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Goal Setting

Setting goals
Things I think I did really well Evidence Relevant APST
during my last professional
experience

Organisation for lessons - Completed lesson 2.1 Content and

plans and teaching strategies
resources before of the teaching area
lessons
- Engaged students

Used a variety of teaching - Explored the use 2.1 Content and

strategies of different teaching strategies
activities to of the teaching area
engage students
3.3 Use teaching
strategies

Building positive - Built rapport with 1.1 Physical, social

relationships with students students and intellectual
development and
characteristics of
students

Developed behavioural - Developed 4.3 Manage

management strategies effective challenging
strategies to behaviour
meet the specific
behavioural
needs of the
class

Things I found challenging Action Plan Relevant APST

during my last professional
experience How will I improve?

Using Indigenous - Seek researched 1.4 Strategies for

perspectives strategies for teaching Aboriginal
meaningful and Torres Strait
connections with Islander students
Indigenous
Perspectives
- Discuss the use
of Indigenous
perspectives in
the school with
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mentor teach

Including relevant - Consider early 1.5 Differentiate

extension activities for finishers in teaching to meet the
early finishers planning specific learning
- Develop needs of students
resources and across the full range
learning of abilities
experiences
based on
research

Use diagnostic assessment - Conduct 2.3 Curriculum,

as a tool for understanding assessment assessment and
student needs - Use information reporting
to plan for
student needs

GOAL

I will use Indigenous perspectives in the teaching of 3 lessons

ACTION PLAN

1. Discuss with my mentor teacher how Indigenous perspectives have been

used previously
2. Research the effective strategies used for the use of Indigenous
perspectives
3. Reflect on the effectiveness of the strategies used

GOAL

I will use provide extension activities for students who finish early during maths
lessons

ACTION PLAN

1. Use assessment to gain an understanding of students and their

needs/abilities
2. Develop extension activities that extend on the content and provide
students with appropriate level of challenge
3. Reflect on the effectiveness of the strategies used

GOAL
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I will use assessment information to assist in the planning of lessons and lesson
sequences

ACTION PLAN

1. Conduct assessment and discuss the outcomes of assessment with mentor

teacher
2. Use information to gain a deeper understanding of student understanding
and determine what students know and what they are working towards
3. Develop lessons/sequences and evaluate effectiveness on improving
outcomes through formative and summative assessment

References

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (2014). Australian

Professional Standards for Teachers. Retrieved from
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/australian-professional-standards-for-
teachers/standards/list