Professional+learning


 * STANDARDS REFERENCED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES **


 * ** PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE ** |||||| ** PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ** |||||||| ** PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT ** ||
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 * Teachers know how students learn and how to teach them effectively || Teachers know the content they teach || Teachers know their students |||| Teachers plan and assess for effective learning || Teachers create and maintain safe and challenging learning environments |||| Teachers use a range of teaching practices and resources to engage students in effective learning || Teachers reflect on, evaluate and improve their professional knowledge and practice. || Teachers are active members of their profession ||


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 * PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITY ** |||||| ** NATURE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ** |||||||||||||||| ** STANDARDS REFERENCED ACTIVITY (Tick those that apply) ** ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   External   ||   Internal   ||   Internal with external presenter   ||   1   ||   2   ||   3   ||   4   ||   5   ||   6   ||   7   ||   8   ||
 * Weekly || Team planning meetings to discuss the planning that is going to take place for the up coming weeks. || ||  ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||
 * Weekly || Staff meeting – briefing of the goings on around the college, updates of important information and PBS updates || ||  ✓   || || || || || ||   ✓   || || ||   ✓
 * Weekly || Team meetings in which we discuss the minutes from the: learning leaders meetings, well being meetings and administration meetings. We also discuss student welfare and other important topics that need to be discussed at the time. || ||   ✓   || || || ||    ✓   ||   ||    ✓   || ||    ✓   ||    ✓   ||
 * Throughout terms 1-3 || Collegiate discussions with mentor || ||  ✓   || || || || || || || || ✓ || ||
 * Ongoing throughout 2011 || Classroom observations of colleagues across a range of subjects || ||  ✓   || || || || || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || ||
 * Throughout terms 1-3 || Collaboration with social workers and other support staff in relation to student welfare issues || ||  ✓   || || || ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   || || || ||
 * 28 Feb & 1 Mar || Teacher – parent meet and greet sessions || ||  ✓   || ||   || ||   ✓   || || || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||
 * Mar - May || Classroom Management Strategies for Graduate Teachers (5 sessions) ||  ✓   || || || ✓ || ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||
 * 15 Mar || Inclusive practices for all learners in our school – Dr. Loretta Giorcelli || || ||  ✓   ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||
 * 16 Mar || Provisionally registered teachers seminar ||  ✓   || || || || || || || || || ||   ✓   ||
 * 21 Mar || Individual Education Plans & Individual Learning Plans || ||  ✓   || ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || || ||
 * 2 May || Mandatory Reporting – Wyndham student support services || || ||  ✓   || || ||   ✓   || || || || || ||
 * Mid May || Observed Rob Vingerhoets conduct a year 9 maths class || || ||  ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || ||
 * 8 June || Learning and behaviour, best practice in inclusive schools – Dr. Loretta Giocellii || || ||  ✓   ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||
 * 16 June || Rob Vingerhoets – Maths PD || || ||  ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || ||
 * 28 & 29 June || Student learning conferences || ||  ✓   || || || || || || || || ||   ✓   ||
 * Jul, Aug, Sept || Involved in year 9 & 10 curriculum development for up coming years || ||  ✓   || || ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||
 * Aug || Organised Drug and Alcohol incursion for year 8 students || || ||  ✓   || || ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || || ||
 * 29 Aug || Anaphylaxis training || || ||  ✓   || || || || || || ||   ✓   || ||
 * 8 Sept || Organised alongside my mentor to take 16 year 8 students to a stage show called ‘Tenderness’ || ||  ✓   || || || ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || || ||
 * 12 Sept || Inclusive education – Loretta Giorcelli || || ||  ✓   ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||   ✓   ||
 * 16 Sept || Organised Police in Schools incursion for year 8 students || ||  ✓   || || || ||   ✓   || ||   ✓   ||   ✓   || || ||
 * THE COMMENTARY ON PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES PRO FORMA **

Classroom observations of colleagues across a range of subjects || Throughout the year I have observed a number of colleagues across the college. From this I have developed a considerable number of strategies, resources and teaching techniques that I have been able to successfully implement in my classroom. I have gained knowledge in areas such as classroom behaviour management, providing clear and explicit instructions, useful student feedback ideas and assessment advice. I have also gained a wealth of knowledge in dealing with student welfare issues, this has come mainly from experienced staff who have demonstrated a number of ways of working with students who have welfare issues at home. || Conducting meet and greet sessions with parents and facilitating student learning conferences || Throughout the year I have been involved in both a meet and greet session and a student learning conference with parents of most of the students in my class.I have also had a number of other face to face, telephone or email conversations with parents as they have become necessary or requested. These meetings have allowed me to develop a professional relationship with most of the parents in the class and of which has allowed me to provide valuable feedback to them and to keep them informed on their child’s educational progress. || Organisation of incursions and excursion || Throughout term 3 I organised 2 incursions for the entire year 8 cohort based on their Health and Economics inquiry unit of drugs, alcohol and the law. I also worked alongside my mentor to organise an excursion for 16 students to see a stage show. Organising these events allowed me to become familiar with all of the necessary requirements of undertaking such a task and has developed my confidence in being able to successfully arrange incursions and to take students out into the community. ||
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