School: Education

This unit 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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    School Based Professional Learning - Internship
  • Unit Code

    SPL4157
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    60
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Maria NORRIS

Description

The Internship Program enables final year Pre-Service Teachers to fulfill a diversity of roles and to familiarise themselves more thoroughly with some of the tasks and duties of in-service teachers in a secondary school. This unit comprises three days a week in a school, during which time students complete academic work and some specific projects that involve working both with secondary students and with several professional mentors. A reflective e-portfolio is consistently kept throughout the internship experience. The central focus of this unit of study is on the design, implementation, and reporting of School based Professional Learning (SPL). The SPL articulates the development of educational practice whilst on internship at a school. The unit concludes with a seminar where students share what they have learned on the internship experience, specifically related to AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers 5,6 and 7.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will be a scholar in residence at the placement school for three days per week. There will be sessions scheduled at the University for their internship induction, and colloquium at the completion of their term at the placement school.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed PPA4311 with a minimum standard of Highly Competent

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply their acquired knowledge, skills and practices to enhance student learning and positively contribute to the learning environment of their school.
  2. Demonstrate strong subject and pedagogical content knowledge, including in their minor specialisation area, in their planning and teaching at the school.
  3. Identify personal teaching strengths and weaknesses and to develop appropriate strategies for professional development.
  4. Effectively utilise digital tools, technologies and ICT to promote student learning and increase teaching effectiveness.
  5. Engage in an inclusive approach to teaching which recognises and addresses a diverse range of students.
  6. Be a reflective teacher, able to evaluate appropriate professional practice within senior schooling contexts.
  7. Apply a strong working knowledge of a school’s structure, culture and overarching policies to positively shape educational practices.
  8. Provide evidence of the effective engagement of students, parents, colleagues and the wider school community.
  9. Apply theory and practical experience to contribute to research and scholarly discussion about the teaching profession and/or subject/ content matter.
  10. Demonstrate a practical working knowledge of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Teacher level.

Unit Content

  1. Attitudes and practices that support engagement in a vision for teaching in senior schooling major discipline and in continuous professional growth.
  2. Use and application of research in both teaching and learning aspects of the AITSL Graduate Teacher Standards to inform pedagogical decision-making.
  3. Current trends and research findings in computer-supported learning and teaching; and the role of digital tools and data in supporting computer-based learning environments.
  4. Assessment of students with special needs and from diverse social and cultural backgrounds, using formal and informal strategies (including modifications) across a range of curriculum areas to develop a comprehensive differentiated program.
  5. Content-based study in the minor specialisation area: this will vary according to the learning area involved and is accompanied by some observation of and reflection on some classes in the minor learning area.
  6. Education policies and the pragmatism of their implementation.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

WIL - Internship, Clinical or Professional placement (off-campus)

Work done in an actual workplace in which the student applies discipline-specific knowledge and skills, supervised by an industry professional separate from an ECU campus or location.

Additional Learning Experience Information

A period of professional experience, feedback, reflection, and networking. Regular meetings held to assist in the processes required. 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.

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 School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeProfessional Learning Framework – e-Portfolio Reflections 35%
AssignmentReflective Process for Program Development 35%
PresentationPost–Internship Conference 30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Education

This unit 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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    School Based Professional Learning - Internship
  • Unit Code

    SPL4157
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    60
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Maria NORRIS

Description

The Internship Program enables final year Pre-Service Teachers to fulfill a diversity of roles and to familiarise themselves more thoroughly with some of the tasks and duties of in-service teachers in a secondary school. This unit comprises three days a week in a school, during which time students complete academic work and some specific projects that involve working both with secondary students and with several professional mentors. A reflective e-portfolio is consistently kept throughout the internship experience. The central focus of this unit of study is on the design, implementation, and reporting of School based Professional Learning (SPL). The SPL articulates the development of educational practice whilst on internship at a school. The unit concludes with a seminar where students share what they have learned on the internship experience, specifically related to AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers 5,6 and 7.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students will be a scholar in residence at the placement school for three days per week. There will be sessions scheduled at the University for their internship induction, and colloquium at the completion of their term at the placement school.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed PPA4311 with a minimum standard of Highly Competent

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply their acquired knowledge, skills and practices to enhance student learning and positively contribute to the learning environment of their school.
  2. Demonstrate strong subject and pedagogical content knowledge, including in their minor specialisation area, in their planning and teaching at the school.
  3. Identify personal teaching strengths and weaknesses and to develop appropriate strategies for professional development.
  4. Effectively utilise digital tools, technologies and ICT to promote student learning and increase teaching effectiveness.
  5. Engage in an inclusive approach to teaching which recognises and addresses a diverse range of students.
  6. Be a reflective teacher, able to evaluate appropriate professional practice within senior schooling contexts.
  7. Apply a strong working knowledge of a school’s structure, culture and overarching policies to positively shape educational practices.
  8. Provide evidence of the effective engagement of students, parents, colleagues and the wider school community.
  9. Apply theory and practical experience to contribute to research and scholarly discussion about the teaching profession and/or subject/ content matter.
  10. Demonstrate a practical working knowledge of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Teacher level.

Unit Content

  1. Attitudes and practices that support engagement in a vision for teaching in senior schooling major discipline and in continuous professional growth.
  2. Use and application of research in both teaching and learning aspects of the AITSL Graduate Teacher Standards to inform pedagogical decision-making.
  3. Current trends and research findings in computer-supported learning and teaching; and the role of digital tools and data in supporting computer-based learning environments.
  4. Assessment of students with special needs and from diverse social and cultural backgrounds, using formal and informal strategies (including modifications) across a range of curriculum areas to develop a comprehensive differentiated program.
  5. Content-based study in the minor specialisation area: this will vary according to the learning area involved and is accompanied by some observation of and reflection on some classes in the minor learning area.
  6. Education policies and the pragmatism of their implementation.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

WIL - Internship, Clinical or Professional placement (off-campus)

Work done in an actual workplace in which the student applies discipline-specific knowledge and skills, supervised by an industry professional separate from an ECU campus or location.

Additional Learning Experience Information

A period of professional experience, feedback, reflection, and networking. Regular meetings held to assist in the processes required. 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.

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 School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeProfessional Learning Framework – e-Portfolio Reflections 35%
AssignmentReflective Process for Program Development 35%
PresentationPost–Internship Conference 30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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