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Other Requisites

Students must be available for a prescribed period of time to undertake a placement in a school or other approved site as required in this course.

Before commencing this course students will be assumed to have read the full details of Professional Experience particulars and familiarised themselves with the requirements. Please see the Education Placement Professional Experience website and the Professional Experience Book for full details.

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 must hold a valid blue card OR exemption card .

If undertaking placement outside of Queensland you must ensure that all relevant checks are completed and evidence of this is provided to the Professional Experience office .

Students need to lodge their blue card application or renewal online . Students will need to register with blue card services and validate their identification online. If successful, the student will be provided an online account number to send to the Professional Experience Team to ensure there are no delays with their placement. Students will not be able to commence their placement without a current blue card. USQ recommends students lodge their renewal at least 28 days prior to the expiry of their current card.

Where a student is denied approval for a blue card, enrolment in any initial teacher education program will be withdrawn (refer to .

If undertaking Professional Experience outside of Queensland, students are advised to check the Working with Children requirements of the state within which Professional Experience will be undertaken (refer to .

Synopsis

This course equips educators with the knowledge and skills necessary for identifying, analysing and interpreting student data, as well as ways to communicate student learning and report clearly to key stakeholders the development capabilities, interests and strengths of young children. The course extends upon historical, contemporary and post-structuralist theories on play and draws from key curriculum documents, and student data, in order to equip educators with the skills to inform decision-making for co-constructing learning environments, designing effective teaching and learning sequences, selecting of meaningful resources. Educators will utilise age appropriate content and strategies to support children's meaning-making to enhance and extend on children's interests and identified learning goals. The course provides early childhood educators with the opportunity to develop an understanding and awareness of key features and themes of the Early Years Learning Framework, approved learning frameworks and early childhood curricula, and how these documents inform pedagogical decision-making. The course provides opportunities for educators to engage with and apply key learning to practice. Educators will participate in professional conversations and personal reflection as a way of improving practice. Educators will also investigate educative and interactive strategies required for the facilitation and support of successful transitions for children and families across learning contexts.

A professional experience placement is attached to this course. MELT preservice teachers will complete a 20 day professional experience to meet regulation requirements. For full details of the Professional Experience particulars, please refer to the Professional Experience website and the Professional Experience Book.

Text and Materials

Reference Materials

Assessment Details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   
   There are no weekly attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students’ responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. Students must attend Professional Experience.
   
   
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   
   To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item students must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item in addition to the successful completion (mark of 1) of the Professional Experience component. Professional Experience is assessed by the supervising teacher against the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers.
   
   
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   
   Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)
   
   
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   
   To be assured of receiving a pass grade in this course students must submit each assessment item, achieve an aggregate of 50% of the marks available for the summative assessments (Assignment 1, Assignment 2) and satisfactorily complete (mark of 1) Professional Experience.
   
   
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course.
   
   
6. Examination information:
   
   There is no examination in this course.
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   
   Deferred and Supplementary examinations will be held in accordance with the Assessment Procedure .
   
   
8. University Student Policies:
   
   Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .