EVIDENCE STATEMENT

Preservice teacher Professional Experience Date

Claudia Huppatz Course 17/6
Professional experience 3

Professional conversation with (insert name & role) Lesson/learning experience

Belinda Bink year 5/6 teacher Reflection on 25 day placement

Professional conversation focus: APST focus areas addressed:

EALD levelling 5.3: Make consistent and comparable judgements

Explanation of current knowledge and understanding:

- EALD levelling is the moderation of EALD student work samples against the Language and Literacy Levels.
- The Language and Literacy levels are an assessment used to analyse student knowledge about the English
language and how it works to make meaning and how to use language appropriately and effectively in varied
contexts.
- It is used as a form of documenting student progress and should be used to inform programming and
planning
- In my first week my supervising teacher had the class construct one persuasive text and one narrative under
test conditions. She then collected the work samples from the 7 EALD students for levelling.
- The process of levelling involved my mentor teacher and I analysing each text against the criteria. We would
note their language use and ability to make meaning with purpose. We would then choose the appropriate
level which describes their current ability.

Explanation of how this demonstrates APST focus area graduate level

The process of levelling involved critically analysing students work against a set criteria. As I was not
completely familiar with the criteria it was a long process to find which level the text was best aligned with.
With the assistance of my supervising teacher we were able to determine that the majority of students had
improved and increased a level since the beginning of the year. However their literacy and language levels
are still well below that of other students their age.

Pre-service teacher sign/date Claudia Huppatz 17/6