3.6 Evaluate and improve teaching programs

Using technology for engagement and accountability

Situation In my subject area, there are often a lot of early concepts that students need to learn before they are able to get to the “fun stuff” of being able to create things. I found it very difficult to engage students in this sort of teaching but without it, students were disadvantaged with what …

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Data Science Activity

Leave a Comment / 1 Know students and how they learn, 1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities, 1.6 Strategies to support full participation of students with disability, 2 Know the content and how to teach it, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.2 Content selection and organisation, 2.4 Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, 2.6 Information and Communication Technology (ICT), 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning, 3.1 Establish challenging learning goals, 3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs, 3.4 Select and use resources, 3.6 Evaluate and improve teaching programs, 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments, 4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically, 6 Engage in professional learning, 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice, 6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning, 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community, 7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities, 7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements, 7.4 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities / By Courtney Weaver

Situation The WA Curriculum outlines that students in Year 8 should be able to “acquire, analyse, visualise and evaluate various types of data.” They should also “use structured data to model objects and events that shape the communities they actively engage with. They further develop their understanding of the vital role that data plays in …

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Teaching students to code

Leave a Comment / 1 Know students and how they learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities, 2 Know the content and how to teach it, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.2 Content selection and organisation, 2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting, 2.6 Information and Communication Technology (ICT), 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning, 3.1 Establish challenging learning goals, 3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs, 3.3 Use teaching strategies, 3.4 Select and use resources, 3.5 Use effective classroom communication, 3.6 Evaluate and improve teaching programs, 3.7 Engage parents / carers in the educative process, 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments, 4.2 Manage classroom activities, 4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically, 5 Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning, 5.1 Assess student learning, 5.2 Provide feedback to students on their learning, 5.3 Make consistent and comparable judgements, 5.4 Interpret student data, 5.5 Report on student achievement, 6 Engage in professional learning, 6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice, 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community, 7.3 Engage with the parents/carers, 7.4 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities / By Courtney Weaver

Situation As a digital technologies teacher, one of the principal skills that I need to teach students is how to code. The WA curriculum deliberately has a very broad interpretation of teaching coding focussing on the general principles to help students develop crucial problem-solving skills rather than mandating a particular language. This is great in …

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CMS Training

Leave a Comment / 1 Know students and how they learn, 1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students, 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning, 3.3 Use teaching strategies, 3.5 Use effective classroom communication, 3.6 Evaluate and improve teaching programs, 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments, 4.1 Support student participation, 4.2 Manage classroom activities, 4.3 Manage challenging behaviour, 4.4 Maintain student safety, 6 Engage in professional learning, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice, 6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning, 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community, 7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities, 7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements / By Courtney Weaver

Situation During my first semester of teaching, I was finding managing behaviour in my classroom quite challenging. Luckily, the school was in the process of ensuring that all staff were trained in the CMS program to ensure consistent approaches to behaviour management and engagement were applied across the school. I was offered a place in …

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Graduate Coaching

Leave a Comment / 1 Know students and how they learn, 1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities, 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning, 3.1 Establish challenging learning goals, 3.3 Use teaching strategies, 3.5 Use effective classroom communication, 3.6 Evaluate and improve teaching programs, 5 Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning, 5.2 Provide feedback to students on their learning, 6 Engage in professional learning, 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice, 6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning, 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community, 7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities, 7.4 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities / By Courtney Weaver

Situation As a graduate teacher, I was able to undertake the Department of Education Graduate Modules. During Graduate Module 1, I was made aware of the professional in-class coaching program. During my first semester of teaching, I identified that as a graduate teacher I had many areas where my practice could be improved – specifically …

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Graduate Modules

Leave a Comment / 1 Know students and how they learn, 1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds, 1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities, 1.6 Strategies to support full participation of students with disability, 2 Know the content and how to teach it, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.2 Content selection and organisation, 2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting, 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning, 3.1 Establish challenging learning goals, 3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs, 3.3 Use teaching strategies, 3.4 Select and use resources, 3.5 Use effective classroom communication, 3.6 Evaluate and improve teaching programs, 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments, 4.1 Support student participation, 4.2 Manage classroom activities, 5 Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning, 5.1 Assess student learning, 5.2 Provide feedback to students on their learning, 5.3 Make consistent and comparable judgements, 6 Engage in professional learning, 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice, 6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning, 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community, 7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities, 7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements, 7.4 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities / By Courtney Weaver

As a graduate teacher in a Western Australian public school, I was eligible to attend the 4 graduate professional development modules offered by the Department of Education. The graduate modules afforded me an opportunity to learn about and improve my teaching practice. Graduate Module 1 The focus of Graduate Module 1 was … Graduate Module …

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