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Standard 6.1.1 - Identify and plan professional learning needs
Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in identifying professional learning needs.
Standard 6.2.1 - Engage in professional learning and improve practice
Understand the relevant and appropriate sources of professional learning for teachers.
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Mackenzie, overall this has been a successful lesson. The children were engaged learners - very keen to lovate the different countries and what direction they are from Australia. They obviously enjoyed using the iPads for research. Do extend your understanding about the intergration of ICT into lessons. I suggest you study the Digital Curriculum. Ask Yena (supervising teacher) for a copy.
Your lesson plan was thoughtfully prepared. Good to see you included the learning intention + success criteria. However, your supervising teacher uses WALT and you need to decide what terms yo uuse.
It is most important that you modify your practice by studying Yena's comments. Some of the standout comments are the need not to talk over the children. Ensure they are all quiet before you start. You talk too fast. Slow down. From a practical perspective, when you ask questions, give each child 'think time' to answer and see if you can build understandings through further questions. Another point - spend quality time with individuals/groups when going around the class.
Don't forget to refer back to WALT at the lesson closure. Ensure you attend to all aspects of your teaching- details are very important.
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Good to see that you have been listening to the suggestions made by Yena (and me!). Evidence of this can be seen overall in your lesson plan, writing goals that mean something to you and your confidence to be explicit about behaviour expectation and the W.A.L.T (We Are Learning Today).
The children remained engaged in their learning which was an outcome of clarity about W.A.L.T. I do suggest that you get one or two children to read the W.A.L.T and get them to write it in their book. The logical extension is to write down one or two success criteria.
When doing measurement, try to relate to real life situations. Your extension question did this, but the general work didn't seem to do this. Ask the children what certain objects weigh eg. what does a die weigh, what do they weigh, etc. You could have tried to get scales and try to estimate.
Careful with organizational matter eg. getting children to all come get the dice at the same time as it can lead to chaos.
Mackenzie, you have shown that you have grown in confidence and lesson execution since my first visit. You are developing into a fine teacher!
As part of my last placement, both my supervising teacher and tertiary supervisor observed lessons of mine and gave me feedback and constructive criticism. Included in the discussions I had with my tertiary supervisor, were some conversations about what my strengths and weaknesses were in the lessons they had observed (6.2.1). Together, my supervisors and I created some goals that I would try to achieve by taking on board their comments and feedback, as well as engaging in my own professional learning (6.1.1). Through these two reports made by my tertiary supervisor - the first one created at the beginning of my placement and the next one created within my final week - it can be seen that I was able to collaborate and critically reflect upon my own teaching practices in order to refine my skills and carry out more successful lessons (AITSL, 2012).
Through these reports, we are able to observe the reflection and development cycle (AITSL, 2012). One key area that was focused on by my tertiary supervisor and supervising teacher was the clarity of learning intentions (WALT) in my lessons, as well as how I was reffering to this learning intention and relating it to the lesson content. This goal of mine has clearly been effective in allowing me to more easily have my students achieve the learning intention and outcomes; although, my tertiary supervisor has given me even more feedback on how to better use this learning intention which I will be sure to implement in my future teaching (6.2.1).
At the beginning of my placement, I was confident that I was going to be a good teacher, but after teaching only a few lessons and receiving such valid and helpful feedback from my mentors, I was able to make considerable improvements in practice in a small time frame. This only further highlights the importance of consistent professional learning and development, and only marks the beginning of my development into being a graduate teacher. I will continually engage thoughtfully with colleagues and education professionals in the future to further develop my own philosophy, pedagogy and practice (6.1.1).
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