Professional Development Self-Review for <Anna Bell>

The Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12

The following table lists the six Principles and their associated components.
(In terms of your professional development through Professional Experience A on each component
rate yourself (as a novice) as: (D) Limited, (C) Adequate, (B) Proficient, (A) Excellent )
PoLT components (Students learn best when ):

Your
rating:

1. The learning environment is supportive and productive.

1.1 Build positive relationships through knowing and valuing each student
B
1.2 Promote a culture of value and respect for individuals and their communities
B
1.3 Use strategies that promoted students' self-confidence and willingness to take risks with their B
learning
1.4 Ensure each student experienced success through structured support, the valuing of effort, andB
recognition of their work
2. The learning environment promotes independence, interdependence and self motivation.
2.1 Encourage and support students to take responsibility for their learning
B
2.2 Use strategies that built skills of productive collaboration
B
3. Students' needs, backgrounds, perspectives and interests are reflected in the learning
program.
3.1 Use strategies that were flexible and responsive to the values, needs and interests of individualB
students
3.2 Use a range of strategies that supported the different ways of thinking and learning
B
3.3 Build on students' prior experiences, knowledge & skills
C
3.4 Capitalise on students' experience of a technology rich world
B
4. Students are challenged and supported to develop deep levels of thinking and application.
4.1 Plan sequences to promote sustained learning that builds over time and emphasises
B
connections between ideas
4.2 Promote substantive discussion of ideas
B
4.3 Emphasise the quality of learning with high expectations of achievement
B
4.4 Use strategies that challenge and support students to question and reflect
B
4.5 Use strategies to develop investigating and problem solving skills
C
4.6 Use strategies to foster imagination and creativity
C
5. Assessment practices are an integral part of teaching and learning.
5.1 Design assessment practices that reflected the full range of learning program objectives
C
5.2 Ensure that students received frequent constructive feedback that supported further learning B
5.3 Make assessment criteria explicit
B
5.4 Use assessment practices that encouraged reflection and self assessment
B
5.5 Use evidence from assessment to inform planning and teaching
A
6. Learning connects strongly with communities and practice beyond the classroom.
6.1 Support students to engage with contemporary knowledge and practice
C
6.2 Plan for students to interact with local and broader communities and community practices C
6.3 Use technologies in ways that reflect professional and community practices
B
Please comment on your current state of professional skill development and where you require additional skill
development. What sort of professional experiences may assist you to achieve growth in these areas? (Your response
must not go beyond this page)
I believe I currently possess the skills to be a good, effective teacher. I am passionate, interested and hard
working in my approach to planning and teaching. I plan carefully, considering learning outcomes for every
lesson. I also continually evaluate the unit plan and the pace at which the class is progressing.
In terms of what I need in order to develop, I really just need practice teaching. The more time spent
teaching, the more time I have to increase and improve my teaching strategies. Part of effective teaching is
knowing the students and their capabilities. This can really only occur when teaching the class full time. A
good knowledge of the students abilities helps to guide effective planning for learning and engagement. I
could benefit from learning more about differentiating. I have not witnessed many teachers doing this
effectively on my placements.

Professional Development Self-Review for <Anna Bell>

By the end of your course you must meet the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
(Graduate Teachers), these standards are listed in the following table. Using the same rating
system as the previous table, complete the table below:
[Professional Knowledge] How well do you:
1. Know students and how they learn

2. Know the content and how to teach it

[Professional Practice] How well do you:

3. Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

4. Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments

5. Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

[Professional Engagement] How well do you:

6. Engage in professional learning

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

Using both tables, what are the main reasons for your high ratings? (brief response only)
I believe I am highly capable and ready to teach. In some subject areas on my placement I was more
knowledgeable than my Mentors. I put a great deal of thought into how to make lessons engaging and
effective and I relate well to students.

Using both tables, what are the main reasons for your low ratings? (brief response only)
I gave low ratings for things that I did not have an opportunity to do during the placement. I also gave lower
ratings for areas that related to strategies. I feel I still need to build a repertoire of strategies in which to draw
from.
Action
Learning Cycle
Taking Stock:

Brief Response Regarding your Professional Development into the future:

Where are you

now?

I am ready to teach. I am confident with using the curriculum to plan

effective units and lessons. I am confident in front of a class. I can manage
a class effectively.

Setting Goals:
Where do you
want to be?

Establishing
possibilities for
action:
What will you
do to get there?

I want to be employed. I would like to be able to expertly facilitate class

discussions to assist students to develop their ideas and find their voice.
This takes experience, sentience and skill.

I will continue to think and plan carefully. I will customise my teaching to the
students I am teaching. I will utilise the lessons I have learnt on placement.
I will put to use the theory I have studied on discussion and facilitating
learning.

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