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17. School experience, professional practice and practicum requirements

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 17. School experience, professional practice and practicum requirements

School experience and practicum subjects in all pre-service courses and some postgraduate courses are compulsory and offered in a developmental sequence.

The school experience and practicum placements are arranged by the School Experience and Professional Practice Unit. Approved teachers in educational settings associated with the Faculty, including those in the Key School Network, and staff from a number of teaching departments, are involved in the conduct of the subjects. The dates for school experience and practicum periods are shown in the yearly schedule in the School Experience and Professional Practice Manual.

Criteria for assessment or competencies for each placement are clearly related to the objectives of the course, the developing abilities of the student and the intended outcomes of the co-requisite subjects. All school experience and professional practice subjects require the student to demonstrate teaching capability and appropriate involvement in the life of the school/setting as an associate member of staff.

All students are required to attend a compulsory school experience/professional practice preparation briefing normally held before each placement.

Assessment will use a process in which supervisors and Faculty make progressive assessment of the students' work and professional development, and will have discussed these assessments with the students at critical phases of their development.

Assessments in schools are determined by the marks derived by the scoring system as set out in each school experience criteria sheet. In early childhood settings grades are determined using a competency based system.

All subjects are graded and grades are determined by various combinations of evaluations done by the school/setting supervisor and Faculty staff.

The final result in a subject is derived from the average of the scores on the school experience assessment or practicum reports and the scores recorded by Faculty supervisors.

Detailed information for particular courses can be found in the relevant School Experience/Professional Practice/Practicum Course Manuals and on the web at http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/SE.

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