AITSL Standard 5

Standard 5.1
It is crucial to ensure that students gain a well-rounded and balanced knowledge of a subject. To do
this, it must be recognised that students all have different learning capabilities and learning needs.
Therefore, a range of formative, summative, informal and formal assessment strategies must be
utilised.
These range of assessment strategies can use a range of different methods, such as your usual tests,
assignments and so on. However with the wide range of ICT learning tools available, students can be
engaged in games or quizzes that test their learning by competition and add fun to their study. Sites
such as Sporkle and Quizlet provide students with the opportunity to learn by challenging
themselves and receive instant feedback.
For my area of History, I like the idea of using the "Where's your Country" game, to give the
students a knowledge and perspective of the world in a geographical sense, as to understand better
world wards, the Cold war and so on.
Standard 5.2
Timely and appropriate feedback to student learning is central to creating an effective learning
environment. As a teacher it is crucial that you are providing your students with feedback that is
beneficial to them, and given to them promptly as to help with their next learning task.
Feedback must not only be timely and appropriate, but can be given to the students in a multitude
of ways that are effective. ICT tools provide several ways for teachers to give their students
feedback. One example that is simple yet effective is providing the students grades and feedback
comments on an Excel sheet, so this can be emailed to the parents and caregivers as well as the
students.
In my learning area of Senior History, students would often undertake many small written tasks
such as formative and summative source analysis, and as this appears as a crucial component of the
final year exam, effective feedback is highly important in a timely manner so that students can
improve their skills. I would personally use an Edmodo grade book, where students can email me
about their feedback and also reflect on their feedback when they felt the need easily and
effectively.

Standard 5.3
Making consistent and comparable judgements of student learning is central to providing effective
student feedback. Assessment and marking must be fair to all students, and varied to give students
with different learning capabilities the chance to shine.
Using ICT tools such as Sporkle and Quizlet ensure that students are all getting tested on the same
material, with instant feedback from the quiz. This way, students are not disadvantaged by written
comments or lack of. However, it is also crucial that all students are given effective written feedback
on tasks as well. Every answer must be judged on the same merits, unless a student is on a modified
program. Appropriate and encouraging feedback must always be given to every student.
By using and Excel spreadsheet to record the grades of students, patterns of their learning can
emerge from task to task, and also be comparable with other students grades. This can be a good
check for a teacher to ensure they are given correct feedback on a students work.

ALANA THOMPSON

Standard 5.4
The ability to make consistent and comparable judgments of student assessment data, is central to
evaluating student learning and modifying your own teaching practice if it is so required.
The entire learning practice of students can only ever be improved through interpretation of their
assessment data. The use of ICT tools can be an effective way to involve students that are perhaps
not as good at the writing component of my subject areas, English and History. Sporkle provides a
myriad of different learning tasks that can test the knowledge of students, rather than putting them
under pressure to produce a written piece. Through using an electronic Marks book or Excel
spreadsheet, if a students grades are showing a pattern of stagnation in written pieces, then it is
clear a teacher needs to modify their learning practices to improve this students learning.
Once again in History, this subject can often become heavy in written source analysis and essays. By
getting students to complete different activities such as 'Where's my Country,' this will only help
students that may be showing patterns of struggle in their grades for written assessment. Reading
these patterns of assessment is the central way teachers can recognise what the class is struggling
with, and more importantly how individual students are learning or not learning.
Standard 5.5
Demonstrating a range of strategies for reporting to students, their parents and caregivers for the
purpose of keeping accurate and reliable records of student achievement is central to effective
student feedback. It is crucial that teachers are able to share student feedback and achievement
with the student themselves and their family that ideally supports them. Effective feedback of these
achievements and improvements will motivate student learning and enthusiasm to achieve further.
For a student to strive to the best of their ability, they must be praised for their achievements, and
guided through feedback that is positive and constructive how to better their work or sharpen their
skills. Effective student feedback can be written, by speaking with the students and parents, or
through ICT tools. Online reporting tools such as 'Learn boost' provide effective grade books and
student feedback that the student can access and then be shown to their parents or caregivers.
Another effective way of reporting feedback can be done on an excel sheet, and emailed to the
student and their parents. The range of ICT tools available to provide feedback make the ability of
teachers to provide effective and constructive comments to students easy and quick, and also allow
for teacher parent collaboration on their child's learning, as the reports can be given frequently and
make the students accountable.

ALANA THOMPSON