Practice in Partnership

In this unit, preservice teachers undertake an extended and continuous period of teaching in a primary school. They take increasing responsibility for the classroom program, as professional competence develops and manage their progress towards professional competence and recognition (in conjunction with the classroom mentor teacher(s), the school partnership coordinator and the assigned university colleague). They also meet regularly with mentors to monitor their developing competence and confidence as a preservice teacher. Through this unit and while on placement, pre-service teachers will contribute to school and student learning by demonstrating collaboration and professionalism, perform the teaching and other duties of a graduating teacher to demonstrate their readiness to meet the requirements of the graduating teacher as indicated by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT).