EPT448 Professional Experience: Consolidating Effective Teaching and Assessment in the Primary Years (16)

This capstone subject is the final subject in the Bachelor 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 complete a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) in which they demonstrate the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) at graduate level. They will also be required to submit evidence of their practice (planning, teaching, assessing, reflecting, and appraising) through evaluating their impact on school students learning.
In preparation for completing the TPA, students explore the purposes, methods, strengths and challenges of assessing learning in secondary school settings. Students 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 a TPA is a requirement to graduate from an accredited teacher education program.

Availability

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

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EPT448. 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 only available to Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) and Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) students. 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 EPT433 or EEE405 or EEA406 or EPT432 or EPT442 or EPT521 as they share similar content.

The following subjects should be completed either prior to, or concurrently with EPT448: (EPT447 or EPT432) and (EEP427 or EED408) and EED409 and (EMM419 or EMM420) and (EMM209 or EMM418) and EMM410 and (EML440 or EPT455) and EML439 and EMS406 and EEB435 and EMH419 and EMR408 and EMA410 and (EEA406 or EML447 or EMH409 or EMR409 or EMS407 or EML449).

Prerequisites

( EPT447 or EPT432 ) and ( EEP427 or EED408 ) and EED409 and ( EMM419 or EMM420 ) and ( EMM209 or EMM418 ) and EMM410 and ( EML440 or EPT455 ) and EML439 and EMS406 and EEB435 and EMH419 and EMR408 and EMA410 and ( EEA406 or EML447 or EMH409 or EMS407 or EML449 )

Subject Relationships

EPT521 Paired Subject
EPT433 Shares similar content
EPT442 Shares similar content
EEE405 Shares similar content
EEA406 Shares similar content
EPT432 Shares similar content

Incompatible Subjects

EEA406, EEE405, EPT432, EPT433, EPT442, EPT521

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to demonstrate achievement of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) at graduate level during 30 days of professional experience in a primary classroom setting;
  • be able to use a variety of evidence and data, to plan teaching and learning sequences constructively aligned to curriculum documentation;
  • 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; and
  • 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).

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 30 days 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
  • Graduate Teaching Performance Assessment (GTPA) requirements

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of EPT448 in Session 2 2021. 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
assessment task 1: professional experience goals
0
2
Assessment task 2: assessing student work samples
30
3
Assessment task 3: professional experience report
0
4
Task 4: graduate teacher performance assessment
40
5
Assessment task 5: analysis of naplan data
30

Workplace Learning

This subject contains a 30 days Compulsory Workplace Learning component.

Students are required to complete a total of 60 days of professional experience in the course to meet accreditation requirements.
This subject has an embedded professional experience requiring 30 days of attendance in a primary school for students who have previously completed 30 placement days. Students who completed 25 days in the subject EPT447 prior to 2022 must complete 35 days placement in this subject to meet the requirement of 60 days.
 

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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