ETP120: Teaching and Learning 2 Week by week suggested guideline Professional experience in schools helps to develop the professional knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for beginning teachers. The professional experience promotes learning about professional contexts, about educational settings and practices, about schools and other learning settings and most importantly about teaching and learning strategies that foster students’ growth and development. The following schedule is a guide to provide ideas and elaborate on the unit content and in-school learning tasks. The schedule can be varied according to the needs/situations of the school, the context and pre-service teacher. TIMELINE PRE-SERVICE TEACHER MENTOR TEACHER Make sure your criminal history has been completed. Organise a timetable of days of attendance for the pre-service teacher. • • Make contact with your Mentor teacher to establish a relationship Familiarise yourself with the requirements of the professional • • and provide the details they will need (a is preferable) experience handbook and with the assessment forms. Before the If possible clarify details regarding placement and initial • Professional expectations of placement. Experience Prepare yourself for the commitment of a school day: 20 minutes • before the students start school in the morning and at least one hour after school finishes for students, possibly more, depending upon the activities that the school has organised for staff. Establish or re-establish relationship with students, mentor and Introduce or re-introduce the pre-service teacher to the principal and • • Professional Learning leader (PLL) as applicable other staff where appropriate. Acquaint yourself with the routines of the school. Take note of with the pre-service teacher about the specific requirements of the • • your yard duty and meeting commitments. professional experience and how they can be accommodated. Day 1 & 2 of the Work as a co-professional with the mentor teacher. Discuss individual student needs and behaviour management strategies • • Professional that are effective and part of the class/es routine. Give your mentor teacher an outline of all the things you need to • Experience do during the professional experience. Decide 1 2 lessons that the pre-service teacher can teach. Ask • – teachers to email their lesson plans so you can provide feedback You will need to write a lesson plan for each lesson that you • and help them locate resources to support their planning. teach during the professional experience. You can either use one of the lesson plan templates located at or design your own Discuss how you will give feedback when you are observing the • template in conjunction with your mentor teacher. teacher teach. Observation feedback templates can be found at
ETP120: Teaching and Learning 2 Week by week suggested guideline Professional experience in schools helps to develop the professional knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for beginning teachers. The professional experience promotes learning about professional contexts, about educational settings and practices, about schools and other learning settings and most importantly about teaching and learning strategies that foster students’ growth and development. The following schedule is a guide to provide ideas and elaborate on the unit content and in-school learning tasks. The schedule can be varied according to the needs/situations of the school, the context and pre-service teacher. TIMELINE PRE-SERVICE TEACHER MENTOR TEACHER Before the Professional Experience • Make sure your criminal history has been completed. • Make contact with your Mentor teacher to establish a relationship and provide the details they will need (a is preferable) • If possible clarify details regarding placement and initial expectations of placement. • Prepare yourself for the commitment of a school day: 20 minutes before the students start school in the morning and at least one hour after school finishes for students, possibly more, depending upon the activities that the school has organised for staff. • Organise a timetable of days of attendance for the pre-service teacher. • Familiarise yourself with the requirements of the professional experience handbook and with the assessment forms. Day 1 & 2 of the Professional Experience • Establish or re-establish relationship with students, mentor and Professional Learning leader (PLL) as applicable • Acquaint yourself with the routines of the school. Take note of your yard duty and meeting commitments. • Work as a co-professional with the mentor teacher. • Give your mentor teacher an outline of all the things you need to do during the professional experience. • You will need to write a lesson plan for each lesson that you teach during the professional experience. You can either use one of the lesson plan templates located at or design your own template in conjunction with your mentor teacher. • Introduce or re-introduce the pre-service teacher to the principal and other staff where appropriate. • with the pre-service teacher about the specific requirements of the professional experience and how they can be accommodated. • Discuss individual student needs and behaviour management strategies that are effective and part of the class/es routine. • Decide 1 – 2 lessons that the pre-service teacher can teach. Ask teachers to email their lesson plans so you can provide feedback and help them locate resources to support their planning. • Discuss how you will give feedback when you are observing the teacher teach. Observation feedback templates can be found at
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