Unit of Study TCHR6009 Professional Experience III - Primary (2025)

Future students:
T: 1800 626 481
E: Email your enquiry here

Current students:
Contact: Faculty of Education

Students studying at an education collaboration:
Please contact your relevant institution

Show me unit information for year

View previous years of our units

Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

0
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

Yes

Co-requisites

EDUC6017 - Education for Impact: Into and Beyond the Profession
Anti-requisites

TCHR6005 - Professional Experience II: Evaluation to Improve Teaching Practice

Enrolment information

Students MUST achieve a Pass Grade in EDUC6017 - Education for Impact: Into and Beyond the Profession to commence professional experience placement. Students MUST provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/education/education-profession/professional-experience/ Only ONE placement can be completed in a Term unless approval has been granted by the Director of Professional Experience.
Enrolment restriction

Students to submit a Unit Approval request via MyEnrolment. Students must have satisfactorily completed both components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) AND Professional Experience II before enrolling in this unit.

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to practise and develop their learning and teaching in a professional environment. Before the placement, students undertake an orientation to prepare for the expectations and requirements of the professional environment. During the placement, students record and reflect on their experiences as informed by relevant course content and professional standards and principles. After the placement, students share their experiences and submit a portfolio as evidence of their engagement in the professional environment.

Unit content

All placement units consist of three phases, with the placement days being situated in the second phase.

Orientation Phase

Professional expectations and requirements
Revisiting professional standards and principles
Revisiting course themes and concepts
Recording experiences

Placement Phase

Observation and application of standards, principles and practices

Reflection Phase

Sharing your experiences
Reviewing and reflecting on practice
Looking ahead

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Dual Term2	Dual Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand and meet the expectations and requirements of a professional environment.

understand, observe and apply standards and principles in a professional environment.

critically record relevant examples of professional practice.

critically and creatively reflect on professional experiences

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Placement 30 days (once)

Residential 8 hours (once)

Assessment
Quiz	SR
Report	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.

Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full-fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees.

Find out more for domestic fees