EDN5501 Transition to Teaching Assessment Task 7b Self Reflection Sharon Gould

Self Reflection Against the AISTL Standards

AITSL Standard Not Meets Exceeds Comments

Meets
1 I believe I am beginning to get an idea of how to read
Know students and identify different students and how they learn. As
and how they there were multiple special needs students in the class
learn as well as some high achievers, it was a bit of a crash
course in how to accommodate for different needs as
was a bit of an eye opener and an important learning
curve, though it also showed me how much I dont yet
know. This is something that I think I will develop over
further studies and pracs.
2 I have minimal ability with this standard. In general I
Know the content would know a lot of what is expected to be taught as a
and how to teach background knowledge, but I dont know specifics and
it Im only just starting to get some understanding of the
curriculum. When planning each lesson I did
additional research to ensure I knew the content and I
believe that for the most part they went well. I think
this will be something that increases with further
study, with units that are aimed at particular subject
areas.
3 I am getting an idea of what makes an effective lesson
Plan for and plan, and different teaching strategies that can be
implement used for different learning experiences. This is
effective teaching something I think will increase with further study and
and learning pracs. Improving my time management and my
teaching toolkit will be important focuses.
4 I believe that I have the right attitude and ability to
Create and create and maintain a supporting and safe learning
maintain environment. I was able to engage well with students
supportive and and manage the classroom effectively during my prac
safe learning experience. This is something that will improve with
environments pracs.
5 This is an area I have had minimal exposure to so far. I
Assess, provide have provided limited feedback in marking students
feedback and work. I believe this will improve with further study
report on student and pracs.
learning
6 This will always be ongoing and wont ever be
Engage in something that is finished. As I am so early in my
professional studies, it could be considered that all my studies are
learning professional learning, and I have the desire to search
out additional learning to improve. I have been able to
assess the effectiveness of my lesson plans, teaching
abilities and classroom management along with
feedback from my mentor teacher, and use that to

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EDN5501 Transition to Teaching Assessment Task 7b Self Reflection Sharon Gould

improve each subsequent lesson and my co-teaching

ability.
7 I believe that this is an area I am already fairy strong
Engage in, as I have worked successfully in customer service
professionally for years and worked in positions where I have
with colleagues, needed to successfully network. I feel I can approach
parents/carers others easily, and Im not afraid to ask questions and
and the seek help and advice. While on prac I was able to
community engage with parents successfully with the limited
interaction I had with them. Engaging with parents/
carers and the community as a teacher will be the
main thing I need to improve/ concentrate my focus
on.
Overall Comments:
As this is my first semester in teaching, and my first prac I believe that I still have a lot to learn, but that
as I continue through my studies and participate in further pracs my personal rating will increase
dramatically. I believe that I have the right outlook, attitude and behaviours to succeed with further
study and practice and I thoroughly enjoyed my experiences on my prac

Date: 6th September 2017

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