Enrolments for 2020 have closed.
This subject requires you to do a practical placement, please see Additional Requirements for more information.
Professional Experience 4: Transition into the Profession
Postgraduate | CUR-MTC505 | 2020
Previously CUR-MTPS505
Course information for 2020 intake
View information for 2021 course intakeAdvance from sitting in front of the teacher’s desk to working behind it. Determine the challenges you‘ll face as you transition into your education career. Put your knowledge into practice as you set out on a five-week professional placement.
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Professional Experience 4: Transition into the Profession
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- design a personal professional plan to support continued professional learning and growth that incorporates maintaining a positive teacher identity and professional resilience; and is underpinned by research, the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, and other related professional frameworks
- demonstrate achievement of the Graduate Standards for Teachers through successfully completing a five week full time block professional experience placement
- develop evidence of teaching capability from the practical elements of the professional experience being undertaken in the school setting, for the purposes of completing the teaching performance assessment.
- Transitioning into the profession: what matters? Teacher identity and the professional portfolio
- Social and emotional well-being
- Planning for student learning: long term goals and implementation strategies
- Engaging parents and carers in the education process
- Resourcing professional growth: educational research, networks and associations
- Leadership in educational settings
- Reflective and collaborative structures and processes
- Planning your professional learning. Preparing for your placement
- Professional Experience Placement
- Review and Reflection
This subject was previously known as MTPS505 Professional Experience 4: Transition into the Profession.
This final subject in the suite of professional experience subjects and includes both a theory and a practical component. This subject provides students with the opportunity to exercise the professional skills, knowledge and attitudes in a school setting that demonstrate their classroom readiness. During the five week full time block professional experience placement, students will be required to demonstrate meeting the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Career stage. This is done through a practical and a theoretical assessment. Both the practical and theoretical assessments must be undertaken together and passed in order to pass the unit. The professional experience practical assessment requires successful completion of the professional experience placement. The theoretical assessment is a teaching performance assessment. All required clearances to work with children must be obtained and valid, and all other professional experience requirements met.
To view the Professional Experience Calendars, please see below:
2020 Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) ProfExp Calendar (PDF, 116Kb)
2020 Master of Teaching (Primary) ProfExp Calendar (PDF, 117Kb)
2020 Master of Teaching (Secondary) ProfExp Calendar (PDF, 116Kb)
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Professional Plan (50%)
- Professional Experience Placement (50%)
- Teaching Performance Assessment (Pass/Fail)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
one of
- CUR-MTC503-Professional Experience 3: Using Data to Inform Teaching and Learning
CUR-MTPS503-Professional Experience 3: Using Data to Inform Teaching and Learning (no longer available)
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
CUR-MTPS505-Professional Experience 4: Transition into the Profession (no longer available)
Others
Please contact hum-ed-ouaprac@curtin.edu.au and request a waiver to enrol in MTC505 Professional Experience 4: Transition into the Professional experience.
Additional requirements
- Placement requirements - The fieldwork for this unit includes a 25-day professional experience placement in an advised education setting. Placements are undertaken on a full-time basis in a continuous block at the specified time.
- Other requirements -
Working with Children check
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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