EPT522 Professional Experience: Effective Teaching and Assessment in the Secondary Context (16)

This capstone subject is the final subject in the Master of Teaching course and draws on teacher education students' cumulative learning from across the coursework components of the degree and includes the final professional experience placement. During this professional experience placement, students will complete a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) in which they will demonstrate they have met the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) at graduate level. They will also be required to submit evidence of their practice (planning, teaching, assessing and reflecting) and evaluate their impact on school students' learning.
In preparation for completing the TPA, students will explore the purposes, methods, strengths and challenges of assessing learning in secondary school settings. Students will examine different approaches, skills and practices for assessing, recording and reporting student's learning. Specific attention is also given to identifying and understanding the challenges and complexities encountered by teachers when assessing and reporting on students' performance and the value of reflection in, on and of practice to improve student learning outcomes.
Students' satisfactory completion of the TPA is a requirement for graduation from their teacher education program.

Availability

Session 1 (30)
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus
Session 2 (60)
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EPT522. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Education

Enrolment Restrictions

This subject is available to Master of Teaching students only. Commencement of this subject should be in the final session of study in the course.

This subject is not available to students who have completed subjects EPT442 or EPT508 or EEE405 or EEE503 as these subjects share similar content with this subject.

This subject is not available to students who have completed subject EPT449 as it is a paired subject.

The following subjects should be completed either prior to, or concurrently with EPT522: (EEP425 or EEP505) and (EED408 or EED502) and (EED409 or EED504 or EED422) and (EPT460 or EPT441) and EEB505 and (ELN402 or ELN501) and (EEA406 or EEA501) and (ESC407 or ESC515) and (EMA442 or EMH442 or EML444 or EML452 or EML442 or EMM442 or EMR442 or EMS442 or EMT444 or EMT445 or EMT446 or ETL402) and ESS509.

Prerequisites

( EEP425 or EEP505 ) and ( EED408 or EED502 ) and ( EED409 or EED504 or EED422 ) and ( EPT460 or EPT441 ) and EEB505 and ( ELN402 or ELN501 ) and ( EEA406 or EEA501 ) and ( ESC407 or ESC515 )

Subject Relationships

EEE503 Shares similar content
EPT449 Paired Subject
EPT508 Shares similar content
EPT442 Shares similar content
EEE405 Shares similar content

Incompatible Subjects

EEE405, EEE503, EPT442, EPT449, EPT508

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to demonstrate achievement of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at graduate level during 35 days of professional experience in a secondary classroom setting;
  • be able to plan and justify appropriate teaching and learning sequences with student data, including NAPLAN results;
  • be able to apply current models of pedagogy and strategies appropriate to the context and stage, to cater for the diverse needs of learners;
  • be able to apply a range of strategies to assess, record, report and provide feedback to students and parents/carers on achievement of learning outcomes;
  • be able to analyse and interpret student assessment data to evaluate student learning and to inform planning and /or to modify subsequent teaching practice to progress student learning;
  • be able to use assessment tools and moderation processes to support consistent and comparable, standards based judgements of student learning;
  • be able to reflect on and appraise the impact of their teaching on student outcomes, drawing on relevant theory and evidence collected, to modify and improve future teaching and progress student learning;
  • be able to demonstrate achievement of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) at graduate level through the satisfactory completion of a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA); and
  • be able to formulate a plan to address professional learning needs to modify and improve future teaching and progress student learning.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
  • Preparing for placement; requirements and the responsibilities of being a classroom teacher
  • Development of SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time) professional goals
  • Expectations for a 35 day professional experience placement
  • State and national principles and policies, including NAPLAN, and their influence on assessment requirements and practices
  • Purposes of assessment (including NAPLAN)
  • Interpreting student data to evaluate student learning and modify teaching practice
  • Different approaches, skills and practices in assessment - strengths and challenges
  • Assessment as evidence of student learning and achievement
  • Assessment strategies
  • Effective feed forward and feedback on student learning
  • Reliability and validity in assessment and moderation: Making consistent and comparable judgements
  • Analysing student work
  • Learning Intentions, marking rubrics and assessment criteria
  • Strategies for recording and reporting student achievement to students and parents/carers
  • Strategies for evaluating and improving teaching programs to improve student learning
  • Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) requirements: folio of annotated evidence and a report or narrative of their case study in a multimodal text

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of EPT522 in Session 2 2020. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
task1: professional experience goals
0
2
Task2: analysis of naplan data
40
3
Task3: tpa element 1a implementation plan
30
4
Task4: professional experience report
0
5
task5: assessing student work samples
30
6
task6: tpa element 1b multimedia presentation
0
7
Task7 tpa element2 professional practice portfolio
0

Workplace Learning

This subject contains a 35 days Compulsory Workplace Learning component.

This subject will involve 35 days of supervised professional experience in a secondary school setting as required for accreditation.

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2021. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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