EDFE12042 - Professional Practice 2 (Primary) – Classroom Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In Professional Practice 2, you will extend your professional knowledge and skills through tutorials, workshops and a school placement comprising a 20-day (4 week) block placement at the end of the term. You will participate in tutorials to build both theoretical and practical knowledge of the strategies teachers use to create positive, organised classroom environments that support wellbeing, engagement and learning. You will analyse the impact of different approaches to classroom management on student learning and apply your understanding of motivation, relationship-building and engagement to plan proactively for the safety, support, inclusion and self-regulation of all learners during the school placement. You will also apply knowledge gained from curriculum courses you have studied to plan, implement and evaluate lesson sequences that incorporate a range of teaching strategies and resources with a particular focus on literacy, numeracy and the use of ICTs to improve student outcomes. You will monitor your professional learning through critical reflection, and will select and evaluate evidence to add to your ePortfolio that demonstrates selected focus areas of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite:- Students must have successfully completed EDFE11038 and EDCU12044 to be eligible for enrolment in this unit and placement in a school for completion of the practical component.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Mackay
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Professional Practice Plans (learning plans) 0%
2. Written Assessment 0%
3. Online Quiz(zes) 0%
4. Professional Practice Placement 0%
5. Written Assessment 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 94.74% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 28.57% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student evaluation dashboard data.
Feedback
The unit was positively received by the students.
Recommendation
Continue to update the unit and ensure all lecturers have access to the teaching materials.
Action Taken
Unit was updated, course materials and lectures (distance) were adjusted to meet the specific needs identified by the students from week to week.
Source: Student feedback to unit co-ordinator.
Feedback
The inclusion of mindfulness activities was appreciated by students.
Recommendation
Continue with mindfulness activities.
Action Taken
Mindfulness, both for personal mental health and as a valuable tool to assist students to calm as part of transitions in the classroom was highlighted and demonstrated regularly throughout the unit.
Source: Student feedback to unit co-ordinator.
Feedback
Information about how to contact and speak to parents.
Recommendation
Include a section about contact with parents and professional discussions.
Action Taken
A section of demonstrating how to 'connect before you correct' with parents was included. Many students reported that they found these hints and tips relevant and useful.
Source: SUTE Teacher Evaluations
Feedback
Overall student feedback was positive about the unit.
Recommendation
Continue to teach using a narrative approach and include pertinent anecdotes to provide examples.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE Teacher Evaluations
Feedback
Feedback
Recommendation
Ensure that feedback given to students is clearly articulated.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Interpret observed behaviour to identify possible causes and apply responsive strategies that maintain classroom relationships and engaged learning
  2. Use system and/ or school policies and knowledge of strategies for managing challenging behaviour and creating safe supportive learning environments to plan proactively for effective classroom management
  3. Select strategies that facilitate effective classroom interactions, the orderly management of classroom routines and the development of self-regulation
  4. Plan and implement lessons and learning sequences that promote the engagement and participation of all learners and are responsive to their characteristics, stage of development and social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds
  5. Reflect on planning, teaching and assessment of student outcomes to improve teaching practice and promote learning and engagement
  6. Use the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers to monitor professional learning and identify strategies for responding to feedback and self-evaluation to improve practice.

Successful completion of this unit provides opportunities for students to engage with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate Career Stage) focus areas of:

1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students

1.2 Understand how students learn

 

1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds

1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities

2.2 Content selection and organisation

 

2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting

2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies

 

2.6 Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

3.1 Establish challenging learning goals

3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs

3.3 Use teaching strategies

3.4 Select and use resources

3.5 Use effective classroom communication

 

3.6 Evaluate and improve teaching programs

4.1 Support student participation

4.2 Manage classroom activities

4.3 Manage challenging behaviour

4.4 Maintain student safety

4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically

5.1 Assess student learning

5.2 Provide feedback to students on their learning

 

6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs

6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice

 

6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning

7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities

 

7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements

 

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Professional Practice Plans (learning plans) •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) •
4 - Professional Practice Placement • • • • • •
5 - Written Assessment • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Communication • • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
4 - Information Literacy •
5 - Team Work •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • •
8 - Ethical practice • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10