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Professional Experience 4: Transition into the Profession
PostgraduateCUR-MTC6102025
- Study method
- Online & on-campus
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025,
- 1 Dec 2025
- Price from
- $4,310
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- 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:
- 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 and the required elements of the Assessment for Graduate Teaching (AfGT).
- Teacher identity
- Teacher resilience, growth mindset and emotional well-being
- Resourcing professional growth: educational research, professional networks
- Preparing for your placement and Teaching Performance Assessment
- Planning for student learning and setting goals
- Collaboration and professional learning communities
- Engaging parents and carers in the educative process
- Ethical responsibilities
- Critical reflection and your teaching portfolio
MTC610 Professional Experience 4: Transition into the Profession must be completed in the final study period of enrolment in the degree. Students are responsible for ensuring they enrol correctly and clearance to commence the final placement will only be given to students who are undertaking the final subject/s of their degree. Students will need to contact Curtin at Professional.Experience@curtin.edu.au requesting permission. Once we have confirmation that the student has satisfied the above requirements, then the restriction will be lifted.
This final subject in the suite of professional experience subjects and includes both a theory and a practical component. For the first assessment, students will identify personal professional strengths and areas for improvement and/or growth through reflective practice, and develop strategies for professional development and teacher resilience. Students will then be provided with the opportunity to exercise professional skills, knowledge and attitudes in a school setting that demonstrate teacher competence and readiness. Students will undertake a five–week, full-time, continuous, block placement or internship under the supervision of a mentor teacher, and will be required to demonstrate meeting all the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Career stage. During the internship, students will complete a theoretical assessment known as a Teaching Performance Assessment. Both the professional experience placement and the Teaching Performance Assessment must be undertaken together and passed in order to pass the subject. All required clearances to work with children must be obtained and valid.
To view the Professional Experience Calendars, please see below:
2025 Master of Teaching Prof Exp Calendar (PDF)
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Find out more about the Academic Integritymodule.
- Teaching Performance Assessment (Pass/Fail)
- Professional Experience: The Internship (100%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-MTE-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
- CUR-PRI-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Primary Education)
- CUR-SEC-MAS-2025 - Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- CUR-MTC600-Professional Experience 3: Using Data to Inform Teaching and Learning
CUR-MTC503 (Not currently available)
Others
Enrolment Information:
Please contact the Professional Experience Team (professional.experience@curtin.edu.au) requesting a waiver to enrol in PE4 during the relevant enrolment window below for the study period in which you intend to undertake PE4.
Students are encouraged to apply for the PE4 enrolment waiver as early as possible.
2025 Enrolment waiver request windows:
• Waiver window for SP1 enrolments: 1st January -23rd February 2025
• Waiver window for SP2 enrolments: 2nd April -25th May 2025
• Waiver window for SP3 enrolments: 9th July – 24th August 2025
• Waiver window for SP4 enrolments: 8th October -17th November 2025
To be eligible for PE4 unit enrolment waiver students must:
1. Ensure all other subjects in the degree have been successfully completed with the exception of one subject that may be taken alongside the PE4 subject.
2. Ensure they are in the final study period of the degree.
3. Ensure all clearances are up to date and will not expire during the placement (students can check their clearances in SONIA).
4. Have their PE4 school secured, including the mentor and supervisor details, ready to upload to SONIA when requested. Students will be emailed a link to complete these forms which must be completed BEFORE the waiver to enrol into PE4 is granted (please note, this step does not apply to WA-based students).
Once all requirements have been met and the PE Team grants the waiver to enrol, students must then enrol into the subject via OUA. Please note: Do not wait until your PE3 results are available to request a waiver to enrol in PE4, as this may be after the close of enrolments and no late enrolments are permitted in any PE4 subjects. Students are responsible for ensuring they are correctly enrolled.
Additional requirements
- Placement requirements - The fieldwork for this unit includes a 5-week full-time, block professional experience placement in a school, plus 4 full-day pre-visits to the placement site. Placements are undertaken on a full-time basis in a continuous block at the specified time, with pre-visits ideally occurring in the weeks immediately prior to the block. Other Details - Please note that all relevant, valid working with children checks and clearances must be provided as requested prior to commencement of the pre-visits.
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
PostgraduateCUR-MTE-MAS
Master of Teaching (Primary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-PRI-MAS
Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
PostgraduateCUR-SEC-MAS