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Observation Notes Placement 1
Observation Notes Placement 1
Observation Notes Placement 1
3.7
Engage parents/carers
in the educative process
Describe a broad range of
strategies for involving
parents/carers in the
educative process.
Madeline Demiris
Monday
Pastural Care: N/A
Period 1: grade 9 English
Begin class with 5 – 10 minutes of silent reading, move in to mix and match activity for poetic devices, then an
activity where students provide definitions or examples for different poetic devices. Spent the lesson assisting in
class management and helping students with understanding of different poetic devices.
Period 2: N/A
Break 1: N/A
Period 3: Business and economics
Significantly smaller classroom, large handout given, classroom discussion on different career options and
students preferred career paths, as well as different types and forms of income that the students are learning of.
Period 4: Grade 7 English
Much larger classroom, 30 odd students, behavioral issues evident, spent majority of the lesson reading through
a novel that the class is required to read as a part of their curriculum, students read for 3 pages, teacher read for
5, then audiobook read the final chapter.
Break 2: Duty
On duty on the undercover basketball/netball courts, keeping students with food off of the courts, students with
footballs off of the court, and loaning students balls (students required to trade in their student ID to borrow a ball
in order to ensure that the balls are returned.)
Period 5: Grade 9 History
Larger classroom again, poor behavior evident, multiple disruptive students, teacher aide present. Began by
discussing and looking over a map of Europe in 1789, talking about and asking questions about why differences
exist between this map and present borders.
Tuesday
Wednesday
1.1 2.1
Physical, social 1.1 Content and teaching
2.1
and intellectual She has demonstrated frequently strategies of the An immense amount of evidence has been shared
development and
characteristics of
understanding of this through teaching area and provided to me by Madeleine Demiris,
Demonstrate knowledge
students her use of pacing of classwork and understanding of the including BCE and QCAA structured teaching
Demonstrate knowledge for different students as well as concepts, substance and strategies and curriculum outlines, as well as
and understanding of structure of the content
physical, social and through her use of catholic connections for specific content for
and teaching strategies
intellectual development accommodating learning of the teaching area. catholic school education.
and characteristics of materials for students of
students and how these
may affect learning. different levels. 2.2
Classes are usually structured to present students
1.2 2.2
Understand how 1.2 with key information, before individual tasks are
Content selection and
students learn She has demonstrated this by organisation given to the students that utilises the information
Demonstrate knowledge seating students in arrangement Organise content into an given from the key information, before it is
and understanding effective learning and
of research into how that prevent distractions and teaching sequence.
assessed and feedback is provided.
students learn and the behavioural issues, allowing for
implications for teaching. them to learn the material 2.3
properly. Lessons taught by Madeleine Demiris are
structured to and sequenced based off of the work
assessed and completed previously by students
1.3 1.3 – 1.6 2.3 within a class. This is seen prominently between
Students with Students that fit this description Curriculum, assessment her two grade 9 English class, where one class has
diverse linguistic, and reporting
cultural, religious are present in many of her Use curriculum,
demonstrated to have behavioural issues, as well as
and socioeconomic classes, Personalised learning assessment and a lack of effort from students, further prompting is
backgrounds reporting knowledge to
Demonstrate knowledge plans have been implemented used to get them to reach the same conclusions that
design learning
of teaching strategies that go into great depth on the sequences and lesson her other grade 9 class comes to, allowing them to
that are responsive to learning requirements, plans. maintain similar level of curriculum completion
the learning strengths
and needs of students disabilities and differentiations between the two classes, although one class
from diverse linguistic, that have been implemented to requires more prompting by the teacher.
cultural, religious
and socioeconomic
accommodate for these students.
backgrounds. These cover any issues that arise 2.4
for different learning disabilities, Within planning for history curriculum towards the
1.4 2.4
Strategies for teaching
any differentiations made for end of term 3, Madeleine Demiris has expressed
Understand and respect
Aboriginal and Torres Aboriginal and Torres Strait Aboriginal and Torres the significance of the first nation people of
Strait Islander students islander students, and any Strait Islander people to Australia when deciding what content to cover
Demonstrate broad promote reconciliation
knowledge and students with abilities that are during specific weeks. Although there isn’t a
between Indigenous
understanding of the different to those of the majority and non-Indigenous significant number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
impact of culture, cultural of the students that the Australians islander students within her classes, an
identity and linguistic Demonstrate broad
background on the curriculum has been structured knowledge of, understanding, appreciation and respect for first
education of students for. These accommodations are understanding of and nation peoples has been shown by her.
from Aboriginal and respect for Aboriginal
Torres Strait Islander made for any students with
and Torres Strait
backgrounds. documented extra support needs, Islander histories, 2.5
and allows for full participation cultures and Within her grade 7 and 9 English classes, literacy
languages.
1.5 for all students within her and numeracy strategies have been taught
Differentiate teaching classes regardless of level of extensively. I have taken the grade 7 class for half
to meet the specific ability or disability. 2.5 of the lesson to run the spelling test as well as an
learning needs of Literacy and numeracy
students across the strategies
activity with a focus on different types of nouns
full range of abilities Know and understand and understanding of literacy. On top of this,
Demonstrate knowledge
and understanding
literacy and numeracy within her grade 9 English class, poetic devices
teaching strategies
of strategies for and their application in and in-depth understanding of literature has been
differentiating teaching to teaching areas. taught and its importance has been expressed to
meet the specific learning
needs of students across students.
the full range of abilities.
1.6
2.6
Strategies to support Madeleine Demiris has implemented ICT for a
full participation of 2.6 student with cerebral palsy in order to allow for
students with Information and
disability them to maintain completion within the curriculum
Communication
Demonstrate broad Technology (ICT) at the same level of the rest of the class.
knowledge and Implement teaching
understanding of strategies for using ICT
legislative to expand curriculum
requirements and learning opportunities for
teaching strategies students.
that support
participation and
learning of students
with disability.
Madeleine Demiris Professional Practice:
3.1 3.1 4.1 4.1 5.1 5.1
Establish Support Assess
challenging Within all classes, learning student Madeleine Demiris has student This has been observed
learning goals and success criteria are participation demonstrated this in a plethora learning thoroughly within the year
goals established on the white board Demonstrate
Set learning Identify
of ways. One of which being understanding
11’s assessment feedback,
goals that prior to the commencement of strategies to the use of pair or group of assessment where they were given
provide learning. This demonstrates to support activities, which encourages strategies, thorough feedback on areas
achievable inclusive including
challenges
students the expectations of the student students to push for their peers informal and that required improvement
for students lessons she teaches. participation to contribute to the class formal, when it came to their
of varying and discussion of whatever is being diagnostic, assessment. Things such as
abilities and engagement formative and
characteristic 3.2 in classroom taught. summative text structure, IOPCAM source
s. Within Madeleine Demiris’ activities. approaches to analysis and general
3.2 grade 7 English class, the assess student
4.2 4.2 learning. grammatical issues.
Plan,
structure
structure of the lesson is Manage All activities that were 5.2
classroo
and written up on the board for m undergone by students within Provide 5.2
sequenc students to see and understand activities Madeleine Demiris’ classes feedback to This has been seen thoroughly
e Demonstrate students on
learning the expectations of what is to were thoroughly planned out their learning within Madeleine Demiris’
the capacity to
program completed throughout the organise beforehand, with clear Demonstrate classroom, as well as the year
s lesson. an
Plan lesson
classroom directions for students to understanding 11 assessment feedback, where
activities and
sequences provide clear ensure that these activities of the purpose students are given generalised
using 3.3 directions. were carried out properly. of providing feedback on a large scale of
knowledge of timely and
student
A plethora of highly detailed appropriate common issues and mistakes
learning, teaching strategies have been 4.3 feedback to that were made on the
content and 4.3 students about
implemented and shared with Manage Within all of Madeleine assessment.
effective their learning.
teaching me by Madeleine Demiris, challengin Demiris’ classes, behaviour 5.3
strategies. teaching strategies from both g management was carried out to Make 5.3
behaviour
3.3 Brisbane Christian Education Demonstrate some degree. Many examples consistent and When feedback is given on an
Use teaching comparable
strategies
(BCE) and QCAA have been knowledge of of this has been observed, but judgements individual level by Madeleine
shown to me by Madeleine practical
Include a
approaches to
one of the key examples is the Demonstrate Demiris, students feedback
range of Demiris. understanding
teaching manage implementation of seating of assessment
varies depending on their level
strategies. challenging plans to make managing moderation and of knowledge. For example, a
behaviour.
3.4 challenging behaviour more its application to student at a lower level than
support
Within Good Samaritan manageable, through things consistent and another student will receive
Catholic College (GSCC) staff such as seating students that comparable feedback that could be used to
frequently share resources with frequently display more judgements of be at a moderate level, whilst a
student
each other (considering they challenging behaviour towards learning. more advanced student may
are within the same 4.4
Maintain
the front of the classroom. receive feedback that could be
5.4
department), allowing for student safety Interpret used to be at an excelling level.
3.4 teachers to have access to a
Selec
Describe 4.4 student data
plethora of different resources strategies that Demonstrate
t and support
Student safety is maintained on 5.4
the capacity to
use for in class. students’ a school-wide basis mostly interpret Student data is a significant
reso wellbeing and
urces within GSCC, through the use student part of all classroom
safety working assessment
Demonstrate 3.5 within school of things such as evacuation environments. Madeleine
data to evaluate
knowledge This has been demonstrated and/or system, plans, and various school Demiris has demonstrated this
student learning
of a range of curriculum and
resources, continuously by Madeleine alarm systems, however it is and modify multiple times through the
legislative teaching
including Demiris, through things such requirements. carried out on an individual practice. modification of English classes
ICT, that as raising her voice to regain
engage level within Madeleine between her two grade 9
students in attention from students who Demiris’ class through things English classes. For example,
their are off-topic, as well as using such as risk assessment for any when one class did not
learning. 4.5
body language to display to classes that require it. On top 5.5 complete all of the activities
3.5 Use ICT safely, Report on
Use effective students when she is pleased or responsibly of this, some students with student given to them, the class plan
classroom displeased with their and ethically various different needs have achievement was altered for the following
communicatio behaviour. Demonstrate an Demonstrate
n Demonstrate understanding student safety guidelines built class that covers the same
understanding
a range of of the relevant in to their personalised of a range of criteria, but in less time.
verbal and non- 3.6 issues and learning programs. strategies for (Prioritising learning)
verbal the strategies reporting to
communication
Teaching programs are used available to students and
strategies to and improved upon by support the 4.5 parents/ carers 5.5
support student Madeleine Demiris by safe, and the
responsible and
ICT devices such as the Madeleine Demiris has
engagement. purpose of
reflecting upon the use of ethical students Ipads are managed keeping demonstrated her ability to
teaching programs such as use of ICT in thoroughly by Madeleine accurate report on student achievement,
learning and and reliable
3.6 CURA and receiving student teaching. Demiris, through the use of seen weekly within her year 7
Evaluate and records of
improve
feedback on the usability of programs such as google student English class, where following
teaching this new program that the classrooms that allow her to achievement. their weekly spelling test, any
programs school has implemented for access and monitor students students that have
Demonstrate
broad teaching students. screens and devices remotely, demonstrated improvements
knowledge of ensuring that their use of these receive a lolly as a reward for
strategies that
can be used
3.7 devices follow the GSCC their efforts.
to evaluate Madeleine Demiris has appropriate technology usage
teaching demonstrated this numerous guidelines. *Many of these APST
programs to
improve times through emailing examples were observed
student students’ parents and within the grade 11 External
learning. informing them of their child’s Assessment feedback class
3.7
Engage
needs and expectations within (See Tuesday P3)
parents/carers learning environments
in the conducted by her.
educative
process
Describe a
broad range of
strategies for
involving
parents/carers
in the educative
process.