Welcome to the Master of Teaching Early Childhood Mid-Year Intake July, 2016 Enrolment and Orientation Information Semester 2 classes commence Monday 18 th July
ORIENTATION Your attendance at the orientation is required. Save the date: Compulsory Teacher Education Induction: Friday 15 July 2016-8.30am-1.00pm Please email sue.dawkins@uwa.edu.au for further details and confirmation This booklet provides information for mid-year entrants into the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) program. Please read it carefully as it contains important information about your enrolment and course. Please contact the Course Coordinators gerardine.neylon@uwa.edu.au (phone 6488 2387), if you have any queries or require assistance. Academic Conduct Essentials (ACE) All students enrolling at UWA for the first time at any level are required to complete the online unit Academic Conduct Essentials, which addresses issues of academic conduct including plagiarism, ethical scholarship and academic integrity. This short compulsory unit, is not onerous, complements UWA s Academic Conduct Guidelines, and requires approximately 30 minutes to complete through the LMS (Learning Management System). The results for this work ( Ungraded Pass or Not Completed ) will be recorded on your statement of academic record. This should be completed within the first 10 weeks of the course. COURSE UNIT INFORMATION The Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) comprises core units, which are highly integrated. This means that if you wish to enrol part-time, some units are best undertaken in the first year and others must be taken concurrently or before undertaking Professional Practice units. Please do not deviate from the recommended part-time pathway without first obtaining permission from the course coordinator. The four semesters of the course (generally two years of full time study) represent key stepping-stones in a sequenced developmental journey of Orientation, Exploration, Immersion and Reflection and Intervention towards understanding and skills commensurate with Graduate Teacher competencies. There are common units within the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood, Primary or Secondary) course. Such units include differentiated workshops and assignments according to the specialisation. This structure recognises the need for greater communication between 1
professionals across all levels of education, the wide developmental spread that occurs in any classroom and the need to support and extend all pupils. COURSE STRUCTURE There are 16 units, generally taken over 4 semesters of study for the course code 31520. EDUC5500 Professional Practice B is worth 12 points (equivalent to 2 units). LEVEL 4 Semester 1 Orientation LEVEL 4 Semester 2 Exploration LEVEL 5 Semester 1 Immersion LEVEL 5 Semester 2 Reflection and Intervention EDUC5485 Development, Teaching and Learning: Theory and Practice EDUC5506 Developing and Managing the Infant and Early Childhood Learning Environment EDUC5429 Perspectives in Aboriginal Education EDUC5618 Teaching and Learning with ICTs EDUC5504 Language and Literacy in Early Childhood EDUC5503 Social Interaction and the Developing Child EDUC5508 Integrated Studies: Science EDUC5501 Integrated Studies: The Humanities and Social Sciences EDUC5502 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years SSEH5689 Physical Development, Movement and Health EDUC5500 Professional Practice B 12 pts (equivalent of 2 units) EDUC5514 Differentiating the Curriculum EDUC5520 The Artistic and Expressive Child EDUC5510 Professional Practice A this unit starts in semester 1 and continues into semester 2. EDUC5509 Interventions for Learning 2
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Year 1 FULL TIME ACADEMIC PROGRAM EDUC5485 Development, Teaching and Learning: Theory and Practice Semester 1 EDUC5504 Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Semester 1 EDUC5502 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years Semester 1 EDUC5520 The Artistic and Expressive Child Semester 1 EDCU5503 Social Interaction and the Developing Child Semester 2 EDUC5506 Developing and Managing the Infant and Early Childhood Semester 2 Learning Environment SSEH5689 Physical Development, Movement and Health Semester 2 EDUC5510 Professional Practice A Non-standard teaching period A2E AACE7000 Academic Conduct Essentials (any new students at UWA are required to complete this online unit) Please note: EDUC5510 Professional Practice A covers both the periods of professional practice undertaken in Semester 1 and Semester 2. Year 2 EDUC5429 Perspectives on Aboriginal Education Semester 1 EDUC5508 Integrated Studies: Science Semester 1 EDUC5500 Professional Practice B Nonstandard teaching period A2C EDUC5618 Teaching and Learning with ICTs Semester 2 EDUC5501 Integrated Studies: The Humanities and Social Sciences Semester 2 EDUC5514 Differentiating the Curriculum Semester 2 EDUC5509 Interventions for Learning Semester 2 Please note: EDUC5485 Development, Teaching and Learning: Theory and Practice and EDUC5504 Language and Literacy in Early Childhood must be taken at the same time or before EDUC5510 Professional Practice A. Placement on professional practice is conditional on students demonstrating adequate competency in literacy (including oral language). EDUC5509 Interventions for Learning includes a period of professional practice in schools that differs from conventional models of professional practice. 4
Mid-Year Intake This option will be completed over 2.5 years or 5 semesters Year 1 Semester 2 mid-year intake SSEH5689 Physical Development, Movement and Health Semester 2 1 st year unit EDUC5506 Developing and Managing the Infant and Early Semester 2 1 st year unit Childhood Learning Environment AACE4000 Academic Conduct Essentials (any new students at UWA are required to complete this online unit) Year 2 Semester 1 EDUC5485 Development, Teaching and Learning: Theory and Semester 1 1 st year unit Practice EDUC5504 Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Semester 1 1 st year unit EDUC5502 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years Semester 1 1 st year unit EDUC5520 The Artistic and Expressive Child Semester 1 1 st year unit EDUC5510 Professional Practice A (6pts). Nonstandard teaching period A2E 1 st year unit Year 2 Semester 2 EDUC5503 Social Interaction and the Developing Child Semester 2 1 st year unit EDUC5510 Professional Practice A (6pts) this school experience begins in Semester 1 and is completed in Semester 2. 1 st year unit Nonstandard teaching period A2C Year 3 Semester 1 EDUC5429 Perspectives on Aboriginal Education Semester 1 2 nd year unit EDUC5508 Integrated Studies: Science Semester 1 2 nd year unit EDUC5500 Professional Practice B (12pts) Semester 1 2 nd year unit Year 3 Semester 2 EDUC5618 Teaching and Learning with ICTs Semester 2 2 nd year unit EDUC5501 Integrated Studies: The Humanities and Social Sciences Semester 2 2 nd year unit EDUC5514 Differentiating the Curriculum Semester 2 2 nd year unit EDUC5509 Interventions for Learning Semester 2 2 nd year unit 5
INFORMATION 2016 1. Handbook You will be provided with a Pre-service Teacher Course Information Booklet, which details the structure, organisation and content of the Master of Teaching course. 2. Professional Practice Placement The Master of Teaching Early Childhood specialisation is a pre-service professional course in which the integration of theory and practice is the major organising principle. It is a Masters level course, hence a research project is taken in the final semester and critical engagement with research takes place throughout the course. Professional Practice (Centre based education and care settings and school experience) is the focus of the course; other components have been designed to relate to Professional Practice and to complement and interrelate the contribution that each makes to the course as a whole. Professional Practice forms a substantive element of the course in all semesters. Please note: The photo taken for your Campus Card is also used to send to a Center based Education and Care setting and School prior to Professional Placement. Please be mindful of this when presenting yourself for your photo. In Semester 1 2016, Professional Practice will comprise 3 distributed days (one or two days a week for 2 or 3 weeks) followed by a 3-week block. This is followed by a further 2 distributed days and then a three-week block in Semester 2. Students are encouraged to engage in voluntary work in schools throughout the time of their course. Semester 3 provides the largest professional practice placement with five distributed days (one day a week) followed by a six-week block. Semester 4 provides opportunities for students to reflect upon and refine teaching skills with targeted interventions that include a further period of professional practice. In addition, many of other units in the course also include authentic school experiences that range from observation to teamteaching in specific learning areas. Over the duration of the course you will engage with a wide range of Early Childhood educational settings. 3. Professional Practice Placement Form As a 2016 mid-year entrant, you will not be enrolling in a professional practice unit until 2017. At the beginning of 2016, to enable us to organise the teaching practice placements, you will need to complete the enclosed Professional Practice Placement form and return it to the Graduate School of Education. This information will be used to assist us in finding the most suitable practice placement for you. If you have any questions, please contact the Professional Practice Office. Please ensure that you supply correct details as it will not be possible to change your placement in a school once confirmed. 6
Address for the Graduate School of Education is: Graduate School of Education The University of Western Australia M428, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009 4. Clearances required for professional practice placements Master of Teaching pre-service teachers ARE NOT permitted to participate in professional practice without BOTH of the clearances listed below. To avoid disappointment, please obtain these clearances immediately. Although you will not be enrolling in a professional practice unit until 2017, you may be visiting and working in schools within other units in Semester 2 of 2016, so will need to have the clearances. a. A National Police History Check (NPHC) through the Department of Education (DoE). The consent form can be downloaded from the DoE website - http://www.det.wa.edu.au/screening/detcms/navigation/new-applicantscreening/. Please fill in the form and send it to the Screening Unit address on the form. Please note: A State or National Police Clearance will NOT be accepted. If you are an International student, you will be expected to provide a police clearance from your country of residence in addition to the Department of Education Check described above. b. A Working with Children Check (WWC). To apply for a Working with Children check, you can obtain an application form from any post office, or see www.checkwwc.wa.gov.au for further information. A section of the form is to be completed by and signed by a representative from the Graduate School of Education at UWA. Please bring in your form so this can be done prior to presenting it to the post office for processing. If you already have a WWC card, please present it to the Professional Practice Office at the Graduate School of Education and a certified copy to be made and held on file. Part 5 of the application requires you to enter details of the work you will undertake, include the following when you complete this section: Category of child related work: 03 Type of employment: Volunteer/Unpaid position Name of Organisation: University of Western Australia Applicant s job title/role in child related work: Student Teacher Organisation s phone number: 08 6488 2388 7
Part 6 of the application form requires you to enter details of the Faculty of Education representative. The details you should include are as follows: Agency Representative: Position of Agency Representative: Street Address: Address to which notice will be sent: Christina Dyt Faculty Manager 35 Stirling Highway M428 CRAWLEY WA 6009 X (same as above) This information can also be found online at: www.education.uwa.edu.au/students/professional-practice 5. Teachers Language and Numeracy Competency The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) require pre-service teachers to demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills within the top 30% of the Australian population. This is a result of professional and community concerns about unsatisfactory levels of teacher literacy and numeracy competency. In 2016, an online test that all pre-service teachers in Australia must pass before graduating from their teacher education course will become available. To help them prepare for this national test, pre-service teachers will sit some short UWA literacy assessments on orientation day. These will involve the assessment of spelling and grammar, as well as essay writing using appropriate text structure and vocabulary. To assist you in preparing for this, we recommend that you purchase the following book and read it before the orientation day: Faigley, L. (2012). The Little Penguin Handbook, Pearson, Australia. (Available from the UWA bookshop, packaged version of text includes online access code to My Writing Lab Global, where you can self-test and access online resources). In addition to the tests mentioned above, a high standard of literacy must be demonstrated in all assignments and on professional practice. Pre-service teachers who do not perform at a satisfactory level in the GSE tests will not be placed on professional practice. Oral language standards will be assessed in several units through student presentations. You will be required to sit a UWA numeracy test in week 3 or 4 of Semester 1. Pre-service teachers who do not meet the minimum standard will enrol in the Maths Online online resources in order to improve their skills and will be required to provide evidence of this improvement at the beginning of the second year of their studies (date to be advised), in the format of end-of-topic tests from Maths Online. More information about this will be provided at orientation. The purpose of the UWA tests is to prepare you for the national literacy and numeracy test. It is recommended that pre-service teachers experiencing serious difficulties with their literacy should seek help to improve their reading and writing skills through Student Support Services (telephone: 6488 2423 or online: www.student.uwa.edu.au/contact/studentservices#support). 6. Computer Labs There is a computer lab in the Education building and computers in the EDFAA library. You will be provided with a UWA pheme account and a UWA e-mail address. You are expected to check your UWA email address daily. 8
7. School Experience Preparation Seminars You are required to attend seminars for Professional Practice if you are enrolled in Professional Practice units. It is essential that you are able to attend these sessions. 8. Badges During your professional practice placement, you will be required to wear an ID badge at all times. Badges will be ordered with the name provided on the Professional Practice Placement form enclosed. Payment will be expected when you collect your badge prior to the commencement of the first professional practice period. 9
USEFUL CONTACTS COURSE Coordinator Room Telephone/E-mail Master of Teaching Early Childhood Course Coordinator Dr Gerardine Neylon and 2.07 6488 2387 gerardine.neylon@uwa.edu.au Master of Teaching Primary Course Coordinator Associate Professor Grace Oakley 2.17 6488 2301 grace.oakley@uwa.edu.au Professional Practice Coordinator Sue Dawkins 2.27 6488 7642 sue.dawkins@uwa.edu.au Professional Practice Office Jodie Basham, Amy Deverell & Peta Gjedsted 2.26 6488 8736 prac-edu@uwa.edu.au Routine Assistance Officer Room Telephone/E-mail Graduate School of Education RECEPTION 2.29 Enrolment Queries Martin Swan 2.20 6488 2388 reception-edu@uwa.edu.au 6488 2397 Martin.swan@uwa.edu.au 10
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Cnr Hampden Rd and Stirling Highway, Nedlands Postal address: M428, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009 T: (08) 6488 2388 (General Enquiries) T: (08) 6488 2388 (Professional Practice Enquiries) F: (08) 6488 1052 E: professionalprac-edu@uwa.edu.au W: education.uwa.edu.au 11