The Professional Educator: Transition to the Profession
UndergraduateCUR-EDC4452025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 23 Nov 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Dec 2025
- Price from
- $666
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
The Professional Educator: Transition to the Profession
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- describe and discuss sources of information that can be used to determine contextualised student learning needs
- examine and explain theoretical models, structures and processes for reflective and collaborative professional practices for educators
- apply the principles of ethical teacher conduct to action research
- design a professional learning plan that responds to an evaluation of the development of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and supports continued professional learning, growth and well being.
- Teacher professional development
- Action planning
- Knowing your students: Sources of data
- Action research methods data collection
- Ethics in teaching & action learning
- Data analysis – action learning for professional development
- Professionalism in teaching
- Australian professional standards for teachers: digital professional portfolio
- Teacher resilience
- Review and reflect on personal professional development
This subject will provide students with knowledge and skills to support transition into being education professionals and will enable undergraduate students to make important decisions about how to approach professional learning and development in order to meet contextualised student learning needs. Students examine how important information about their learners can be obtained to determine group and individual learning needs and reflect on and evaluate their own current expertise and development. The unit examines how to structure personal professional learning that is targeted, collaborative, and aligned to the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers. Students in this unit will also formulate a general plan for their approach to continued personal learning and growth as they transition into becoming committed, skilled, resilient professionals.
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- Literature Review (30%)
- Action Research Plan (40%)
- Professional Development Reflection and Plan (30%)
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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-SAR-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
- CUR-SEN-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (English Education)
- CUR-SGE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (Humanities and Social Sciences Education - Geography)
- CUR-ECE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
- CUR-BED-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
Elective
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
one of
- CUR-EDP320-Primary Professional Experience 3: Evaluating Learning
- CUR-EDS360-Secondary Professional Experience 3: Using Data to Inform Teaching and Learning
- CUR-EDE310-Early Childhood Professional Experience 3: Kindergarten to Pre-Primary Learning Environments
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
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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Student feedback
16 student respondents between 19 Aug 2024 - 10 Mar 2025.
87%of students felt the study load was manageable
81%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
UndergraduateCUR-SAR-DEG
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (English Education)
UndergraduateCUR-SEN-DEG
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
UndergraduateCUR-ECE-DEG
Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
UndergraduateCUR-BED-DEG
Fast track your Curtin on campus study
UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG