables students to obtain a deeper and broader level knowledge and understanding in a particular Learning Area at the graduate level, while maintaining generalist knowledge. The range and number of professional practice experiences are a key feature of the course. This ensures students can make the essential connection between theory and practice whilst building both professional and generic employability skills in real teaching environments. Partnerships between the University and 1000 schools and early childhood settings allow Pre- Service Teachers to gain experience in diverse settings including public, private, city, rural and remote schools, allowing them to work with children from differing economic, social, ethnic and educational backgrounds. Successful completion of the course presents graduates with the opportunity to gain employment as outstanding teachers equipped with the knowledge, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of young people. Final year Pre-Service Teachers can apply for a place in the internship program in a school. All students applying for the Master of Teaching Primary must have successfully completed a recognised undergraduate Bachelor degree from a university, or equivalent from another tertiary institution. The Master of Teaching provides a learning qualification for students who have already obtained a Bachelor degree or an equivalent qualification in areas other than Education.
This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.
The internship unit (EDU6227) enables final year Pre-Service Teachers to fulfill a diversity of roles and/or assume increasing responsibility for the tasks and duties normally performed by employees in an approved context that may include school, community or industry. Further information regarding Professional Experience can be found at: https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/education/professional-experience
The Department of Education Western Australia and cooperating non-government schools have the right to determine 'fit and proper persons' to enter and practice in schools. For these reasons, all Pre-Service teachers 18 years of age and over will be required to have a current Department of Education Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a current Working with Children Check, or the equivalent clearance issued by the relevant State authority before commencing this period of Professional Practice. Further information can be found at http://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/education/professional- practice/clearances
Generally host Schools and Centres require that the Pre-Service Teachers attend the placement on a full time basis and otherwise meet their specific attendance requirements of the particular placement. There is limited scope for ECU to negotiate any deviations from these requirements
Selection for the internship will be based upon an Expression of Interest application followed by a panel interview process.
During the placement, it is imperative that Pre-Service Teachers always demonstrate professionalism and respect for industry partners. Pre-Service Teachers must abide by the professional standards set out in the ECU Student Code of Conduct and comply with the applicable University policies and rules. The Student Code of Conduct can be found at: http://policysearch.ecu.edu.au/PolicySearch/Record/767/file/document The host School/Centre has absolute discretion to terminate the Pre-Service Teachers placement prior to completion of the placement. Situations where this discretion has been exercised are typically where the School/Centre has had concerns about Pre-Service Teacher's conduct or performance. ECU may also withdraw a Pre-Service Teacher from placement in certain circumstances. Early termination or withdrawal from the professional practice placement may result in a Fail grade for this unit.
Central to this course is an extensive program of Professional Experience in schools culminating in a final Teaching Practicum in the final semester of the course. Students have the shared responsibility for the education, safety and well-being of children in schools, therefore the teaching profession demands the highest professional standards and personal ethics. Students will complete a 4 week placement (WPL6105) and a 5 week placement (WPL6205) in Year 1 and a 6 week placement (WPL6335) in Year 2. Further information regarding Professional Experience can be found at: https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/education/professional-experience
The Department of Education Western Australia and cooperating non-government schools have the right to determine 'fit and proper persons' to enter and practice in schools. For these reasons, all Pre- Service Teachers 18 years of age and over will be required to have a current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a current Working with Children Check, or the equivalent clearance issued by the relevant State authority before commencing this period of Professional Experience. A placement host may have vaccination and other requirements, including vaccination against Covid-19 unless you have a medical exemption. Please consider this requirement before enrolling in this Course, and speak with the Course coordinator if this raises any concerns. You may not be able to complete placement units if you are unable to meet the placement requirements, which may impact your ability to complete this course. Further information can be found at http://www.ecu.edu.au /schools/education/professionalpractice/ clearances
Generally host Schools and Centres require that the Pre-Service Teachers attend the placement on a full time basis and otherwise meet their specific attendance requirements of the particular placement. There is limited scope for ECU to negotiate any deviations from these requirements.
During the placement, it is imperative that Pre-Service Teachers always demonstrate professionalism and respect for industry partners. Pre-Service Teachers must abide by the professional standards set out in the ECU Student Code of Conduct and comply with the applicable University policies and rules. The Student Code of Conduct can be found at: http://policysearch.ecu.edu.au/PolicySearch/Record/767/file/document The host School/Centre has absolute discretion to terminate the Pre-Service Teachers placement prior to completion of the placement. Situations where this discretion has been exercised are typically where the School/Centre has had concerns about Pre-Service Teacher's conduct or performance. ECU may also withdraw a Pre-Service Teacher from placement in certain circumstances. Early termination or withdrawal from the professional practice placement may result in a Fail grade for this unit.
The Professional Experience units are designated as a fundamental course requirement and may only be attempted once unless otherwise determined by the Progression Panel. Failure to pass these units may result in exclusion from the course.
This course has been Accredited by: Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA).
Students will need to graduate to be eligible to register with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA). Registration with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA) is required to practice in the profession.
Graduates must meet the Teacher Registration Board of WA (TRBWA) literacy and numeracy proficiency requirements prior to graduation for teacher registration in Western Australia. Further information is available at http://www.trb.wa.gov.au
International students must attain an IELTS Academic with an average level of 7.5 or more, across the four components of listening, speaking, reading and writing; no score below level 7.0 in any of these components; and a score of 8.0 or more in the components of speaking and listening. Internationally schooled applicants may also be required to meet this requirement.
English competency requirements may also be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
All applicants are required to have completed at least one year of full-time equivalent study relevant to one or more learning areas of the primary school curriculum. Entrants to graduate entry programs must have a discipline-specific bachelor or equivalent qualification relevant to the Australian Curriculum or other recognised areas of schooling provision, and satisfy non-academic criteria, in addition to satisfying academic entry criteria. Applicants' non-academic capabilities will be assessed based on completion of a Non-Academic Requirements for Teacher Entry (NARTE) online questionnaire.
All nationally accredited Initial Teacher Education courses require students to undertake the LANTITE tests, as set by ACER, and meet the Standard in personal literacy and personal numeracy to be eligible to graduate. The Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia requires all students who enrol in an Initial Teacher Education course (undergraduate and graduate) from 1st January 2017 to have successfully met the set Standard, as set by ACER, for personal numeracy and literacy to be eligible to graduate, and therefore, be eligible for registration as a teacher. Students will be able to resit each component of the test two additional times if not successful on the first attempt (three opportunities in total). Students will be required to re-register and pay to sit the test each subsequent time. On successful completion of the test students will be given advanced standing for the above two units LIT1200 and NUM1200.
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| EDU6015 | Learners and Learning | 10 |
| LAN6015 | Language Education | 10 |
| AED6205 | Teaching the Arts | 10 |
| MPE6105 | Primary Mathematics Education | 10 |
| WPL6105 # | First Professional Practice | 20 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| EDU6205 | Positive Learning Environments | 10 |
| HSS6215 | Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences (Primary) | 10 |
| TCH6050 | Primary Technologies | 10 |
| HPE6104 | Teaching Health and Physical Education | 10 |
| WPL6205 # | Second Professional Practice | 20 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| EDF6202 | Aboriginal Contexts in Primary Education | 15 |
| CUR6020 | Programming and Assessment in Numeracy | 15 |
| SCE6103 | Primary Science Education | 15 |
| CUR6010 | Programming and Assessment in Literacy | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| WPL6335 # | Third Professional Practice | 10 |
| TPA6120 # | Teaching Performance Assessment | 10 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| EDU6260 ^ | Transition to Teaching | 10 |
Students must also complete one of the following specialisations: - Art - Catholic Education - English - Health and Physical Education - Humanities and Social Sciences - Mathematics - Music - Science
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| EDU6337 ^ | Internship | 40 |
^ Core Option
# Designated Unit - a Unit or Unit of Competency which a School has designated as a fundamental course requirement and may only be attempted once unless otherwise determined by the School Progression Panel.
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
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