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CONNECT: EDUCATION CONNECT: EDUCATION 2 OUR FACULTY 4 FIVE REASONS TO STUDY EDUCATION 5 OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCEL 6 HEAD OF THE CLASS 12 STUDY OPTIONS WELCOME There are a number of reasons why an education qualification from the Faculty of Education at UOW is highly valued. It’s not only the nature of our programs, the international teaching opportunities, the reputation of our staff and our cutting-edge teaching practices, but it’s also our use of the latest educational technology and a graduate employment rate well beyond other similar institutions. These factors contribute to the high quality of the qualification you will obtain with us. In fact, according to the 2010 UOW Student Experience Survey, 98% of all Education students would recommend UOW and 92% of all Education students agree that their course helped them acquire work-related skills. Our Preservice Teacher Education degrees are informed by highly intensive research-lead practices, which means you will be able to teach in a range of school systems: state, independent and Catholic, in Australia and overseas. Our graduates have found jobs all around the world, including the UK, USA and Canada. This booklet contains information about our Faculty as well as providing details of our facilities, resources and procedures across the University that will support you in your studies. I am confident that the opportunities we are able to offer you will ensure that you enjoy your time here. I wish you all the best for your studies. PROFESSOR PAUL CHANDLER DEAN, FACULTY OF EdUCATION EDUCATION 1 WHAT WE DO CONNECT: OUR FACULTY 2 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG Have you ever had a teacher that inspired or impressed you? That teacher, most likely, helped you achieve your best. Teachers have always played a major role in shaping the lives of others. At UOW, our teaching programs offer you the best preparation for a career in teaching by placing you as a pre-service teacher in schools, sooner. GRADUATE OUTCOMES As a graduate from the Faculty of Education you will: have a sound educational knowledge and understanding of the teaching profession at a state, national and international level. engage with new ideas and seek to extend knowledge through research and analysis. take on challenges and opportunities by applying logic, innovation and a flexibile approach. be collaborative and able to articulate ideas using different media. have ability and propensity to act responsibly and empathetically in school and community contexts. There are many avenues of progression in an Educational career: Child Care Worker, Educational Consultant, Educational Manager, High School Teacher in Art/ Computing/Science/Drama/English/History/ Mathematics/Music/Science, Outdoor Education Teacher, PHE Teacher, Pre-school Teacher, Primary Teacher, Private College Teacher, Recreational Activities Coordinator, School Counsellor, School Principal, Sport Development Officer, TAFE Teacher, Training and Development Officer. FIVE REASONS TO STUDY EDUCATION 1. MODERN FACILITIES 2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES – At UOW you will receive training in the HERE AND ABROAD AT UOW latest technology so that you are well At UOW you’ll be teaching in classrooms prepared when you enter the classroom. from your very first session. Learning Education at UOW connects Facilities include our own Curriculum by doing—the Professional Experience you with people, programs and Resource Library and interactive program—is the heart of our teacher technology to enhance your whiteboards as well as ongoing high- training. Throughout your degree, you level research in teacher education can spend up to 16 weeks teaching in learning experience. breakthroughs. schools and classrooms. You’ll prove the theory you learn. When you graduate you’ll start work knowing that you have what it takes to succeed. These experiences can be local or overseas in countries such as Fiji, China, Malaysia and Thailand. 3. PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS 4. WE’RE INVESTED IN 5. LEARN FROM OUR GRAdUATES PROGRAM OUR COMMUNITY The Faculty of Education run Alumni For students in the Early Years program The Faculty of Education has very strong Mentored Interviews for final year you will also have access to the community ties with public, Catholic and Education students in preparation for their Professional Partners Program (PPP). independent schools across the Illawarra compulsory Department of Education and This program will provide you with real and South East region. In particular, the Communities (DEC) interviews for their world experience working with children Faculty has established partnerships teaching accreditation. The program is in the context of their families and with the Department of Education and unique to UOW. communities. The skills and knowledge Communities (DEC) under the NSW It’s your opportunity to meet one on one you will learn from children, their Smarter Schools National Program. with our graduates and be interviewed families and early childhood staff in ‘real We regularly work with schools from in a formal setting. Our students find situations’ are crucial to your professional Sutherland down to the Victorian border that this helps prepare them for their development. This experience will allow and south west to the Southern Highlands DEC interviews. you to build connections to the profession as well as areas in the west of NSW. of early childhood education. In these one-on-one interviews students This means you can also get involved with are asked the kind of questions they can the community. You can do this through expect in their DEC interview and are service learning as part of the Education provided advice on how to best prepare for Social Equity subject, being a mentor for that interview. through the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, or working in one of the indigenous schools that we work with. 4 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCEL DEAN’S SCHOLAR The Dean’s Scholar program provides an enriched educational experience for high achieving students. Students enrolled in Dean’s Scholar degrees will fulfill the same requirements for their respective courses but will be allocated an academic mentor and engage in enriched assessment tasks in specified subjects. Students will benefit from: Extended library privileges Designated study space $500 textbook allowance per year (pro rata for part-time) Opportunities to attend Faculty workshops and seminars End of year lunch and other relevant activities with the Dean and Mentors SCHOLARSHIPS We offer a number of scholarship opportunities for Education students, including: KAZACOS FOUNDATION This Work Integrated Learning Scholarship has been designed to support an Early Years student from the Faculty of Education to gain valuable experience at one or both of the early childhood centres located in Bowral and Sutherland. ILLAWARRA AREA CHILD CARE COmmUNITY SCHOLARSHIP This scholarship is offered to first year Faculty of Education Early Years students. HAZEL HOLmwOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP IN QUALITY TEACHING This scholarship rewards and encourages students with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in practice and leadership through quality teaching. This scholarship is offered to Faculty of Education, Bachelor of Primary Education students. IVAN BANDUR DIPLOMA IN EdUCATION SCHOLARSHIP The purpose of the Ivan Bandur Scholarship is to increase opportunities for local students studying to become teachers. This scholarship is for students from the Batemans Bay Campus who are enrolled in the Graduate Diploma of Education. AUNTY MARY DAVIS SCHOLARSHIP The promotion and development of Indigenous students in teacher education is a part of the Faculty’s ongoing commitment to Indigenous education. This scholarship is offered to first year Indigenous students from The Early Years degree or the Bachelor of Primary Education. BIG FAT SmILE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP Big Fat Smile is a not-for-profit community organisation, providing affordable, quality services to children and their families in the Illawarra. Big Fat Smile is offering a community scholarship to final year students studying ‘The Early Years’. For more information go to uow.edu.au/about/scholarships EDUCATION 5 HEAD OF THE CLASS On your way to becoming a teacher, we’ll show you proven methods and the latest theories. And we’ll show you how to use what you know in any classroom. Wherever they are, UOW Education graduates are rising to the top. 6 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG LEIF SMITH Head TeacheR at ThoMas Reddall HIGH School, AMBARVale, CAMPBelltowN BacheloR of PhYSIcal & Health EducatIOn – Class I HONouRS Leif Smith has always loved sports, studying the Bachelor of difference,” and for me that is what I enjoy most—going to work Physical and Health Education allowed him to combine his every day and making a difference in a kid’s life.” passion for sport with his desire to teach and make a difference. Leif credits UOW’s reputation as something that drew him to study “UOW has always had an outstanding reputation for producing here, but also the potential to get involved with sport on campus. quality PDHPE teachers. The lecturers and tutors are all experts “I went to the Australian University Games three times for track in their field, and because these experts give you the right and field and it was an experience I will never forget, a brilliant ammunition, the skills and philosophies, you have the confidence social activity that combines university and sport. I played for to go out there and succeed.” the University Rugby Club and the University Cricket Club, the When Leif graduated he received a targeted place and went to camaraderie in the University sporting teams in the Illawarra Tamworth High School. He taught there for five years before competitions is fantastic. I still go along and watch a game of returning to the region to teach at Thomas Reddall High School rugby here and there—in fact, since I’ve been back in Wollongong where he is now a head teacher. the cricket club still gives me a call every now and then and asks me to fill in.” “The most rewarding part of my job is working with a bunch of extremely motivated staff.

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