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.
SECONDARY

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?

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