Assessment Presentation & Submission Guidelines

Please follow these guidelines when you submit each assignment:

• Allow a left and right-hand margin of at least 2cm in all assignments.

• Please type all assignments using 12-point font and 1.5 spacing.

• All assessments must be submitted through Turnitin in .doc or .pdf format

• It is the onus of the student to ensure that all assessments are successfully submitted through Turnitin.

• Faculty assignment cover sheets are NOT required.

Draft Submissions & Turnitin Originality Reports

• Students may use Turnitin’s Originality Report as a learning tool to improve their academic writing if this option is made available in the unit.

• Students are strongly encouraged to upload a draft copy of each assessment to Turnitin at least one week prior to the due date to obtain an Originality Report.

• The Originality Report provides students with a similarity index that may indicate if plagiarism has occurred. Students will be able to make amendments to their drafts prior to their final submission on the due date.

• Generally, one Originality Report is generated every 24 hours up to the due date.

When preparing your assignments, it is essential that:

• Students regularly save a copy of all assignments before submission,

• Unless there are exceptional circumstances, no assessment will be accepted after the date that the assessment has been returned to other students.

• If an assessment is considered to be below passing standard, another staff member on the unit will provide a second opinion. Failed assessments can not be re-submitted as they are all double-marked as a part of the moderation process.

Final Submissions

• Students are responsible for checking that their submission has been successful and has been submitted by the due date and time.

University policy on grading

Criteria for awarding grades for assessment tasks

Assignments will be awarded grades ranging from HD to F according to guidelines set out in the University's Grading Policy. The following descriptive criteria are included for your information.

Note: If you fail a unit with a professional experience component the fail grade will be on your transcript irrespective of the timing of when the placement takes place.

Criteria for awarding grades in the unit

Students will be awarded grades ranging from HD to F according to guidelines set out in the policy: https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/assessment-in-effect-from-session-2-2016

The following generic grade descriptors provide university-wide standards for awarding final grades.

Professional Experience Unit Placement Expectations

• Students must be able to present evidence of completion of the following prior to semester census date in order to receive a placement for Professional Experience:

• • A Working with Children Check or State/ Territory equivalent

  • Anaphylaxis training (practical and online training) (school placements only)

  • Child Protection online training (school placements only)

• A Working with Children Check or State/Territory equivalent is required by the end of Week 3 to be eligible for a placement. Students may need to withdraw from this unit if this has not been obtained in time.

• Students who are completing a unit offered by another department are expected to inform and negotiate with that unit convener about their professional experience block dates and to discuss how that unit's requirements can be met. For some situations, it may mean that you are enrolled externally for that unit so that your attendance for tutorials for that unit is not impacted.

• Feedback from Tertiary Supervisors and/or Supervising Teachers is of a general nature. It is incumbent on the student to check the requirements of assessments against the marking criteria and unit outcomes prior to submission.

Other important policies

Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:

Academic Honesty Policy: http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html

Assessment Policy: http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html

Grade Appeal Policy: http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html

Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public:

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html​

Special Consideration Policy:

https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration The Special Consideration Policy is effective from December 4th 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.

In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/

Results

Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.

Classes

The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/  

• 1 hour lectures will be held on Fridays 11.00 o'clock in W5AT1.
• 2 hour tutorials will be held weekly for internal students. Tutorials are timetabled for Friday It is expected that students tutorial will attend the lecture prior to their tutorial.
• External students are to attend two compulsory on campus day on 21st and 22nd April 9am-4.30pm
• In order to be eligible for a passing grade, students must meet the following requirements:
• Internal students must attend at least 80% of all tutorials
• External students must attend the compulsory on-campus sessions
• Satisfactorily complete a three week professional experience placement from May 1st- May 19th (including 5 observation days before this block)
• Complete all three assessments.

Texts Required

• Porter, L. (2016). Young children’s behaviour. Guidance approaches for early childhood educators. (4^th Ed.). Marrickville: Allen and Unwin.
• Arthur, L, Beecher, B. Death, E. Dockett, S. & Farmer, S. (2015). Programming and planning in early childhood settings. (6th Ed.). Victoria: Cengage. (required text for  ECHP122)
• Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations. (2009). Belonging, Being and Becoming. The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia. (required text for  ECHP122)
• Perrin, R. (2015). Pocket guide to APA style (5th ed). Boston, USA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. (required text for degree)