Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Annotation Seven
Annotation Seven
document
Note the focus area and standard Note the type of Describe the artefact / document and Describe how the artefact /
descriptor/s the artefact / artefact / document indicate the possible impact or result on document
document reflects teaching and/ or student learning meet the standard descriptors you
have identified.
7.1 Meet professional ethics The artefact which The core practice document of a This artefact allowed me to
and responsibilities is being school is an important document for a gain an understanding of the
deconstructed is teacher to know and understand. The schools ethics and
Understand and apply the one of my document provides teachers with responsibilities in relation to
key principles described in practicums schools practical guidance on how to their students. This permitted
codes of ethics and conduct core practices incorporate the schools whole school me to follow the professional
for the teaching profession. document. This approaches to learning into their own procedures in regards to
document contains teaching styles (EL Education, 2017). incidents which arose during
7.2 Comply with legislative, important This document allowed me to continue my teaching (APST 7.1).
administrative and information about with the schools current whole school
organisational requirements. the schools ethics, approaches and allow me to By gaining access to this
teaching implement them into my lessons. document, I was able to
Understand the relevant responsibilities and There by allowing me to implement improve my lessons as it
legislative, administrative the range of whole the same strategies as my mentor so includes the whole-school
and organisational policies school approaches the students do not get confused. teaching approaches adopted
and processes required for in which the by the school. This allowed
teachers according to school teachers are The core practice documents also me to experiment with
stage. expected to use to allowed me to understand the frameworks such as TAPPLE
teach their students. responsibilities of a teacher at the and WALT. In addition to
school. As stated by the Department of this, I was able to implement
Education NSW teachers have a the schools administrative
responsibility to ensure that students and organisational polices in
gain the knowledge and skills they the classroom, ensuring
require to become effective learners continuity of teaching
and ultimately effective and strategies and expectations
responsible citizens and understand from my mentor teacher to
and appreciate the values and beliefs myself, with the students
supported by Australian society (APST 7.2).
(2003). Therefore, without this My mentor wrote on the
document there will be serious impacts 14/11/15
on the students cognitive and social
emotional skills. If a teacher was to She abides by the ethics and
ignore their responsibilities the results responsibilities we as
can be disastrous to the students teachers, are bound by.
learning and development, thus the
reason for teachers to act (Mentor Teacher C. McGeary,
professionally and the reason why personal communication,
documents like this one exist, for the 14/11/2015)
benefit of the students.
Department of Education NSW. (2003). Professional and legal responsibilities of teachers handbook. Retrieved from
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-
8#q=nsw+proffessional+teaching+leagal+responsibilities