3rd Year Undergraduate or 1st Year Master of Teaching

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REPORT 2018

Student ID
Pre-service Teacher Grace Edwards 2166414

School Seaton High School

Name: Learning Area: Year Level
Mentor Teacher(s) Jade Francey Maths / Science 8/9

Jane Hernandez
School Co-ordinator
Liaison Coordinator
University Di Garwood Anna Noble

Teaching Days 5 introductory days + 20 day block: 25 days

CONTEXT Please add brief context statements about the school and class:
School sector; size and composition of campus (R-12, Area, Primary); particular
features or unique characteristics; index of disadvantage.
School
Seaton High School is a DFE school located in the Western suburbs of Adelaide. The school has
approximately 800 students from Years 8-12. Seaton offers programs and support for students with a
range of learning abilities, including two special classes, intensive literacy and numeracy classes, and a
special program for students with high intellectual potential (SHIP). Other specialist programs include
the Baseball, Gifted Art and Emerging Technologies programs. The emerging STEAM (Science-
Technology-Engineering-Arts-Maths) program is developing as a school priority. Seaton caters for
students from a wide range of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Support is provided for
students where English is a second or developing language.

Class (including children with special needs)

Grace has taught two classes of students. One class is Year 9, consisting of 25 students, of which 3
are ATSI, 5 are EALD and 3 that require a differentiated curriculum. This class was taught by Grace for
Science. The other class is Year 8, consisting of 27 students, of which 5 are ATSI, 11 are EALD, 5 are
NEP and 13 that require a differentiated curriculum. This class was taught by Grace for both Maths and
Science.
ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS
Please place an ‘X’ at the point along each continuum that best represents the development of the pre-service teacher
towards each of the standards at this time.

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Standard 1 Know students and how they learn

I I X I .
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate

Standard 2 Know the content and how to teach it

I I X I .
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Standard 3 Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

I I X I .
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate

Standard 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments

I I X I .
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate

Standard 5 Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

I IX I .
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT

Standard 6 Engage in professional learning

I I X I .
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate

Standard 7 Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community

I I X I .
Complete Novice Emerging Graduate
SUMMARY STATEMENTS (You may choose to comment on both personal and professional characteristics)
School Coordinator/Principal
Grace applied herself well to this practicum and was always professional in her dealings with me.
This report would suggest Grace is well on her way to becoming a successful teacher. We wish
her well.

Name: Jane Hernandez Date: 27/8/18

University Liaison
Grace worked hard, always taking feedback from her mentor and me, on the 2 occasions I
observed her Yr 8 Ma class. Grace developed good relationships with the students. Grace is a
learner and I believe will be teacher who plans lessons to meet the varied needs of students in
her classes. I wish her every success for her future.

Name: Dianne Garwood Date: 28/8/18

SUMMARY STATEMENT(S) (May be used as a referee statement)
Mentor
Learning Area: Maths/Science
RE: Grace Edwards

Professional Knowledge

Grace planned engaging and curriculum aligned units of work for her classes. She designed and
differentiated assessment tasks for her classes. She used a variety of teaching strategies and adapted
her strategies for use with different students and classes. She utilised opportunities to include
indigenous culture and perspectives within the curriculum area. Grace also taught a unit incorporating
literacy into science.

Professional Practice

Grace implemented engaging and varied lessons with a repertoire of teaching strategies to both
scaffold and challenge students. She used a range of ICT and practical focussed lessons to engage
students. She is developing her range of behaviour and classroom management strategies and used
a variety on placement. Grace was organised and had all resources and equipment required ready.
She is developing her range of assessment strategies and will continue to grow in this area.

Professional Engagement

Grace has participated in staff meetings, excursions, yard duties and professional development. She
attended a full day workshop on classroom management strategies which she has implemented in her
teaching. Grace has also built relationships with staff members outside our faculty and has conducted
herself in a professional manner at all times.

Written by: Jade Francey Date: 21/8/18

 SUMMARY ASSESSMENT (To be agreed by the School Coordinator and the University Liaison)

In our opinion Grace Edwards

(Please click on appropriate box below)

☒ has, on balance, attained the level of ‘emerging’ against the Flinders standards for pre-service
teachers and is ready to progress to the final professional experience.

☐ has not attained the overall level of ‘emerging’ against the Flinders standards for pre-service
teachers and is not ready to undertake the final professional experience.

NOTES FOR COMPLETING THIS REPORT

The pre-service teacher may wish to submit this report with an application for employment. Please avoid the use of
acronyms as student reports are often viewed by interstate and international employers who are not always familiar with
South Australian nomenclature.

Please keep an electronic copy of this report and submit the report to the University Liaison.
Please DO NOT give a copy of this to the student as the report needs to be certified by the University.

Please submit the completed report within 2 weeks of completion of Professional Experience placement.

If this is not possible then please email it directly to: mssprofexp@flinders.edu.au