Introduction to Shakespeare
CONTEXT
- The teacher education student is in the first year of a Master of Teaching degree.
- The teacher education student is completing their second professional experience placement.
- This school is a large academically selective government secondary school (n=1203) in an urban area.
- The lesson is a Year 7 English Shakespeare lesson.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the speci c learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
EVIDENCE ANNOTATION
The teacher education student demonstrates 1.5.1 ‘Graduate achieved’ through:
- Developing teaching and learning programs and/or lesson plans with a variety of teaching and learning activities and resources that link to syllabus outcomes/objectives and which meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
- Developing teaching and learning programs and/or lesson plans with differentiated tasks to meet the learning needs of individual students and groups of students.
- Developing teaching activities resulting from collaborative planning.
G: The goal for the teacher education student is 1.5.1.
R: The teacher education student is ‘Graduate achieved’ for 1.5.1.
O: What specific mentoring strategies could you employ with this teacher education student to help them move towards ‘Graduate exceeds’ for 1.5.1?
W: What is the next step you would negotiate as a goal for them? What will you do as a Mentor to help them achieve this goal?
- Are there external support personnel such as counsellors and support teachers you could introduce to your teacher education student?
- What other strategies could you model for your teacher education student to cater for different learning needs?
G: To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
R: Which level of the graduate continuum are you currently at for 1.5.1? Refer to recent feedback you have received.
O: What specific actions could you take to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students?
- What kind of questioning techniques and assessment strategies could you use to identify student needs?
- Discuss with external support personnel such as counsellors and support teachers how to differentiate teaching.
- Discuss with a colleague how to plan literacy and numeracy sessions to provide a range of opportunities to meet a variety of learning needs.
W: What is your next step to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities?