Details for EXP214 Professional Experience

This experience aims to equip students with the leadership skills necessary to excel in early childhood education and care settings. During this 10-day professional placement, students, will immerse themselves in an early childhood setting, focusing on children aged between birth and 35 months.Students will have an oppurtunity to cultivate nurturing bonds with infants, foster professional rapport with other educators, and engage in attentive observation, planning, and evaluation of play-based learning experiences.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: EXP214
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

• Pre-requisites: EDU101 Foundations in Christian Learning and Teaching 
• Co-requisites: EDU214 Praxis and Pedagogy of Play 

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Observe elements of the cultural, community and family contexts of children’s lives and their implications for curriculum and assessment
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the three organizing principles of the EYLF – Being, Belonging and Becoming – for the development of positive and productive early childhood education and care Centre environment.
3. Describe strategies that support children’s wellbeing and safety working within the early childhood setting, programs and legislative requirements.
4. Define a range of intentional teaching practices-including monitoring, planning, and recording that engage children in learning appropriate to their interests, abilities and needs.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the realities of working in an early childhood setting context.
6. Discriminate by observation and reflection the practices of professional educators.
7. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors and relevant learning frameworks in identifying professional learning needs.
8. Support teams’ work within the Centre’s communities of practice.

Subject Content

This course may be offered in the following formats

This subject involves mandatory professional experience in an early childhood service

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Observational Journal
• Performance Review

Prescribed Text