EDF3064 · Transition to the profession

Overview

This unit begins to prepare you for your transition into professional practice as a teacher. By drawing on a range of literature and teacher resources, and reflecting on the knowledge, skills and professional experiences developed during the course, you will begin to develop an understanding of how to communicate your professional identity through key professional tasks such as drafting job applications and preparing for interviews. The unit will guide you in exploring the ethical, professional, industrial, legal, emotional, intellectual, and physical dimensions of the teaching profession. You will also start thinking about long-term professional learning and career planning. Topics explored in this unit include: your personal, professional teacher identity; reflective practices; strategies for engaging with parents, carers, and community stakeholders, confidentially and respectfully; and professional conduct and ethics.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. begin to plan your transition to teaching, as a professional with a clear sense of the depth and breadth of teacher’s work
2. understand the relevant legislative, administrative and organisational policies and processes required for teachers, including the ethical and professional aspects of teacher’s work
3. understand the relevant and appropriate sources of professional learning for teachers
4. explore and describe a range of strategies for involving and working with parents/carers, demonstrating sensitivity and confidentiality
5. explore your transition into the profession and demonstrate your attributes as employable graduates and professionals
6. design an individual personal professional plan to support continued, professional learning and growth underpinned by evidence, the Graduate Standards for Teachers and other related professional frameworks
7. demonstrate an understanding of the rationale for continued professional learning and the implications for improved student learning.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.