Course Title: Professional Experience: Responsive Teaching

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Professional Experience: Responsive Teaching

Credit Points: 12.00

Course Coordinator: Allison Byth

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7807

Course Coordinator Email: Allison.byth@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses 

Successful completion of course 053021 TCHE2626 PX: Becoming a Teacher 

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course. 

For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage. 

Complete the suite of pre-placement requirements (child-safe standards module, mandatory reporting, WWC check, WIL agreement, WIL ready module) 

Course Description

In this course you will work collaboratively in a professional learning community to support student and school improvement, as well as each other to improve classroom practice. You will be introduced to the ten principles of effective Professional Learning Communities (PLC) and the role and responsibility of the members of a PLC. You will learn how to assess student learning, record and represent student assessment data, interpret and analyse data, evaluate learning plans, and respond to the findings to improve your teaching and learning and future planning.  

During your professional experience you will continue to develop your teaching practice more generally and participate as a professional teacher in the day-to-day activities of the school. You will also apply your knowledge and understanding of assessment and reporting practices to your own practice. 

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) professional experience (PX) in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience. This PEX is 15 days. 

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following BP320P24 Bachelor of Education (Primary) and BP320PEC24 Bachelor of Education (Primary and Early Childhood Education) Program Learning Outcomes: 

PLO1. Develop and demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and practical knowledge through one or more of the following practices: planning using data; teaching and learning; assessing; feedback and professional judgement; and appraising impact of teaching across a range of disciplines.  

PLO7. Engage with school communities and professional networks and communicate with diverse stakeholders in a range of contexts.  

PLO8. Draw on evidence-based theory and reflective practice to adapt to the changing needs of the profession and to identify professional learning needs to improve student learning outcomes. 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

		Graduate APST
1.	Critically analyse, synthesise and reflect on the role and purpose of professional learning communities	6.2, 6.3
2.	Collect, interpret, analyse and apply assessment data to plan, structure and sequence a lesson series that includes challenging and differentiated learning goals	1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 5.4, 5.5
3.	Develop and apply theoretical and practical knowledge and skills related to assessment moderation and making consistent and comparable judgements	5.3
4.	Use a range of strategies for reporting to students and parents/carers	5.5
5.	Provide timely feedback to students about their learning	5.2

Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as workshops, tutorials, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Teaching and learning may be face to face, online, or a combination of both.  

In your professional experience placement, you will be an active member of a PLC. You will apply your knowledge and understanding of assessment and reporting practices to your own practice and continue to develop your teaching practice more generally.  

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal. 

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes (CLO) and on your development against the program learning outcomes. The assessment is also mapped against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST).  

Assessment Tasks 

	Title	Weighting	CLOs	APSTs
AT 1	Reflect and Report: What is a PLC? How and why do teachers apply the data cycle to implement evidenced based teaching approaches?	30%	1	6.2, 6.3
AT 2	Lesson Planning:  Plan and implement a sequence of 3 (or the equivalent of a sequence of 3) evidence-based lessons	40%	2	1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5
AT 3	Evidenced based feedback and reporting	30%	3, 4, 5	5.2, 5.3, 5.5

 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.