EPE210 Professional Experience: Learner Development Primary/Secondary
Unit title / EPE210 Professional Experience: Learner DevelopmentNumber of professional experience days / 25 days (including a 4 week block M-F)
Academic requirements / Critique of planning document
Prepare, teach and evaluate unit of work/program
In-school tasks / 25 days (including a 4 week block) with at least 2 weeks incorporating solid/fulltime teaching.
Planning and teaching a unit of work with a focus on teaching methodologies with embedded assessment.
Daily journal
Mentor feedback
Forms to be verified by mentor teacher / Unit of work
Placement Assessment Forms (A, B & C)
Forms to be submitted to theProfessional Experience Office / Placement Assessment Form A, B & C
Unit Title and Code
EPE210 Professional Experience: Learner Development
Unit Purpose
This unit provides student teachers with `tools' for designing and delivering learning sequences to achieve student learning outcomes in schools and educational settings. There is a focus on evaluation and assessment, emphasizing how it informs teaching and learning in classrooms. It makes explicit the concepts of formative and summative assessment, and explores reporting practices in schools.
Unit Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit the student should be able to:
1. Plan lesson sequences/units of work using knowledge of student and own learning practice.
2. Use a range of teaching strategies including verbal and non-verbal communication, and theories and methodologies to improve student learning that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of all students.
3. Use curriculum assessment and reporting knowledge to design learning sequences and provide timely and appropriate feedback to students and relevant stakeholders, with an understanding of families, peers, media and educational settings.
4. Use assessment strategies and moderation procedures to evaluate student assessment data and the importance of keeping accurate student records.
5. Utilise the Australian Professional Standards for teachers in collecting supporting evidence and reflecting upon own practices.
Academic Requirements
Participation with the Academic component of this unit is outlined in detail on Learnline, the on-line learning environment.
In school experience contacts
The Professional Experience Office facilitate the administration of school placements for all pre-service teachers including collecting professional experience placement and assessment forms and organising payments for mentor teachers. one: 08 8946 6602.
Length of professional experience
25 days including a 4 week block.
Teaching expectations for pre-service teachers
During the 25 days, pre-service teachers are expected to work as co-professionals with the mentor teacher and teach at least 2 weeks incorporating solid/fulltime teaching. Planning and teaching a sequence/unit of work with a focus on teaching methodologies with embedded assessment.
Daily Journal
Pre-service teachers must keep a daily journal noting in-class and in-school activities, and reflections on experiences and teaching. The reflection focus for EPE210 is monitoring, assessment and reporting and the impact on student learning. The journal spans the entire period of professional experience. The journal will include a series of entries which detail knowledge and insights gained, problems encountered, solutions applied, and the reflections of work as a pre-service teacher. Entries in this journal can be used as evidence in the final teaching portfolio. Mentor teachers are asked to sight, or have an awareness of this journal, and make comment in the Overall Professional Experience Evaluation Record.
Mentor Teacher Feedback
The Mentor teacher provides regular written and verbal feedback and guidance throughout the entire block of professional experience. Templates for written feedback are available at
Teaching portfolio
The electronic teaching portfolio is presented to a school-based panel at the conclusion of the course. Evidence collected from your professional experience in this unit is an important part of demonstrating pedagogical progression. Details about the teaching portfolio can be obtained from the academic component of EPE210 on Learnline.
Support for learning
Examples and templates relevant to this unit are available within the Student Resources tab on the InSchool Website at:
These include resources for observations and reflections, lesson activity and learning management plans.
In school assessment
Each professional experience unit has one or more in school tasks. These tasks demonstrate the ability of the pre-service teacher to use academic learning in a professional experience environment.
The tasks for this unit are
1. Written critique of learning design task (1500 words)
2. Prepare and teach a program using a range of assessment strategies and a satisfactory report from the mentor teacher.
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