TRAITS OF MY TEACHING

​Review the National Standard for Graduate Teachers to identify goals for Professional Experience 1

Professional Practice

• Challenge my students and myself through the setting of goals.
• Be able to evaluate my teaching and the program I am teaching.
• Be able to provide student with constructive feedback in relation to their submitted work.
• Be able run an  organise class room.
• Support students in their learning and  aid their understanding.

 
Professional Knowledge

• I want to understand how my student work best and suit their need in my teaching practice.
• Use a variety of sources, media and strategies to teach and how to use them.
• Know how a child develops and how to recognise who is failing behind.
• understand the needs and different cultural background of my students.
• Keep learning during my professional career to improve my knowledge.

Professional Engagement

• Would like to teach in a way that keeps students interested.
• Would like to teach in a way that allows engagement through relating to the topics and finding personal significance.
• Establish a relationship with my students.
• Engage families of my students, mainly parents. (keep communication open).
• Engage with my fellow colleague to improve my teaching practice.

Identify areas that match with one or more of the standards but also look for areas that are missing from your list. I lack the following in the sort of teacher I want to be…

• Curriculum, assessment and reporting.
• Literacy and numeracy strategies.
• Managing challenging behaviour.
• Interpret student data.
• Approve professional learning and improve student learning.
• Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements.

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Identify two of the gaps that you are interested in learning more about during Professional Experience 1.
I would be interested in learning about all of the but the two I am most eager to learn about are…

• Curriculum, assessment and reporting.
• Approve professional learning and improve student learning.