GDE4006 Relating and Collaborating (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Fraser Cst (WEB)Toowoomba

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (WEB)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education not elsewher) Band 5

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html.

Synopsis

This course will expose students to the important role of relationships between student and student, teacher and student, teacher and parents, teachers and their colleagues, teachers and paraprofessionals in optimising the conditions and opportunities for success in learning and development for all students. The skills, attitudes and behaviours that promote effective relationships and collaboration will be identified and practised. The potential contributions of community members and specialist professional staff to the effectiveness of teachers' work and students' learning in these complex times will be explored. The course provides for 10 days of professional attachment to an identified school. During this period of attachment students will be immersed in the day-to-day operations of the school and in the work of a teacher, with a particular focus on the connections between that work and the issues covered in this course.