PRT4000 Internship: Primary and Middle School Educators (FOEDU)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst (ONC)Springfld

Units 2.0 (Nursing Education Teacher Trai) Band 5

Pre-requisite: PRT2201 and PRT2202 and PRT3201 and PRT3202 and PRT4201 and PRT4202

PRE-REQUISITES: In order to be admitted to the internship, pre-service teachers must have successfully completed all components of the first seven semesters of study. This specifically includes the completion of the full 80 days of supervised professional experience associated with the six courses PRT2201, PRT2202, PRT3201, PRT3202, PRT4201 and PRT4202. OTHER REQUISITES: 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

Pre-service teachers undertaking the final year of study in the B Ed (Primary and Middle School) program will complete a pattern of study in the Semester prior to undertaking the Internship that will include two periods of professional experience in a school. In normal circumstances, once all pre-reqisities have been met, the pre-service teacher will return to the same school as an Intern. (The pre-service teacher may be permitted to undertake the Internship at an alternative site where special consideration is sought at the discretion of the Course Examiner for PRT4000). Interns will have two broad focus areas for their practice during the 32 day Intership: a teaching load equivalent to 50% of a regular full-time load (with "teaching" understood to involve the full range of teachers' repertoires of practice in the school and the professional community); and an agreed "specified professional development project" in which the Intern collaborates with school-based staff to pursue an issue related to the improvement of teaching and learning at the school, through a clearly defined methodology. Pre-service Teachers will submit a short series of narratives to demonstrate beginning competence as teachers. The precise nature of the arrangements will be formalised through individual agreements between host schools, Interns and the Faculty of Education. Students will be required to submit a proposal for approval of Internship to the Course Examiner; this will include organising and receiving an "Authority to Teach" from Queensland College of Teachers, prior to commencement.