EPT330 Teaching Goals
1. Professional Knowledge:
- Standard 1: Know the students and how they learn
- Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it
Goal: Indicators/Evidence:
Standard 1.4: - Final Placement Report
- Lesson Feedback
Strategies for teaching
sheets from supervising
Aboriginal and Torres
teacher.
Strait Islander students - Lesson Plans including
resources and models
of learning that are
appropriate for
Indigenous/non
Indigenous learners
- Self-evaluation notes
and annotations of
lesson plan.
Standard 2.5: - Excerpt of lesson plans
showing the
Information and
implementation of ICT
Communication
- ICT programs and
Technologies
teaching tools that were
implemented into
lessons
- Student work samples
of ICT use
- Final report from
supervising teacher.
Actions:
Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of
the impact of culture, cultural identity and linguistic
background on the education of students from
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.
- Observe supervising teacher during classes and
take notes on how different resources and
teaching methods are used to support all
students.
- Collect a variety of resources that could be
useful in lessons.
- Create lesson plans that differentiate for
individual students needs.
- Research more information from the school
about practices to improve and support student
learning.
Implement teaching strategies for using ICT to expand
curriculum learning opportunities for students.
- consult with my associate teacher on curriculum
focus and how ICT can be implemented to
extend the focus.
- consult with my associate teacher on the
academic level of students in the class prior to
lesson planning and ways ICT can be integrated
to aid student’s individual needs.
- assess work samples of students
- design learning sequences and lesson plans
that incorporate ICT elements
- observe students during lessons conducted by
the associate teacher and how ICT is developed
in the class to develop student understanding.
- consult with the associate teacher to ensure that
the lesson was appropriate for the students and
the ICT elements were effective in extending
opportunities for learning.
- gather work samples and make assessments on
whether the students were able to achieve the
syllabus outcomes.
 2. Professional Practice:
- Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
- Standard 4: Create and maintain safe and supportive learning environments
- Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
Goal: Indicators/Evidence:
Standard 4.3: - Excerpt of lesson plans
showing a variety of
Manage Challenging classroom
behavior management strategies
- Consultation notes with
supervising teacher on
appropriate strategies
designed for specific
student’s needs.
- Final placement report
with supervising
teacher evaluation.
Standard 5.4: - Final placement report
- Lesson feedback
Interpret Student Data
sheets
- Data samples
- Lesson plans/sequence
showing modifications
to teaching practice.
3. Professional Engagement:
- Standard 6: Engage in Professional learning
- Standard 7: Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
Goal: Indicators/Evidence:
Standard 6.2: - Final placement report
from supervising
Engage in professional
teacher
learning
Actions:
Demonstrate knowledge of practical approaches to
manage challenging behaviour.
- Consult with the supervising teacher
- Observe the interactions between the
supervising teacher and students exhibiting
challenging behaviour.
- Create clear and consistent expectations for all
lessons.
- Trail a variety of teaching strategies that are
suitable to individual students needs.
- Possible strategies:
o I-Messages
o Seating plans
o Positive and open communication
o Authentic lessons to engage students
with challenging behaviour
Demonstrate the capacity to interpret student
assessment data and evaluate student learning and
modify teaching practice.
- Consult and discuss with supervising teacher on
student data in literacy and numeracy and how
lesson plans can be adapted to suit individual
needs of students.
- Using existing student data, create and execute
lesson plans that are appropriate to the students
in the classroom.
- Assess student understanding through marking
work samples and effectively use this data in
helping create more appropriate lesson plans.
Actions:
Understand the relevant and appropriate sources of
professional learning for teachers.
- Participate in staff meetings and curriculum
development meetings.
 - Notes from professional - Consult with a variety of teachers and school
meetings with school staff.
staff. - Engage in school programs and training where
applicable.

Standard 7.3: - Feedback sheet/ Understand strategies for working effectively,

Reflection on bottom of sensitively, and confidentially with parents/carers.
Engage with Parents
feedback sheet
and Carers
- Provide notes from - Consult with associate teacher regularly
meetings between throughout the placement.
student teacher, - Observe meetings between parents/carers and
supervising teacher.
supervising teacher
- Develop a thorough understanding of student’s
and parents in individualized needs in helping communicate
meetings. with parent/carers effectively in understanding
- Provide day log notes concerns.
of parent meetings
- Final placement report
with supervising
teacher evaluation.

Other aims for this practicum include improving my organisational skills, lesson planning, engaging with a variety of
staff members professionally and participate in activities outside the classroom environments.

Student Teacher Signature: _______________________________________ Date: ____________

Supervising Teacher Signature: ____________________________________ Date: ____________

Subject Coordinator Signature: ____________________________________ Date: ____________