WELCOME Presenters Name 2011 Pre-enrolment Information New Students BEd(Middle and Secondary Schooling)/BHS

People To Get To Know This Year Kathy Brady –Initial Teacher Education Programs, Director Shaun Filiault –Initial Teacher Education Programs, Co-director Claire Drummond –Bachelor of Health Sciences, Course Co-ordinator, Rick Lambert –Initial Teacher Education Programs, Academic Counsellor Elena Sanchez –Initial Teacher Education Programs, Administrator Courtney Roe –Initial Teacher Education Programs, Administrative Officer Lyn Such –Initial Teacher Education Programs, Administrative Assistant Lisa Warren –Initial Teacher Education Programs, Administrative Assistant Russell Brown –Physical Education Studies Felicity Lewis –Health Education Studies

Where does your degree fit into the suite of Teacher Education Programs? BEd/BABEd/BScBEd/BHSBEd/BDSMTeach (Grad Entry) Early Childhood Primary R-7 Middle and Secondary Schooling Secondary Special Education

Initial Teacher Education Handbook Downloadable for School of Education website

Your BEd/BHS Options Teaching levels –Middle Schooling strand Develop specialist knowledge and skills required for teaching in the middle years of schooling (Year 6 to Year 9) Qualified to teach across 3 different curriculum areas in the middle years –Secondary Schooling strand Focuses on teaching secondary students in Years Qualified to teach in 2 different curriculum areas at secondary level, one of these to Year 12 level –Common course for 1 st and 2 nd year Streams available –Physical Education (Middle or Secondary strands) –Health Education (only Secondary strand)

Your First Decision What do I want to teach as a middle years or secondary teacher? What will I study in the BHS part of my double degree that will help me to become that high quality teacher?

3 Steps To Plan Your Study Step 1 What stream will I select? –Physical Education or Health Education –8 topics, 36 units Step 2 What will be my second teaching area? –4 topics, 18 units

2 nd Teaching Areas Biological Sciences Business Studies Chemistry Creative Writing Drama Earth Sciences English Geography History Information Technology Languages (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Modern Greek, Spanish, Indonesian) Mathematics Visual Arts

Choosing topics for your 2 nd teaching area Step 3 Choosing topics for your 2 nd teaching area See Pages 23 & 24 in Initial Teacher Education Handbook bedmssbhs/bedmssbhs-ms.cfm#healthed3

Finding Your Study Template Bachelor of Education (MSS)/ Bachelor of Health Sciences Physical Education Stream Either Middle or Secondary Strands Page 43 Initial Teacher Education Handbook Bachelor of Education (MSS)/ Bachelor of Health Sciences Health Education Stream Secondary Strand Page 42 Initial Teacher Education Handbook

Planning Your First Year 2 x 1 st year topics for your selected stream –Physical Education HLPE1530 and HLPE1531 –Health Education HLPE1540 and HLPE x 1 st year topics for your second teaching area 2 x 1 st year for the Health Sciences component –HLTH1101 and HLTH x compulsory Education topics –EDUC1120 and EDUC1223

Your 1 st Year template First Year Semester 1 HLPE1530 Foundation Studies in Physical Education (4.5 units) Topic towards a second teaching area (4. 5 units) HLTH1101 Health Promotion for Health Professionals (4.5units) EDUC1120 Teachers and Educational Contexts (4.5units) Semester 2 HLPE1531 Social Contexts of Health and Physical Education (4.5 units) Topic towards second teaching area (4.5 units) HLTH1306 Health Practitioner Practice 2 (4.5 units) EDUC1223 Middle Schooling Philosophy and Pedagogy (4.5 units) Physical Education Stream Health Education Stream First Year Semester 1 HLPE1540 Foundation Studies in Health Education (4.5 units) Topic towards a second teaching area (4. 5 units) HLTH1101 Health Promotion for Health Professional (4.5units) EDUC1120 Teachers and Educational Contexts (4.5units) Semester 2 HLPE1541 Social Determinants of Health (4.5 units) Topic towards second teaching area (4.5 units) HLTH1306 Health Practitioner Practice 2 (4.5 units) EDUC1223 Middle Schooling Philosophy and Pedagogy (4.5 units)

Lutheran Strand Students undertaking the Lutheran Strand enrol in several units of study offered through Australian Lutheran College (ALC) Students will seek eligibility and approval for enrolment from Strand Coordinator, Ruth Zimmermann at Students take their final practicum in a Lutheran school, supervised by ALC staff Completion of the Lutheran Strand prepares you for teaching in Lutheran, state and private systems

Sources of Information Initial Teacher Education Handbook Important and Critical DatesPage 3 Important ContactsPage 4 Criminal History (Police) CheckPage 7 Promoting Safety and WellbeingPage 6 Student Page 5 Professional ExperiencePage 9

School of Education Information web-site –Professional Experience Criminal History Checks Promoting Safety and Wellbeing –Course information Study plan templates Initial Teacher Education Handbook –Student notice board –News –Staff list

Teachers Registration Completion of the BEd/BHS leads to eligibility for registration as a teacher Teachers Registration Board

Honours BHS Honours BEd Honours Extra year of study High Grade Point Average - GPA

Student Study Workload Assumes a full-time load of 36 hours per week to include: –on-campus attendance for weekly lectures –on-campus attendance for workshops or tutorials –completion of assigned readings –completion of assignments Assumes availability 5 days per week –Time-tables alter from semester to semester and year to year Assumes full-time attendance in schools for 4 week block practicum in 3 rd year and 6 week block practicum in final year A few topics are held as intensives in semester breaks and some final year topics start earlier than the rest of the university

Enrolment 5 step process Don’t forget to both enrol in topics and register in classes –Register in classes from Feb Need help? –Enrolment Support Centre in Central Library –Submit a help request by following steps on Page 13

Get Off to a Good Start Orientation Week 21 – 25 February Tuesday 22 February 9.00 am –Transition into First Year Education session –Followed by drop in counselling to check enrolments