Teaching Development 4: The Graduate Teacher (EDUC406)

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. understand and apply relevant ethical principles, and legislative, administrative and organisational policies and processes required by graduate teachers in schools (GTSD 7.1.1, 7.2.1);
2. use curriculum to design and evaluate learning sequences that demonstrate knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies suitable for rural/remote and/or casual teaching contexts (GTSD 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.6.1);
3. understand and demonstrate strategies for reporting to, and working effectively, sensitively and confidentially with parents/carers, community members and/or external professionals in the education of students (GTSD 3.7.1, 5.5.1, 7.3.1, 7.4.1)
4. undertake critical reflection as an approach to professional learning within specific focus areas of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AISTL 2014) (GTSD 6.1.1, 6.2.1); and
5. demonstrate knowledge of practical approaches to manage student well-being, safety and challenging behaviours (GTSD 4.3.1, 4.4.1, 7.3.1, 7.4.1).