EDFE20033 - Graduate Internship

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This is the final professional experience for Graduate Diploma pre-service teachers completed as a 30 day internship in a school context under the supervision of a mentor teacher. An internship provides you with the opportunity to explore your role as a teacher in a context which provides support and mentoring, as well as independence and responsibility through building your self-confidence and self-belief as a teacher. You will build upon your existing skills, enabling you to become an autonomous, reflective, collaborative professional ready to enter the teaching profession through demonstrating the professional, ethical and values-based standards and competencies required of beginning teachers. Completed within the context an “Internship Authorisation” from the Queensland College of Teachers, you will adopt up to but not exceeding 50% of the mentor’s working load and engage in team teaching, reflection and evaluation with the mentor for the remaining 50%. Internship requirements are outlined in the Internship Guidelines Booklet supplied to mentor teachers in schools. You will submit evidence of meeting the professional standards at graduate career stage during your internship through an evidence-based statement that is inclusive of your teaching philosophy uploaded into your ePortfolio. To pass this unit you will also need to supply evidence of successful completion of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 1 - 2024

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 Postgraduate 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. Practical Assessment 0%
2. Portfolio 0%
3. Online Test 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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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
Feedback
The unit meets the needs of the students as a final professional experience.
Recommendation
Continue to offer the unit as designed.
Action Taken
Unit offered as designed.
Source: Anecdotal feedback from students.
Feedback
Continue to offer the unit as designed.
Recommendation
Continue to offer the unit as designed.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Commit to the profession through the acquisition and application of essential professional knowledge
  2. Design, deliver and evaluate effective pedagogical strategies to achieve outcomes
  3. Use reflective practice and engage in ongoing professional renewal
  4. Build and maintain effective networks and partnerships
  5. Evidence successful completion of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students.

Throughout the internship, all focus areas of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Graduate Career Stage) which are applicable to the specific context will be demonstrated with evidence. In contexts where specific standards related to students with disability or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds cannot be demonstrated, assessment for relevant coursework should be added to the e-portfolio as evidence of meeting these standards.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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2 - Portfolio • • • •
3 - Online Test •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Communication • • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • • •
4 - Research • • • •
5 - Self-management • • • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • • • •
7 - Leadership • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Practical Assessment • • • • • • •
2 - Portfolio • • • • • • •
3 - Online Test • • • • •