Early Childhood Postgraduate Internship

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics in this unit will be provided in the study materials.

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-ECHX829-Early Childhood Postgraduate Internship
• MAQ-ECEX829

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

MAQ-ECHX825-Early Childhood Professional Practice 2, or MAQ-ECEX825 ;

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) ECED829, ECEX829, ECHX829 NCCW ECHE8290 Early Childhood Postgraduate Internship

Special requirements

• PlacementDetails - A 30 day placement is to be completed as three days a week over ten weeks. Students may complete the internship requirements in their own workplace where appropriate
• OtherDetails -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

This subject was previously known as ECHX829 Early Childhood Postgraduate Internship.

This subject enables students to refine their roles as early childhood teachers. During the internship, students will have opportunities to strengthen their autonomy and independence as a teacher of young children as they explore their role within the centre and its local community. With increasing confidence, students will be able to justify their decision making as a teacher responding to the challenges of daily work in an early childhood centre. The internship contains a 30 day placement to be completed as three days a week over ten weeks. Students may complete the internship requirements in their own workplace where appropriate.

Students have to create a professional portfolio with 6 sections based on their internship and supported by academic literature. The portfolio has to be submitted electronically.

• Professional Portfolio (100%)