GDE 4008 Graduate Internship

STAFFING:

RATIONALE:

Beginning teachers report that there are significant differences between their experiences as pre-service teachers and those they encounter in the first year of teaching. The Graduate Internship provides a bridge between the more closely supervised professional attachment and the daunting first year of the teaching career. Learning to teach is a process that occurs over time and extends beyond the confines of this program and this course. However, the Graduate Internship provides a critical step in this continuum of learning. The Intern is fully immersed in the role of the teacher at the attachment site. Such immersion has the potential to provide the Intern with an authentic and accelerated understanding of the responsibilities, skills, attitudes and knowledge required of an emerging professional educator.

SYNOPSIS:

Students deemed to have demonstrated appropriate levels of competence and professionalism will gain the authorisation of their host school to move from the Stage 2 Attachment to the Stage 3 Graduate Internship. In Queensland this will also require an internship authorisation from the Board of Teacher Registration - equivalent processes may be required in other jurisdictions. Graduate Interns will each undertake a teaching load equivalent to 50% of the normal load of a fulltime teacher (with the range of duties understood to involve the full repertoires of practice in which teachers engage in the school and professional community). The course provides for a minimum of 30 days of school-based teaching work in role of graduate intern. IMPORTANT NOTE: Working with Children: State law in Queensland requires that all adults (including university students, pre-service educators, trainers, vocational teachers, industry educators) working with children under the age of 18, in the State of Queensland*, obtain approval before commencing such work. Many education courses include a practical component (professional experience, project work, research, assessment etc.) that may require engagement with children under the age of 18. It is your responsibility to ensure that you possess a current suitability card (Blue Card) before commencing any practical components of this course. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 UNLESS YOU POSSESS A CURRENT 'BLUE CARD'. For further information: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html *If you are undertaking practical experience outside the State of Queensland, Australia you should check local requirements.

OBJECTIVES:

On completion of this course students will be able to:

1. take full responsibility for the day to day management of teaching and learning of assigned classes
2. plan for teaching and learning, then implement and evaluate appropriately
3. demonstrate a range of effective classroom management strategies
4. exhibit effective resource selection and teaching strategies
5. reflect on and evaluate their own professional practice
6. contribute to a variety of school forums, demonstrating appropriate communication skills
7. effectively undertake administrative work and the range of wider duties encompassing teachers' work
8. demonstrate a willingness and a capacity to be involved in the wider school community
9. demonstrate the ability to form and cultivate professional relationships with students, parents and other staff
10. demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of appropriate personal, professional and academic literacies
11. demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of appropriate ICT uses for teaching and learning
12. provide documentation of their professional achievements in the form of a professional portfolio.

TOPICS:

TEXT and MATERIALS required to be PURCHASED or accessed:

ALL textbooks and materials are available for purchase from USQ BOOKSHOP (unless otherwise stated). Orders may be placed via secure internet, free fax 1800642453, phone 07 46312742 (within Australia), or mail. Overseas students should fax +61 7 46311743, or phone +61 7 46312742. For costs, further details, and internet ordering, use the 'Textbook Search' facility at http://bookshop.usq.edu.au click 'Semester', then enter your 'Course Code' (no spaces).

GDE4008 USQ Resource Package

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

1. Attendance requirements:
   It is the student's responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in the residential school and other scheduled learning activities (such as on-campus workshops and web-based activities) scheduled for them. Students must complete 30 days of graduate internship at an identified school site.
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   To complete each of the assessment items satisfactorily, students must obtain at least a mark of 50% for each assessment item.
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   Students who fail to submit assignments by the due date without prior approval must apply to the course examiner for deferred assessment. The course examiner will consider each such application on its individual merits.
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   In order to gain a passing grade in the course, students must submit all items of assessment; complete all internship requirements successfully; and attain a passing mark in all items. Normally, there will be no opportunity for the resubmission of unsatisfactory items of assessment.
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the weighted aggregate of the marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.
6. Examination information:
   There is no examination in this course.
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   There will be no Deferred or Supplementary examinations in this course.
8. University Regulations:
   Students should read USQ Regulations 5.1 Definitions, 5.6. Assessment, and 5.10 Academic Misconduct for further information and to avoid actions which might contravene University Regulations. These regulations can be found at the URL http://www.usq.edu.au/corporateservices/calendar/part5.htm or in the current USQ Handbook.

ASSESSMENT NOTES

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1. Students will require access to e-mail and Internet access to USQConnect for this course.
2. IMPORTANT NOTE: Working with Children: State law in Queensland requires that all adults (including university students, pre-service educators, trainers, vocational teachers, industry educators) working with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland*, obtain approval before commencing such work. Many education courses include a practical component (professional experience, project work, research, assessment etc.) that may require engagement with children under the age of 18. It is your responsibility to ensure that you possess a current suitability card (Blue Card) before commencing any practical components of this course. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 UNLESS YOU POSSESS A CURRENT 'BLUE CARD'. For further information: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html. *If you are undertaking practical experience outside the state of Queensland, Australia you should check local requirements.
3. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNSHIP AUTHORISATION: In Queensland settings, students will require an authorisation to commence the internship from the Board of Teacher Registration before they are eligible to undertake the in-school component of this course.