Professional Experience 1

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. Meet ethical, legislative, administrative and organisational requirements in school settings
  2. Reflect on professional experiences focused on communication and building secure, safe and respectful relationships with students and professional others
  3. Demonstrate teacher professional conduct and communication focusing on students and school staff to align with the inherent requirements and professional standards for pre-service teachers.

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• Assessments

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• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-SAR-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
• CUR-SEN-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (English Education)
• CUR-SGE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (Humanities and Social Sciences Education - Geography)

Elective

• CUR-FAST-DEG-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• CUR-EDC190-Professional Teaching Practice 1

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Others

Pre-requisites: EDC190 OR (EDC163 and EDS110).
Students who have completed EDC163 The Professional Educator: Developing Teacher Identity AND EDS110 Managing the Learning Environment can contact Curtin University for a prerequisite waiver to be able to enrol.

Additional requirements

• Placement requirements - This subject includes a 2-week professional experience placement in a school. Placements are undertaken on a full-time basis in a continuous block. All required clearances to work with children must be obtained and valid.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.