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3 Goal: I will improve is

3.1 Set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varyingabilities and characteristics.

3.2 Plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content andeffective teaching strategies

Using effective communication with families and teachers.

The assignment is broken into 4 sections: identify, select, apply learning & evaluate.

1. Identify

Professional learning plan, which includes goals to improve practice drawn from data from reflective practices. Types of reflective practices and further planned practices noted and evaluated as appropriate to develop learning against Professional Teacher Standards.

2. Select

Types of professional learning related to professional learning goals sourced and linked to Professional Teacher Standards.

3. Apply Learning

Plan for professional learning to be applied to practice.

4. Evaluate

Indicate how success will be measures, impact on learning (children and teachers), sharing of new learning with colleagues.

Identify

Include aprofessional learning plan.

Ensure the professional learning plan has clear, concise and relevantgoalsfor your professional learning that you can work on and with, to improve your practice.

The development of your plan should come froma range of data from your reflective practices.

There should be adiscussion of and evidence of the reflective practicesthat you have undertaken to develop your professional learning goals.

Note and evaluatefurther planned practicesthat you will do in the future that are linked to your goals.

The evaluation of the practices that you are planning to undertake in the future should include a discussion of thesignificance and appropriateness of the activities plannedto help you develop your learning against specific and targetedGraduate Professional Teacher Standards.

TheGraduate Professional Teacher Standards can be found here:https://www.aitsl.edu.au/standards/graduate

The Graduate Professional Teacher Standards relevant to this assessment task are:

1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2.

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Once you have developed your goals you now need to source professional learning options to help you achieve your stated goals.

Include a description of the learning options you have sourced.

Include an evaluation of the learning options you have sourced, and how well they will help you achieve your stated goals.

Match the learning options to your professional learning goals.

Link the professional learning options to the Graduate Professional Teaching Standards.

Apply Learning

This section involves you planning for the professional learning to be applied to practice.

You will have a detailed plan for professional learning from multiple sources.

The plan will include a detailed explanation of how your plan for learning will be applied to practice.

You will also need to highlight how your continued ongoing learning will be maintained in relation to your stated goals and linking this to the Graduate Teacher Standards.

Evaluate

In this section you need to explain how you ill measure the success of your stated goals and intended professional learning you will undertake to achieve your goals.

You will need to ensure that your goals that you have included in the first section are achievable and have some way to be measured.

The plan in this section should be detailed to indicate how success will be measured. This success measurement will include the impact on learning for both yourself, children and other teachers/educators.

You will also need to discuss how you will share your new knowledge with your colleagues.

Academic Writing

The marking rubric for this assignment allocates 10 marks to academic writing.

Please ensure the following points are addressed in your assignment submission:

Clear level of writing

Critical evaluation of issues

Cohesion

Within the word limit

Good academic English expression

Free from errors

Correct use of APA referencing

References

What references do I need?

You will need to use references to support your arguments and claims throughout the assignment. Ensure that you have sourced academic literature to support the identification of your learning goals, sourcing of your professional learning options, the application of the learning options, and the evaluation of the plan and learning options.

You will also need to reference the Professional Teacher Standards, the EYLF, the NQF and National Quality Standards.

Important Website:

For example ECA has a template you might find helpful here:https://learninghub.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/online-professional-learning-guide/ Links to an external site.

AITSL has information here:Improving Teacher Professional Learning (aitsl.edu.au)

and here:

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/teach/improve-practice/high-quality-professional-learning-toolkitArthur, L. (2021). Programming and planning in early childhood settings (B. Beecher, E. Death, S. Dockett, & S. Farmer, Eds.; 8th edition). Cengage Learning Australia.

https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022-V2.0.pdfhttps://www.acecqa.gov.au/national-quality-frameworkhttps://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standardNote:

You can use other websites to get more information.

Appendix B Assessment Task 1 Mraking Rubric

Appendix 1

AT1 Rubric

6

The student provided a high quality of performance and through this demonstrated a high standard of learning achievement in relation to the unit learning outcomes.

5

The student provided a higher than-expected quality of performance and through this demonstrated a sound standard of learning achievement in relation to the unit learning outcomes. 4

The student provided a very sound quality of performance and through this demonstrated a very sound standard of learning achievement in relation to the unit learning outcomes. 3

The student provided an acceptable quality of performance and through this demonstrated an acceptable standard of learning achievement in relation to the unit learning outcomes. 2-0

The student did not provide a quality of performance that demonstrated an acceptable standard of learning achievement in relation to the unit learning outcomes.

IDENTIFY: Professional learning plan, which includes goals to improve practice drawn from data from reflective practices. Types of reflective practices and further planned practices noted and evaluated as appropriate to develop learning against Professional Teacher Standards.

10 marks Professional learning plan, which includes clear, concise and highly relevant goals to improve practice drawn from a range of data from reflective practices. Types of reflective practices and further planned practices noted and evaluated as significantly appropriate to develop learning against specific and targeted Professional Teacher Standards. Professional learning plan, which includes clear and concise goals to improve practice drawn from data from a range of reflective practices. Types of reflective practices and further planned practices noted and evaluated as appropriate to develop learning against specific and targeted Professional Teacher Standards. Professional learning plan, which includes clear goals to improve practice drawn from data from reflective practices. Types of reflective practices and further planned practices noted and evaluated as appropriate to develop learning against Professional Teacher Standards. Professional learning plan includes some goals to improve practice. Limited types of reflective practices used and some further planned practices noted.

Some links against Professional Teacher Standards. No professional learning plan. Reflective practices and further planned practices used to develop professional learning plan not noted. No links to Professional Teacher Standards.

SELECT:

Types of professional learning related to professional learning goals sourced and linked to Professional Teacher Standards.

10 marks Multiple professional learning options sourced. Evaluated and matched to professional learning goals. Links made to Professional Teacher Standards.

Professional learning sourced is evaluated and matched to professional learning goals. Links made to Professional Teacher Standards.

Professional learning sourced is related to professional learning goals sourced and linked to Professional Teacher Standards.

Professional learning source is linked to Professional Teacher Standards.

No professional learning sources noted.

APPLY LEARNING:

plan for professional learning to be applied to practice. 10 marks Detailed plan for professional learning from multiple sources includes detailed explanation of how this will be applied to practice.

Detailed plan for professional learning includes detailed explanation of how this will be applied to practice.

Plan for professional learning includes detailed explanation of how this may be applied to practice.

Plan for professional learning included. Some evidence of how this will be applied to practice.

Plan for professional learning included. No evidence of how learning will be applied to practice.

EVALUATE:

indicate how success will be measured, impact on learning (children and teachers), sharing of new learning with colleagues.

10 marks Detailed plan to indicate how success will be measured, including impact on learning (children and teachers) and sharing of new learning with colleagues.

Detailed plan to indicate how success will be measured, including impact on learning (children and teachers).

Plan to indicate how success will be measured, including impact on learning (children and teachers).

Plan to indicate how success will be measured included.

No plan to indicate how success will be measured, or impact on learning (children and teachers), sharing of new learning with colleagues.

ACADEMIC WRITING: The submission demonstrates an extremely high-level of writing and provides a critical evaluation of issues. It has excellent cohesion, is well structured for purpose and within for word limits. Excellent academic English expression and error free, with correct use of APA. 10 marks Demonstrates an extremely high-level of writing and provides a highly effective critical evaluation of professional development. Excellent cohesion, is well structured for purpose and within for word limits. Excellent academic English expression, error free, with correct use of APA.

Demonstrates a high level of writing and provides a critical evaluation of issues. It has a high level of cohesion, is well structured for purpose and within for word limits. Very good academic English expression and error free, with correct use of APA.

Demonstrates a good level of writing and provides a critical evaluation of issues. Cohesive and mostly well focused on he subject matter, with effective paragraph and sentence structure. Good academic English expression with few errors in language use of APA.

Writing is mostly cohesive with paragraphs that generally focus on the subject matter. Sound academic English expression with some errors in language or APA that do not detract from meaning.

Assignment not submitted or criteria not demonstrated or addressed.