PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE GOALS

Giving consideration to your course work, feedback from your previous placements, the graduate teaching standards
and your expectations of this professional experience, state the goals to which you intend to give highest priority in
this professional experience EPT330.
1. This task must be completed and discussed with your Professional Experience Subject Coordinator
prior to the commencement of your placement.
2. These goals will form the basis of the targets for your teaching sessions and be drawn from feedback and
guidance from your previous professional experiences.
3. You need to discuss your goals with your Supervising Teacher at the commencement of your placement.

Goal
Goal 1: Standard 1: Know
the students and how they
learn
To gain a through
understanding of each of the
students backgrounds, in
order to effectively implement
a range of effective teaching
strategies that supports the
learning needs of all students
within the classroom.
Focus area: 1.3
Students with diverse,
linguistic, cultural, religious
and socioeconomic
backgrounds.
Focus area: 1.6
Strategies to support full
participation of students with
disability.
Indicators and evidence you
will have to demonstrate you
have achieved this goal
- Develop student and
class profiles.
- A lesson plan that
demonstrates
differentiation for students
with different learning
needs/disabilities.
Actions you will take to work towards
the goal
Demonstrate knowledge of teaching
strategies that are responsive to the
learning strengths and needs of students
from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious
and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Seek advice from supervising
teacher to identify any diversity
within the classroom in order to
assist with lesson planning.
- Implementation of a wide range
of learning styles to increase
student engagement.
Demonstrate broad knowledge and
understanding of legislative
requirements and teaching strategies
that support participation and learning of
students with disability.
- Plan for modifications that
support inclusion: simplify tasks,
utilise teacher aids, use
appropriate resources, visual
aids or concrete resources.

Goal 2: Standard 3: Plan for

and implement effective
teaching and learning
To plan for and implement
effective classroom teaching
and learning practices that
utilise a wide range of
communication skills to
support inclusion.
Focus area: 3.5
Use effective classroom
communication
Focus area: 3.6
Evaluate and improve
teaching programs
- Seek constructive
feedback from
supervising teacher
following lessons or at the
end of the day.
- Incorporate a range of
whole class, group and
individual work into
teaching plans.
- Daily
reflections/evaluations of
teaching that identify any
areas in need of
improvement.
Demonstrate a range of verbal and non-
verbal communication strategies to
support students engagement.
- Use effective, clear and concise
communication of instructions to
support students understanding,
participation, engagement and
achievement.
- Include visual imagery in order
for students to make
connections to verbal
instructions.
Demonstrate broad knowledge of
strategies that can be used to evaluate
teaching programs to improve student
learning.
- Critical reflections/evaluations of
daily lessons, identifying
strengths of lesson and margins
for improvement in teaching
sequences.
 Goal 3: Standard 2: Know
the content and how to teach
it
To effectively organise
teaching and learning
sequences that utilise a
range of strategies to support
the diverse range of learners
within the classroom.
Focus area: 2.1
Content and
teaching strategies of the
teaching area
- Feedback sheets from
supervising teacher.
- Final placement report.
- A lesson plan that
demonstrates numerous
teaching strategies.
Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of the concepts,
substance and structure of the content
and teaching strategies of the teaching
area.
- Discuss with supervising teacher
any teaching strategies I can
incorporate into my daily
lessons.
Know and understand literacy and
numeracy teaching strategies and their
application in teaching areas.

Focus area: 2.5 - Implement different teaching

Literacy and numeracy and learning strategies within
strategies my lesson plans (visual aides).

- Attend professional
development days if possible
during placement.

Other aims you may have for the professional experience:

Attend all staff meetings and yard duties

Demonstrate clear organisational skills
Plan and sequence lessons effectively

Preservice Teacher: _______________________________________ Date: ________________

Supervising Teacher: ______________________________________ Date: ________________

Subject Coordinator: _______________________________________ Date: ________________