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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
PP COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
HGES

Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education
This form enables the preservice teacher to summarise feedback from their mentor teacher. The preservice teacher is then
required to arrange a meeting time to share this summary with the mentor and confirm its accuracy and implications for the
remainder of their professional experience. This form is not to be used for assessment purposes. Refer to Page 10 of The
Essentials for more information. The Victorian Institute of Teaching characteristics may assist in framing this
communication.
Completion Deadlines:
Full-time - during Week 3 of both supervised teaching blocks in Semesters One and Two, 2014
Part-time - during Week 2 of both of both supervised teaching blocks in Semesters One and Two, 2014

Date 5/9/2014 Campus St Albans
Preservice Teacher Hamish Moore Student ID 3829548
Mentor Mark McInerney
PP Setting Essendon Keilor College Nidree Campus

Summary of written and /or oral feedback from my mentor
Strengths
My mentor has highlighted the following strengths in my practice and understanding:


Lesson plans are evident and well structured
Class control is exceptional and vocabulary is fantastic
Allow students to discuss and think about topic areas
Differentiated teaching to accommodate all students needs
Use of variety through teaching to ensure students are kept interested
Able to change from topic to topic good flow throughout lessons
Good use of class management
Student discipline is fantastic, students respect me and are alert to new changes
Finishes lessons reflecting on what has been taught and allows students to recap their understanding of the lesson.
Feel very confident in allowing Hamish to teach by himself
Professionalism and work ethic
Student rapport and relationships
Well liked throughout staff and all students
Body language and enthusiasm







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Areas for further development:
My mentor suggests that I should work further on the following areas:


Always continue to work on classroom engagement
Discipline strategies
What works in classrooms and what doesnt
Up to date strategies for ICT in classrooms to engage student learning effectively


My mentor and I have agreed that I will focus on the following goals, strategies and/or experiences during
the remainder of my placement:


Further increase student engagement by mixing and matching lesson plans
Trying what works and what doesnt
Allowing time for change
Communicating in meetings and with parents/carers
Student discipline and management strategies
Complete unit plan with effective assessment to determine student learning and understanding


























Signatures


This form is available for downloading from the Partnerships website at http://education.vu.edu.au/partnerships/

Preservice Teacher Date
Mentor Teacher Date