School of Education

Primary Professional Experience 3 - Final PEx

UQ Course: EDUC7540

UQ ProgramMaster of Teaching (Primary) | FINAL Year / FINAL PEx
Duration30 days - 6 week block 
Dates11 Aug - 19 Sept
Teaching Load Requirements:
  • 2 days of observation and settling into school environment and context, as well as planning and consulting with Supervising Teacher(s) for future teaching
  • Segments of lessons half way through Week 1
  • Full lessons to start at end of Week 1
  • Sequences of lessons to commence in Week 2 until end of placement
  • Students should be teaching 50% of a full-time teaching load by end of Week 2. This 50% teaching load will continue until the end of the placement. If students and schools are in agreement that they would like to increase this teaching load as the professional experience progresses, UQ is happy to support this. Please note: students do not need to teach more than a 50% teaching load unless this has been negotiated between the Pre-Service Teacher and the School. 
  • Students are to have opportunities to teach in their area of specialisation (Mathematics and Numeracy OR English and Literacy).
  • Pre-Service teacher observations continue throughout placement
  • Students are to collect data throughout the Professional Experience and teach in their area of specialisation to meet the requirements of the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA)
  • Area of specialisation: Please note that all pre-service teachers within the Masters of Teaching (Primary) program have an area of specialisation of either English and literacy OR Mathematics and numeracy. During the EDUC7540 final professional experience placement, pre-service teachers must have an opportunity to demonstrate the teaching of their area of specialisation throughout their placement, with supervising teachers to provide comments on their final report about their performance and ability within this area of specialisation.
  • Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA): During this final placement, pre-service teachers will undertake the Graduate Teacher Performance Assessment (GTPA). The Teacher Performance Assessment is a mandatory external task that all final semester Education students within Australia must undertake in order to be able to graduate. Pre-service teachers must have the opportunity to undertake their GTPA data collection in their area of specialisation.

Please see below the requirements for the GTPA:

  1. A minimum of a sustained four week unit of work in the pre-service teacher area of specialisation with the opportunity to conduct an assessment at the end of the unit. If the summative assessment does not take place during Term 3, pre-service teachers can create a formative assessment to use with students at the conclusion of their teaching of the unit.
  2. Pre-service teachers do not need to teach the full unit or even the beginning of the unit. They can begin their GTPA unit within the first two weeks of their placement.
  3. Pre-service teachers will need to collect some initial data for planning. Some examples of this data may include: NAPLAN data, previous summative assessment results, previous work samples, pre-test (this can be designed by the pre-service teacher), attendance data, behavioural data, discussions with supervising teacher and other relevant staff, observations etc. Please note that all data used within the GTPA is de-identified so that the school and students are not identifiable. We also understand that not all schools are comfortable sharing some of this data. We can work with the pre-service teacher to select data types that the school is comfortable with the pre-service teacher using and will also allow the pre-service teacher to collect the data they need to successfully complete their assignment. 
  4. The pre-service teacher will select three focus students (these students are not aware of this) to discuss in the GTPA.
  5. Continuous data collection will take place during the teaching and assessing cycle (formative and summative assessment).
  6. The pre-service teacher will need to include a copy of the three focus students’ summative work samples in their GTPA submission. These work samples will be de-identified.
  7. Moderation of the three focus students’ summative work samples will take place between the pre-service teacher and the supervising teacher.
PEx Reports:

EDUC7540 Final Professional Experience Recommendations Report * Supervising Teachers are to provide a comment on the overall comment section of the Final Professional Experience Recommendations Report about the students' ability to teach effectively in their area of specialisation (Maths and Numeracy, or English and Literacy). 

 
PEx Pay Claims: 

Please click here for all Supervising Teacher and School Coordinator PEx Pay Claim forms.

Supporting Documentation and Guidelines for Supervising Teachers and School Coordinators
Pre-Service Teacher performance: