The Basic Information
Please note that this report form is to be used for metropolitan, country and/or extended placements in the final year. You will need to select the correct number of days/placement.
Assessment Against The Australian Professional Standards For Teachers
On page 27 you will find the Flinders version of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers adapted for assessing pre-service teachers by the addition of a ‘Novice’ strand and an ’Emerging’ strand before the pre- service teacher is expected to reach graduate level. The descriptors are meant to help you decide where to place the pre-service teacher on the developmental line for each of the indicators. It is not expected that they will reach the same level for every descriptor/indicator, but please place an ‘X’ at the point along each continuum that best represents the development of the pre-service teacher towards each of the standards at the end of this professional experience.
3. The Summary Statements
The summary statements are meant to convey a more explicit summary of how you view the current performance of this beginning teacher. It needs to indicate the strengths, achievements and the student’s readiness to assume the full role of a classroom teacher.
Some aspects that you may wish to comment on include: Working relationships
Work ethic and attitude
Classroom management and response to individual needs
Response to feedback and planning for on-going professional learning.
The mentor teacher’s statement will be used to guide the final assessment grade and may also be used as a reference by the beginning teacher.
The Final Grade
This is a new addition to the report and is being trialled in 2015. It has been planned to be on a separate page at the end of the report so that students can choose whether or not they wish to use it. At this stage, regardless of the report, the pre-service teachers will all be given the usual non-graded pass for this topic, so none will be disadvantaged as we assess the feasibility of managing this process so that it has validity. We receive comments and complaints that the reports are of little value in finding the ‘right’ teacher to employ, and often the really hard-working and excellent students are disadvantaged in a system that doesn’t acknowledge their performance openly.
We are asking you to help us trial a process where the school coordinator and the university liaison meet together with the finalised reports and based on the completed report and also using the rubric on page 41 to assign one of the university grades to the overall performance of the student. This process has been decided upon because although many teachers are very experienced mentors, the school coordinator and the university liaison are able to take a broader view as they generally work with more than one student at a time. It also protects the mentor-mentee relationship.
We will be seeking feedback from all participants in this process later in the year, and would welcome your feedback and advice
I thank you in anticipation for the extra work involved in using a new reporting process and hope that we can find a way forward that works for us all. Please feel free to ask your liaison any questions or to contact me directly.
FINAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REPORT Pre-service Teacher Student ID School Mentor Teacher(s) Year Level School Co-ordinator University Liaison Coordinator Dr Barbara Nielsen Teaching Days
Please delete those not applicable
10 introductory days + 30 day block: 40 days 8 week Country Placement: 40 days Extended Placement: 62 days
CONTEXT Please add brief context statements about the school and class:
School sector; size and composition of campus (R-12, Area, Primary); particular features or unique characteristics; index of disadvantage.
School
Class (including children with special needs)
ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS
Please place an ‘X’ at the point along each continuum that best represents the development of the pre-service teacher towards each of the standards at this time.
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE
Standard 1 Know students and how they learn
I I I I__
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate Proficient
Standard 2 Know the content and how to teach it
I I I I__
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate Proficient
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Standard 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
I I I I__
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate Proficient
Standard 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
I I I I__
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate Proficient
Standard 5 Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
I I I I__
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate Proficient
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Standard 6 Engage in professional learning
I I I I__
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate Proficient
Standard 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
I I I I__
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate Proficient
SUMMARY STATEMENTS (You may choose to comment on both personal and professional characteristics)
School Coordinator/Principal
Name: Date:
University Liaison
Name: Date:
SUMMARY STATEMENT (May be used as a referee statement)
Classroom Teacher/Mentor
Re: (Student name) Professional Knowledge
Professional Practice
Professional Engagement
Written by: Date:
SUMMARY ASSESSMENT (To be agreed by the School Coordinator and the University Supervisor)
In our opinion (Insert full name)
has demonstrated the following overall level of performance in this final professional experience:
(Please use the space bar to move the ‘X’ to indicate the level of performance)
X
Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction
NOTES FOR COMPLETING THIS REPORT
The pre-service teacher may wish to submit this report with an application for employment. Please avoid the use of acronyms as student reports are often viewed by interstate and international employers who are not always familiar with South Australian nomenclature.
Please keep an electronic copy of this report and submit the report to the University Liaison.
If this is not possible then please email it directly to: [email protected]
Due Dates: Standard placement 8th June 2015 Country 8 week placement 22nd June 2015 Extended placement 6th July 2015