| K1 | <p>Continue inquiries into professional issues related to teaching and learning, identifying significant questions, conducting research, trialling new approaches, evaluating practices, and reflecting on learning and next steps</p> |
| K2 | <p>Develop deep understandings of the factors that enhance children’s learning</p> |
| K3 | <p>Investigate the emotional work of teachers</p> |
| K4 | <p>Understand and critically examine education improvement issues and the complexity of cultural change</p> |
| K5 | <p>Inquire more deeply into the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APSTs) and make links to theoretical perspectives and practical experiences related to effective teaching</p> |
| K6 | <p>Articulate personal theories, use the language of learning, and describe and justify the approaches they use as teachers</p> |
| S1 | <p>Critically reflect on and examine links between theory, practice and personal views and values to extend understandings</p> |
| S2 | <p>Communicate effectively and professionally with colleagues in the University setting and in early education and community contexts</p> |
| S3 | <p>Engage actively and thoughtfully in the professional learning community and undertake leadership roles where appropriate and use problem solving strategies to respond to professional issues</p> |
| S4 | <p>Draw upon prior learning in the Master of Teaching program to inform practice and further develop teaching knowledge and skills through a 30-day professional placement.</p> |
| S5 | <p>Reflect critically on practice and actively seek and understand feedback and take appropriate action to further develop teaching and learning goals based on Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, personal needs, and interests; collect evidence of achievement; identify personal learning and consider next steps</p> |
| S6 | <p>Collect, organise, and manage a wide range of documentation in ethical and professional ways</p> |
| S7 | <p>Prepare a quality professional portfolio related to key teaching and learning experiences</p> |
| S8 | <p>Further explore networks with professional associations to enhance professional learning</p> |
| A1 | <p>Participate in a 30-day professional placement in an early childhood setting. Facilitate the completion of an Assessment Report focusing on Graduate Level Standards</p> |
| A2 | <p>Complete specified tasks during the final professional placement involving planning, programming, teaching, and assessment components</p> |
| A3 | <p>Articulate and discuss, with ECE Mentors, university mentors and peers, multiple pieces of evidence that supports their readiness to teach effectively and independently, acknowledging ways they will engage in ongoing professional learning as an Early Childhood Teacher. </p> |