Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Education

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• Unit Title

  Professional Skills for Education Assistants

• Unit Code

  EAP0201

• Year

  2017

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  3

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Mrs Catherine Alison HUME

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Description

This unit provides an opportunity to develop professional competencies in the use of Information Communication Technologies, personal literacy and numeracy skills and interpersonal communication essential to the role of Education Assistant. Students will participate in a range of learning experiences designed to maximise their learning potential and academic learning skills. The unit will explore personal value systems and the skills of social and emotional literacy necessary for participating and contributing to cooperative work environments in a range of educational contexts.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply interpersonal skills in the educational workplace in a manner that reflects the skills of cooperative group skills, social competency and emotional understanding.
2. Apply professional skills to the development of Professional Portfolio documents.
3. Critically analyse personal value systems and values frameworks associated with the Western Australian educational context.
4. Identify the health and safety considerations and practices relevant to educational context.
5. Outline a range of professional competencies and standards required of an Education Assistant.
6. Use a range of personal communication skills and tools within educational contexts, including spoken and written literacy skills and the use of ICT.
7. Utilise a range of personal mathematical skills and processes within educational contexts.

Unit Content

1. Roles of the Education Assistant in WA school contexts.
2. DET Policies and Procedures relevant to Education Assistants (eg Duty of Care, Competency Framework for Education Assistants [Special Needs]).
3. Social and emotional understandings, skills and practices relevant to team work and cooperative workplace engagement.
4. Interpersonal communication skills.
5. Basic Information Communication software and skills for word processing, email, digital and multimedia applications.
6. The Values Clarification Process.
7. Health and safety in a range of educational contexts.
8. Curriculum Vitae templates, selection criteria and interview skills.
9. Personal literacy and numeracy skills including active reading strategies; note-taking strategies for different situations and requirements; referencing and copyright skills; finding and analysing sources; mathematical computations with real numbers; mathematical strategies and reasoning to formulated problems.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, videos, guest speakers, online training modules

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Grellier, J., & Goerke, V. (2010). Communication skills toolkit: Unlocking the secrets of tertiary success. (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Cengage Learning.
• Kamen, T. (2011). Teaching assistant's handbook Level 3 : supporting teaching and learning in schools. (1st ed.). UK: Hodder Education.

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