Standard

Focus Reasoning for Professional Development

Ongoing Professional Learning
Opportunities




1

Know students
and how they
learn.





Focuses on the
significance of knowing
the students within the
classroom environment
and understanding how
they learn in relation to
specific abilities,
learning needs, styles
and preferences.

Focus 1.1 and 1.2 directly relate to the overreaching
Standard, regarding the developmental characters
(physical, social and intellectual) and the particular
teaching strategies and techniques required to
implement enriching learning experiences, which is an
integral aspect of ongoing professional development. In
addition, Focus 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 also interconnect
within the underlying facets of Standard One,
emphasising the importance of comprehending and
attaining teaching and learning approaches that support
students with diverse backgrounds, varying cultural
experiences, specific learning needs and disabilities.


2014 - PAT professional learning seminar.

2014/15 Education Psychology online
course (elearning) that focuses on how
students learn and the strategies and
techniques utilized to create and implement
successful learning experiences.




2

Know the content
and how to teach it.



Refers to computing
necessary content and
being able to adapt
newfangled knowledge
into tangible learning
experiences for
students.

Focus 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6, highlight the
significance of utilising a variety of teaching and learning
strategies that relate directly to the area of teaching,
whether it be Mathematics, English, Science, History,
Humanities and Social Science, The Arts, Technologies
and/or Health and Physical Education. Continual
professional development, sequencing content in an
effective manner that integrates operational assessing
techniques and understanding teaching strategies, will
ensure the implementation of an enriching and
efficacious lesson, that accommodate and respect all
students within the learning environment.



Particular workshops, conferences and
seminars, will assist with my ongoing
professional learning and contribute to the
successful implementation of utilizing ICTs
within the classroom environment.

2014 - PAT professional learning seminar.

2014 - ICT Integration workshop.

2015 - Technology in Schools seminar.






3

Plan for and
implement
effective teaching
and learning.




Emphasises the
importance of planning
and implementing
effective teaching and
learning strategies that
support all learners
within the classroom
environment.

Focus 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4, incorporate the underlying
concept of inaugurating stimulating learning goals and
utilising teaching and learning strategies that challenge
and extend student knowledge, while also outlining the
significance of planning lessons that include effective
teaching strategies which use varying resources and
techniques, further reiterating the importance of
continually professional development. Focus 3.5, 3.6 and
3.7 additionally underpin the essence of Standard Three,
illuminating the prominence of operative communication
within the classroom environment and schooling
community and the reflection process required to
efficiently assess and expand teaching and learning
experiences and programs.


2014 - PAT professional learning seminar.

2014 Differentiation workshop that focuses
on catering for the diverse learners within
the classroom environment.

2015 Differentiation Instruction online
course that relates to the planning and
implementation of affective learning
experiences for all students.






4


Create and
maintain
supportive and
safe learning
environments.



Describes the
importance of creating
and maintaining a
supportive and safe
learning environment,
which not only scaffolds
students education of
sustainable
development and
lifelong learning, but
also assists with the
construction of a
supportive and
engaging learning
environment.


Focus 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 emphasise the eminence of
incorporating inclusive practices to support student
participation and engagement within the classroom
setting. Manufacturing captivating and informative
lessons, stimulating students curiosity by relating
teachings to students interests and demographic,
reinforcing positive expectations and establishing
suitable learning goals contribute to the construction of
prosperous teaching and learning environment for both
educator and students. Focus 4.4 and 4.5, further
elaborate the prominence of strategies utilised to
support students welfare and safety, concerning
international, state and national legislation documents
and appropriate usage of Information and
Communication Technologies.


2015 - Technology in Schools seminar.

2015 - Behaviour Management for Beginning
Teachers workshop presented by Bill
Rodgers.

2015 Inclusion Workshop: Implementing
Strategies; to assist with the creation and
maintaining of a supportive and safe learning
environment.







5

Assess, provide
feedback and report
on student learning.


Relates to assessing
students knowledge
concerning a particular
subject matter, providing
appropriate feedback and
reporting on student
learning.

Assessment is an integral component of teaching and learning
that assists with acquiring evidence regarding student
knowledge, achievement and capabilities and evaluating the
effectiveness of teaching strategies. Focus 5.1 describes the
significance of utilising varying assessment strategies, such as
diagnostic testing, Summative and Formative assessment, self-
assessment etc. to optimise student learning outcomes.
Additionally, Focus 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5, collate with the
underpinning of Standard Five and the prominence of
allocating suitable responses to outcomes, interpreting sourced
evidence and formulating and reporting conclusions.

2014 - PAT professional learning seminar.

2015 - Excellence in Professional Practice:
Improving assessments of student learning
conference.


6

Engage in
professional
learning.

Focuses on the
engagement of
professional learning,
assisting with the
continual development of
teaching and learning
strategies.

Engaging in professional learning assists with the continual
development of reflective practices, teaching and learning
strategies/techniques and the renewing of professional
advancement, which is describe throughout the Focus
descriptors. Focus 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 emphasise the
connotation of the intermittent renewing of professional
development and the importance of remaining abreast and
reefing conceptual understandings and abilities.

2014 - PAT professional learning seminar.

2015/16 - Master of Teaching (Primary).



7

Engage
professionally with
colleagues,
parents/carers and
the community.




Refers to the significance
of engaging professionally
with colleagues,
parents/carers and the
wider community.

Focus 7.1 and 7.2 describe the necessary principles required to
appoint within the code of ethics and specific conduct for
teaching and learning, while comprehending relevant
documentation in relation to legislative, administrative and
organisation polices. In addition, Focus 7.3 and 7.4 express that
the coalescing of participation within the school setting not
only positively impacts on student intellectual, social and
emotional development, but also improves learning
capabilities, increases achievement and assists with creating a
supportive learning environment.


2015 - Effective People and
Communication Skills Training Course.