Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Professional Experience: Responsive Teaching
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
TCHE2704 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
360H Education |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2024, Sem 1 2025 |
Course Coordinator: Julia Hill
Course Coordinator Phone: by Email
Course Coordinator Email: julia.hill2@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses
Successful completion of
TCHE2658 Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education AND
TCHE2625 Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education
Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course. For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.
Course Description
In this course you will work collaboratively in a professional learning community to support student and school improvement, as well as each other to improve classroom practice. You will be introduced to the ten principles of effective Professional Learning Communities (PLC) and the role and responsibility of the members of a PLC. You will learn how to assess student learning, record and represent student assessment data, interpret and analyse data, evaluate learning plans, and respond to the findings to improve your teaching and learning and future planning.
During your professional experience you will continue to develop your teaching practice more generally and participate as a professional teacher in the day-to-day activities of the school. You will also apply your knowledge and understanding of assessment and reporting practices to your own practice.
This course includes a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) professional experience (PX) in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience. This PEX is 15 days.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the following BP320P24 Bachelor of Education (Primary) and BP320PEC24 Bachelor of Education (Primary and Early Childhood Education) Program Learning Outcomes:
PLO1. Develop and demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and practical knowledge through one or more of the following practices: planning using data; teaching and learning; assessing; feedback and professional judgement; and appraising impact of teaching across a range of disciplines.
PLO7. Engage with school communities and professional networks and communicate with diverse stakeholders in a range of contexts.
PLO8. Draw on evidence-based theory and reflective practice to adapt to the changing needs of the profession and to identify professional learning needs to improve student learning outcomes.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
CLO1 Critically analyse and reflect on the purpose of professional learning communities, APST: 6.2, 6.3
CLO2 Analyse and apply assessment data to plan and teach a sequence of two lessons that includes differentiated learning, APST: 1.5, 3.2, 5.4, 5.5
CLO3 Develop practical knowledge and skills related to assessment moderation and making consistent and comparable judgements, APST: 5.3
CLO4 Use evidence when reporting students' achievement to parents/carers, APST: 5.5
CLO5 Provide examples of timely feedback for students about their learning, APST: 5.2
CLO6 Identify a range of teaching strategies that impact student learning, APST: 3.3, 3.5
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as workshops, tutorials, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Teaching and learning may be face to face, online, or a combination of both.
In your professional experience placement, you will be an active member of a PLC. You will apply your knowledge and understanding of assessment and reporting practices to your own practice and continue to develop your teaching practice more generally.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. The assessments are also mapped against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST).
Assessment Tasks
AT1 Coded Reflection of a Recorded Teaching Episode, 50%
CLOs: 1 and 6
APSTs: 1.2, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 6.3
AT2 Data-Informed Teaching: Planning and Delivering a Two Lesson Sequence, 50%
CLOs: 2, 3, 4 and 5
APSTs: 1.5, 2.3, 3.2, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.