Due to changes to the program, you will not be undertaking an internship placement, instead, you will be completing the following task based on your specialisation.

To complete this task, you will create a presentation in the form of a Professional Development session for an audience of beginning teachers. The presentation will model highly effective teaching practice that draws on the content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge that you have developed in your area of specialisation.

The task contains four parts as outlined below. You must complete all parts of the task and submit a copy of the presentation and all required documentation as outlined in each part below for final assessment.

Part 1: Preparation of resources for the Professional Development Session

To prepare for your presentation, you will create resources in the form of one (1) audio file and one (1) video file that illustrate highly effective classroom practice in your area of specialisation and that could be used by teachers in classroom contexts or parents/carers who are supporting students in remote learning contexts.

Steps for creating each of these resources are outlined below:

(a) Create a lesson plan and associated resources to demonstrate how you would teach an aspect of the curriculum in your specialisation at a year level of your choice. Use your lesson plan to write a script and develop an audio file that illustrates how the lesson would be implemented with learners to support their engagement in the planned activities and their achievement of the intended learning goal.

(b) Select a concept from your area of specialisation that is challenging for students to learn. The concept must be located within a learning sequence that develops knowledge, understanding and skills of a curriculum learning area or general capabilities embedded in curriculum content that students at the selected year level must learn to complete a meaningful summative task. Create a brief overview of the learning sequence that explains where and how the teaching of the concept relates to curriculum intent, proposed teaching and learning, and assessment. Create a resource in the form of a video that could be used to support effective teaching of that concept. The video should be no more than 6 minutes in length and should be designed for the use of teachers in classroom or online learning environments to support students’ understanding and application of the concept for meaningful purposes. This means you need to consider how to make the learning accessible to students from a wide range of abilities and backgrounds.

What to submit for Part 1: Copies of all planning documents, scripts (where relevant) and files or links to the audio and visual resources

Part 2: The presentation component of the Professional Development Session

Create a presentation that explains how teachers can use the resources you have created in Part 1. The presentation may be created in a range of forms (e.g. PowerPoint with notes pages or voiceover, webinar, PreziVideo, iMovie, etc) but must include the following features:

· Explanation of why the learning is important for students in the chosen year level

· Identification of common misconceptions or challenges that present barriers to learning for some students

· Key features of the teaching strategies you have modelled that promote the ways of working in your specialisation and/or have a positive impact on student learning

· Terminology that is important to use to support student understanding and achievement of learning intentions

· Examples of questions that can be used to check for understanding

· Examples of expected student responses to activities included in the audio lesson

· Suggestions for follow-up activities that provide meaningful opportunities for students to apply/practise the knowledge and skills that are the focus of the intended learning

What to submit for Part 2: A copy of the Professional Development presentation. This may be in the form of a word document with a link to a recorded presentation, a video file, or in hard copy form (e.g. PowerPoint with notes pages).

Part 3: Evaluation of the presentation

For this part of the task, you will work as part of a collegial team for the purposes of evaluation and feedback. You will work in groups of 3 and will be responsible for sharing your own presentation and resources as well as providing feedback on the presentations and resources created by your peers.

Specifically, you will create an evaluation sheet seeking feedback on specific aspects of your resources and presentation; for example, the design of the resources, delivery of the content, selection of teaching strategies, fitness for purpose in meeting the needs of an intended audience of teachers, students and parents, etc.

Part 4: Appraisal of the feedback and final reflection

For this part of the task, you will write a brief reflection of no more than 500 words addressing the feedback that you received in Part 3. Your reflection should defend and justify teaching strategies that you believe will have a positive impact on student learning and identify any adjustments or changes you would make to either the presentation or the resources in response to feedback.

What to submit for Part 4: Copies of at least two (2) completed evaluation/feedback sheets and the written reflection

Expert content knowledge

Expert pedagogical knowledge which includes all aspects of the planning, teaching and assessment cycle

Critical feedback

Reflection on and appraisal of practice 

Soon to be graduates are required to prepare a final ePortfolio that demonstrates their capabilities of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at Graduate Career Stage. The ePortfolio should address all 7 Standards and should be a carefully considered selection of key materials and examples directly related to demonstrating evidence of and understanding the practical application of the Standards. Your evidence will come from Professional Practice 3 and 4.

Your ePortfolio should contain 8 sections:

Introduction - This is an introduction about you as a beginning professional. Incorporate such information as who are you, how did you get here and where are you going.....

Standard 1 - Know students and how they learn

Standard 2 - Know the content and how to teach it

Standard 3 - Plan for and implement effective teaching

Standard 4 - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments

Standard 5 - Assess an provide feedback and report on student learning

Standard 6 - Engage in professional learning

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

You need to include two quality artifacts (evidence) in your ePortfolio per Standard (14 in total)  along with an annotation (no more than 100 words per artifact - 1400 words in total) which explains how that artifact shows evidence of your demonstration of the Standard. In your response, consider how these artifacts provide evidence of how you have made a positive impact on student learning through your approach to teaching and learning.

Do not upload previous university assignments as an artifact of the Standards. This ePortfolio should demonstrate the practice you have engaged in during your Internship. Also ensure that your artifacts are examples of what you have done during your placement/s, not something that the school or your mentor teacher has done.  

The ePortfolio will be created using a secure platform of your choice. To submit your task, create a word document with your name, student number and weblink. If you are using iTunes U, please include the enrolment code. 

The ePortfolio will be assessed against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at Graduate Career Stage.