Week+8

This week’s lecturer Diane Powell  highlighted some of the requirements from the Victorian Institute of Teaching, particularly as graduate teachers in our first year out. All the expectations and support from the institute of teaching can be found at: [] Alternatively the main requirements are as follows: • Know how students learn and how to teach them effectively • Know the content they teach • Know their students • Plan and assess for effective learning • Create and maintain safe and challenging learning environments • Use a range of teaching practices and resources to engage students in effective learning • Reflect on, evaluate and improve their professional knowledge and practice • Are active members of their profession • Collegial visits • Portfolio that includes annotated samples of work, Unit outlines, lesson plans, and assessments <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• Reflections from both the mentor and mentoree <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• Professional Development/Learning <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">• Sign Off <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After my placement I was left feeling isolated and heavily scrutinized. Although I certainly enjoyed aspects of my teaching rounds and still yearn to be a teacher, it was extremely challenging and the learning environment was vastly different from anything I had ever experienced. It was interesting to share and compare experiences with our peers within the workshop, an exercise I found very worthwhile. CASSIDY HEWITT
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Professional Standards I **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Professional Standards II **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">VIT REQUIREMENTS **