4.1 Support student participation

Using technology for engagement and accountability

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, 2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting, 2.6 Information and Communication Technology (ICT), 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning, 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, 4.4 Maintain student safety, 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, 5.4 Interpret student data / By Courtney Weaver

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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Literacy, numeracy and Digital Technologies

Leave a Comment / 1 Know students and how they learn, 1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students, 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, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.6 Information and Communication Technology (ICT), 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning, 3.3 Use teaching strategies, 3.4 Select and use resources, 3.5 Use effective classroom communication, 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments, 4.1 Support student participation, 4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically, 6 Engage in professional learning, 6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice, 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community, 7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities / By Courtney Weaver

Situation Literacy and Numeracy are important cross-curricular priorities in the curriculum for obvious reasons. Often people think that teaching students with poor literacy and numeracy skills how to code will give them an opportunity to excel where literacy and numeracy don’t matter. In practice, poor literacy and numeracy have a profoundly detrimental impact on a …

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Cyber Security Club & ECU Excursion

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, 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, 2.6 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, 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments, 4.1 Support student participation, 4.4 Maintain student safety, 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 I noticed an increasing area of interest in Cyber Security with the students at the school. Given that this is an emerging area of industry need, I started a Cyber Security & Coding Club at the school. The club meets weekly and offers students an opportunity to develop Cyber Security and coding skills. I …

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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 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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