We all know that butterflies symbolize change, with their stunning metamorphosis from one creature to a completely different creature. They start off as

We all know that butterflies symbolize change, with their stunning metamorphosis from one creature to a completely different creature. They start off as leaf-munching caterpillars without much in common with grace or beauty, and then they transform into gorgeous gossamer-winged beings.

Did you know that to do that, they must first turn into a gooey mess? It’s true — what happens in the cocoon is that the caterpillar’s tissues break down into a puddle and then all of those cells reconfigure themselves into wings, antennae, and beauty.

Britt Andreatta, http://www.soulschoolonline.com/2012/05/do-butterflies-need-stress-management/

….And that is why the butterfly symbolizes change — that in order to truly change, we must experience a little loss of the old and familiar in order to create the new. But change is not easy. Think about the caterpillar’s process:s/he prepares by ‘bulking up’ for the transition s/he finds the perfect place to hang out while everything is going down s/he let’s the change happen s/he emerges slowly and gives him/herself time to adjust to his/her new self

Britt Andreatta, http://www.soulschoolonline.com/2012/05/do-butterflies-need-stress-management

Year 2 2015End of Year Meeting Programme and Practicum 2016

September

‘bulking up’


http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/en/

about/programmes/programme-

handbooks.html

Summer SchoolThere will be a range of course options available

[for those needing to resit EDUC 118] …EDUC 113 runs in Summer School as a replacement course for EDUC 118

A standard Yr 3 enrolment is:

EDUC 321Politics, Philosophy and EducationEDCURRIC 202Languages and Literacy Education Primary 2 EDPRAC 305APracticum: Enabling Achievement PrimaryEDPROFST 313The Professional TeacherEDPRAC 305BPracticum: Enabling Achievement Primary

Plus 3 Elective courses

Expect enrolment information for 2016 to be put on the Faculty's website late October to work around the opening of online enrolment early November.

ELECTIVES

Closest to LIBRARYEpsom

It is expected that students will take 1 option in semester 1 and 2 options in semester 2

Summer School

EDCURRIC 356 Teaching & Learning in the Visual ArtsEDCURRIC 361 The Performance Arts in EducationEDCURRIC 368 Initiating & Supporting Learning in Music

EDCURRIC 350 Using Investigative Approaches

Semester 1

EDCURRIC 339 Developing Classroom Mathematics ProgrammesEDCURRIC 356 Teaching & Learning in the Visual ArtsEDCURRM 301 Teaching and Te Reo MaoriEDPROFST 318 Language Teaching for ESOL: An IntroductionEDPROFST 360 Teaching Languages in SchoolsEDPROFST 365 Beyond Special Needs: Inclusive Education

Semester 2

EDCURRIC 309 Senior PrimaryEDCURRIC 310 Pasifika LearnersEDCURRIC 344 Social Studies: Changes and ChallengesEDCURRIC 356 Teaching & Learning in the Visual ArtsEDPROFST 300 Raising Student AchievementEDPROFST 344 Sports, Games and PlayEDPROFST 392 Effective Practice for Beginning TeachersEDPROFST 319 Teaching Gifted and Talented StudentsEDCURRIC 303 Scientific and Technological Literacies

You will NOT be placed for EDPRAC 305 if you have not completed all DELNA requirements. If you are concerned about this please contact Judy Robinson, Practicum Manager.

The New Zealand Teachers Council REQUIRES that a teaching qualification is completed within 6 years. If you are concerned about this you MUST make an appointment with Tessa Tupai (MIT) Karen Major (Epsom) Judy Taingahue (TT).

Essential reminders:

All EDPRAC 305 placements are unconfirmed until semester 2 grades are in. If other course concerns restrict your ability to proceed with EDPRAC 305 you MUST make an appointment to discuss this. Enrolment in another course during EDPRAC 305 is not permitted.

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place/s to hang out


Michael WillimottTeam Leader: Student Experience and Engagement

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Something important to think about: Attendance and SuccessYear 1 B’Ed cohort 2013 sample

Attend class!!

CANVAS

is coming…..

Official Communications to StudentsElectronic Mail is an official and the primary means of communication with students. All official email to a student will be sent to a student’s current University email address ([email protected]). If the student wishes to forward messages to other addresses it is their responsibility to ensure the alternative address is in place and operating correctly. Failure to read an email does not free students from their responsibilities to understand and comply with the University’s requirements.http://www.calendar.auckland.ac.nz/about/introduction.html The University of Auckland Calendar

The culmination of your programme

This practicum develops the Learning Outcomes to a much more complex level than EDPRAC 201

This is a Stage 3 course in your degree - it WILL be completely different to your other practicum experiences

Placements arrangements are complex at this time of the year. Expect that you may not be notified until after school has closed.You will be sent a notification as soon as possible.There is a leaflet Brief for Part A. This will be posted to you.There is no visiting lecturer in place during Part A.No grade goes on your transcript in semester 1 if you are doing Part B in semester 2. Grades for Part A/B courses go in at the end of both parts.

Important information:Each student completes a form indicating the schools that s/he would like to be considered. This is NOT a school selection process. Expect, and plan, to travel.

Vulnerable Children’s Act 2014

This Act recent came into force. There is a new process for you this year so that you can be classified as ‘core workers’ during practicum. There will be a second form to complete when you complete your school request form.

… and, each SECOND year 2015 student needs to complete a Police Vetting Service Form.

The Police Vetting Form must be completed and returned in person to: Judy RobinsonOffice H211xDuring the following hours;

23 September 9.30am – 11.00am3-5pm 24 September2-4pm 25 September2-4pm

28 September9.30 – 12.302-4pm 30 September 9.30 – 12.302-4pm 1 October9.30 – 12.302-4pm

YOU MUST BRING TWO FORMS OF PHOTO ID AS INDICATED ON THE FORM

You must also send your 2016 Ko wai au to your visiting lecturer in good time before they begin their work with you.

Making contact:Once you know which school you are going to:-look for the school’s website, find out about it ….including the school start date. -send an email to the school co-ordinator introducing yourself and asking for your associate teacher’s contact details (email will be on your placement advice).-wait patiently (some associate teachers will want to contact you over the summer break and others will not). -when you have your associate teacher’s contact details, send an email introducing yourself, asking questions you may have… and include your updated Ko wai au link.

You MUST review and revise your Ko wai au before the end of November so that it describes you as a student teacher NOW. You SHOULD seek feedback on your Ko wai au from your friends and peers … Is this how you want to present yourself as an EDPRAC 305 student (almost beginning) teacher?

Starting the year:Some schools do… some schools don’t

-Have a Teacher Only Day … or Days-Invite student teachers to their Teacher Only Day/s-Make contact over the school holidays-Encourage contact from their student teachers between Part A and Part B

Part A:- has a Brief and is introduced by video http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/schools-departments/ldpp/practicum/practicum-primary/primary-resources.html

- has no visiting lecturer assigned (contact Karen Major if

needed)- has a compulsory on-campus day scheduled- is about you moving from student teacher to junior

colleague. Your associate teacher will expect initiative and independence

- requires consideration of your associate teacher’s needs and responsibilities at the beginning of the year

- is essential for strong practice in Part B- disappears quickly, so it should not be your only Part B

preparation. STAY in CONTACT

http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/schools-departments/ldpp/practicum/practicum-primary/primary-resources.html

http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/schools-departments/ldpp/practicum/practicum-primary/primary-resources.html

Is, in many ways, the culmination of your programme

enables you to become a teacher

has two distinct and connected parts

http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/schools-departments/ldpp/practicum/practicum-primary/primary-resources

EDPRAC 305:

When YOU enrol in EPDRAC 305 YOU

must ensure that:-you have the pre-requisites for practicum

BEFORE you begin- you will have no conflicting commitments

Put the dates in your diary now!Over-estimate the time-frames in all cases. Do NOT schedule important events in between, directly after EDPRAC 305 or at the end of the semester.

Part A – a COMBINATION of campus-based and school-based learning opportunities

Teacher Only Day/s?… other useful contact/involvement before school begins

AucklandAnniversary

2 February 3 4 5

Waitangi Dayobserved

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9 10 11 12On-campus

Epsom

15On-campus

MIT

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Part A campus-based component

Pre-Part A: video PODCAST*

Understanding the Part A Brief

On-campus day Compulsory for all students completing Part A to attend the on-campus day

*http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/schools-departments/ldpp /practicum/practicum-primary/primary-resources

What is the relationship between the Learning Outcomes and the New Zealand Teachers Council’s Graduating Teacher Standards?

Each course in the Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary programme has specific learning outcomes which must be achieved for a student teacher to gain the qualification. It is an Education Council requirement that graduates of all initial teacher education providers demonstrate achievement of the Graduating Teacher Standards.

Your e-portfolio is a PROGRAMME requirement.

For EDPRAC 305…. Three artefact clusters are discussed during the Professional Conversation.By the end of your final year each theme pages must have a minimum of three artefact clusters = 9 clusters of artefacts.

Your e-portfolio must include ideas, thoughts, examples, references etc from ALL course work.There are links to e-portfolio identified in each course.

The Learning Outcomes, the Education Council’s Graduating Teacher Standards and the Practising

Teacher Criteria?

• You will lead discussion during your EDPRAC 305 Professional Conversation related to the Learning Outcomes and the Graduating Teacher Standards

• You will attend a compulsory Programme meeting near the end of your final semester to consider and discuss how your understanding of how you meet the Graduating Teacher Standards enables you to meet the Practising Teacher Criteria.

Let your family and friends know about your practicum commitments NOW

Leave is very rarely approved during EDRAC 305 Your VL doesn’t approve it Your AT doesn’t approve it You don’t approve it

… all leave during practicum must be approved by Karen Major.Application for leave forms are: Available in Forms on Moodle (at the moment)

They are also available from the Practicum Office and the website

SchoolsSchools, , SchoolsSchools

and and SchoolsSchools

Each offers YOU a unique opportunity to learn about YOURSELF as a teacher

Camp, other EOTC experiences and school events

Attending class camp, other EOTC experiences and school events can greatly enrich a student teacher’s learning about becoming a teacher. These are also ideal opportunities for a student teacher to give something back to the school. Student teachers are counted as adult helpers and not as teaching staff.

When camp/an event occurs during university semester time a student teacher’s non-attendance at other course lectures/sessions or to their course commitments/deadlines because of practicum-related activities is not sanctioned.

When camp/events occur during practicum they usually add to the student teacher’s opportunity to achieve success against the learning outcomes. Negotiation in relation to this opportunity (for example, meeting full-class responsibility requirements) is sometimes necessary. You are not required to attend.

Four Key Focuses in Part A

Focus 1: Understanding the complexity of the teacher’s role and the educational context

Focus 2: Forming professional relationships

Focus 3: Focusing on purposeful teaching and learning

Focus 4: Being professional

… prepare you for Part B

Student to Teacher

observation

observationinvolvement

involvement

collectingcollecting informationinformationcommitment

commitment

questioningquestioning

As you change everything changes

http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/schools-departments/ldpp/practicum/practicum-primary/primary-resources

You need to be prepared to:

let the change happen and emerge slowly and give yourself time to adjust to your new self

ritt Andreatta, http://www.soulschoolonline.com/2012/05/do-butterflies-need-stress-management

EDPRAC 305 2016 dates - ALL

Part A – 15 days from the first day that children attend at your practicum school As schools start on different dates, there are many different practicum schedules for student teachers at the beginning of the year. The Ministry of Education requires that schools begins "Between Monday 1 February (at the earliest); and Friday 5 February (at the latest)".

Also factor in Teacher Only Day/s before the school year begins & time in January to become a junior colleague in the school.


http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/EducationInNewZealand/SchoolTermsAndHolidays/2015SchoolTermsAndHols.aspx

EDPRAC 305A&B enrolment

Part B in Sem 2 Part B is

27 June - 8 July and then 25 July - 26 August


EDPRAC 305 enrolment

All 10wks in Sem 1 – second part is

4– 15 April and then 2 May – 3 June

EDPRAC 305 2016 datesYou will NEED time in the school holiday period tooYou are advised to avoid confirming any other commitments until well after your semester finishes You are not able to enrol in any other course which conflicts with practicum

There will be no ‘out of area’ practicum placements for EDPRAC 305 in 2016


It is CRITICAL to your future application for teacher registration that you inform us

If your circumstances change at any time since completing your application processwith regard to:Disability declaration Police vet status

If things are not going well for you there are important steps that we ALL can take…

Use the support services at the faculty

Keep in touch

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We all know that butterflies symbolize change, with their stunning metamorphosis from one creature to a completely different creature. They start off as