Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EDUM030: Professional Learning (School Direct)

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Aims

The aim of the module is to enable students to demonstrate reflection on their professional development and provide evidence of achievement of the range of essential knowledge, skills and experience listed in the Teachers’ Standards required by the NCTL for QTS, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here - you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. recognise pupils learning needs and interpret these learning needs in order to plan, teach, assess and evaluate lessons and schemes of work; 2. demonstrate confident academic and pedagogic subject knowledge to teach across two designated Key Stages; 3. demonstrate secure understanding of the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum and assessment regulations for teaching in your designated Key Stages;
Discipline-Specific Skills	4. demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate your personal professional learning; 5. demonstrate the ability to plan your future professional development needs;
Personal and Key Skills	6. manage your own learning development; 7. learn effectively and be aware of your own learning strategies; 8. work productively in different kinds of teams (formal, informal, project based, etc); and 9. think creatively about the main features of a given problem and develop strategies for its resolution.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

This module relates directly to spending a full academic year in a school placement. During this time, you will have a second placement in a different school of at least 6 weeks in length. While you are working in school, you will compile evidence of your professional learning and of meeting the competencies listed in the professional standards required by the NCTL for the award of QTS.

Your training will be delivered using the Exeter Model of Initial Teacher Education, widely recognised as an exemplary framework for teacher education. During your time in school you will study two co-required modules: Subject and Curriculum Studies, and Education and Professional Studies. These will be delivered by distance learning using the University of Exeter’s virtual learning environment, ELE. Throughout the year your development will be supported by experienced teachers and by a University Link Tutor who will visit you in school.

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
600	0	600

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Guided Independent Study	600	Self-directed reading related to classroom practice;
Placement	600	A range of learning activities including: classroom observations and teaching; tutorials including discussion about professional learning; written critical reflection on progress towards achieving the required professional standards; and written action plans for further development.

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Written and oral critical reflection on professional learning evidenced by Formative Reflections on Achievement and Progress in the IDP.	Continuous assessment of professional learning throughout the programme.	1-9	Verbal feedback; written feedback in Formative Reflections on Achievement and progress; and Action Plans agreed with tutor.

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Portfolio of evidence of achievement of the professional standards required by the NCTL for QTS.	100	Portfolio to be developed during the 36 weeks of the programme.	1-9	Pass/Fail indicated by Final Summative Report

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Portfolio of evidence	Portfolio of evidence	1-7	See notes below.

Re-assessment notes

RE-ASSESSMENT NOTESIf a submitted portfolio is deemed to be a Fail, you will be given feedback outlining what needs to be done to bring the portfolio to a pass standard and one opportunity for resubmission will be allowed, based on an additional school placement if this is confirmed by the Consequences Board following the Examination Board for the PGCE School Direct programme.

The resubmission would normally be made at the end of the additional placement.