Professional Development Plan____________________

Focus Reason Action

Standard One





1.3 Students with
diverse
linguistic, cultural,
religious and
socioeconomic
backgrounds

1.4 Strategies for
teaching
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
students
We are becoming a
more diverse
country as the days
go by. As an
educator I need to
accept and adapt to
these backgrounds
to build a
professional
relationship with
the students, and to
build a positive
learning
- I will seek
guidance through
my colleagues that
have professional
knowledge on
diverse
backgrounds.
- Build a
relationship with
the families of each
student
- Research
information on
environment.





To further develop
my professional
knowledge, I would
engage in
professional
development of
teaching strategies
for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander students,
as I have only had a
limited experience
diverse linguistic,
cultural, religious
and socioeconomic
backgrounds.


- Understand the
communitys
respective elders
and the
communitys
history, attend
community
engagement
through helping
develop Aboriginal
and Torres Strait
Islanders learning
teaching in the
classroom with
these students.



needs and attend
professional
development
seminars.



Standard Two 2.6- Information and
Communication
Technology (ICT)
Everyday
technology is
improving,
becoming more
advanced and being
in the daily lives of
everyone.
Therefore, the way
students learn is
changing. By
allowing the use of
- Become a member
of different
teaching and
learning
development
strategy programs,
to further my
professional
development.
- I will also seek
support from my
ICT in the classroom
it is allowing the
expansion of
curriculum learning
opportunities for
students.


colleagues and
professionals in the
community.
Standard Three 3.1- Establish
challenging learning
goals
I need to be aware
that each child will
be at a different
leaning ability. Each
student will need
different goals to
achieve, that
challenges them to
succeed and reach
their full learner
- Be organised, and
know where each
childs goal is at.
- Have a chart or
cards where the
students can access
and always see
what their goal is
and how they can
achieve it.
potential.

Standard Four 4.3 - Manage
challenging
behaviour
Every classroom will
have certain
behaviour
expectations.
Though every
educator will be
challenged with
different
behaviours, which
means I need to
have multiple
practical
approaches to
manage these
behaviours.
-Discuss with
students prior
educators about
what approaches
and strategies
worked for each
student.
- Develop
relationships with
each students
parents/caregivers
to help the
continuity between
home and care.
- Attend
professional
development
seminars.


Standard Five 5.5 - Report on
student achievement
I need to have a
range of strategies
for reporting to
students and
parents/caregivers.
By implementing
these strategies it
will build a strong
learning
relationship.
Parents/caregivers
need to be aware of
their students
learning progress to
- Know and
understand the
schools policies and
procedures for
reporting to parents
and students.
- Gather strategies
and different
approaches from
colleagues.
- Implement
relationship
strategies with
every
further meet their
developmental
needs at home, and
help achieve their
goals.

parent/caregiver.
Standard Six 6.2 - Engage in
professional learning
and improve practice
As a professional, I
need to continually
engage in
professional growth
and development. I
need to
acknowledge and
understand relevant
and appropriate
sources to further
my professional
learning.
Attend all
professional
development
seminars, meetings
and training.
Standard Seven 7.2 - Comply with
legislative,
administrative and
organisational
requirements
Each school will be
at a different stage,
therefore their
policies and
procedures of their
organisation will
vary to others. I
need to keep
updated with any
new legislation
requirements, so
that I am always
complying to
regulations.
-Read through the
school policies and
procedure and
ensure that I
implement them in
the learning
environment.
-Keep updated with
any new legislative
requirements by
reading all updates
through the
Queensland
government
website and
engaging in
information
provided through
emails and
meetings.

Support Networks:
Throughout my professional experience, I will be continuing to learn every day. Through this I support networks will help guide me, and allow
me to become a more experienced and knowledgeable educator. Below are support networks that will help me as a graduate educator.
Teaching Teachers for the Future targeted systematic change in the ICT proficiency of graduate teachers and is building the capacity of teacher educators
and a national support network of ICT expertise that is continuing beyond the project. Teaching Teachers for the Future developed a framework to assist
student teachers to map their level of ICT proficiency against the National Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers (Education Services, 2014).
Education Services. (2014). Teaching Teachers for the Future. Retrieved from: http://www.esa.edu.au/projects/teaching-teachers-future
Scootle provides easy ways for teachers to find, organise and use the digital resources. The digital resources available to teachers nationally include:
interactive, multimedia resources
audio, photo and video resources that result from partnerships with national private and public cultural and collection agencies
open-ended tools for teachers and students to create learning resources
interactive assessment resources
work samples
collections of curriculum resources
teacher ideas and units of work.

Education Services. (2014). Scootle. Retrieved from: http://www.esa.edu.au/projects/scootle

The Teach, Learn, Share project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and is undertaken in collaboration with state, territory
and non-government education authorities. The project is developing a national evidence base of effective practice that achieves accelerated and sustained
improvements in literacy and numeracy.

Education Services. (2014). Teach, learn and share. Retrieved from: http://www.esa.edu.au/projects/teach-learn-share

The Australian Professional Teachers Assosisation, aims to provide on going support to teachers of the profession. They develop numerous projects, that
benefits the professionals and helps the development of students and their learning.
The Council of Education Associations. (2014). The Australian professional teachers association. Retrieved from: http://www.ceasa.asn.au/about-
ceasa/networks/australian-professional-teachers-association-apta/