| K1 | <p>Examine the Graduate Teacher Standards and understand how they can be used to enhance professional practice.</p> |
| K2 | <p>Reflect on the Code of Ethics / Code of Conduct for teachers and the impact on practice, including Duty of Care.</p> |
| K3 | <p>Understand the legal responsibilities of teachers including strategies that support students' wellbeing and safety.</p> |
| K4 | <p>Examine the role of external professionals, community representatives, professional associations, unions and other networks in education.</p> |
| K5 | <p>Conceptualise, articulate and implement effective teaching practices including the use of early intervention techniques such as simple prompts which reinforce high expectations in the classroom and focus on expected behaviour.</p> |
| K6 | <p>Develop understandings about practitioner inquiry, what it is and how it differs from other forms of inquiry and builds ongoing professional learning, and the ethical conduct of inquiry.</p> |
| K7 | <p>Recognise the role of inquiry in developing good teaching practice.</p> |
| K8 | <p>Critically examine and theorise the inquiry process and its relationship to the proposed practitioner inquiry.</p> |
| K9 | <p>Examine a broad range of strategies for evaluating teaching programs to improve students' learning.</p> |
| K10 | <p>Understand the use of informal and formal assessment strategies to gather data about student learning and teaching practice and the links to decision-making about next steps, including communicating and involving parents/carers in the educative process.</p> |
| S1 | <p>Critically reflect on links between theory, professional practice and personal experiences; share personal thoughts, opinions and experiences; and listen actively to others in professional learning communities.</p> |
| S2 | <p>Demonstrate and develop teaching knowledge and skills through a 20 day professional placement, reflect critically on practice and actively seek and apply feedback from mentors and other teachers to improve teaching.</p> |
| S3 | <p>Develop teaching and learning goals based on the Graduate Teacher Standards, collect evidence, present what has been achieved and consider next steps for professional learning.</p> |
| S4 | <p>Communicate effectively with colleagues in the University setting and in education and community contexts.</p> |
| S5 | <p>Manage, organise and use documentation including professional readings and resources.</p> |
| S6 | <p>Demonstrate familiarity with the use of the inquiry process, including spirals of inquiry.</p> |
| S7 | <p>Analyse and synthesise concepts and contemporary issues in educational research.</p> |
| S8 | <p>Develop the capacity to frame an ethical practitioner inquiry that indicates understanding of how data is used to inform the inquiry.</p> |
| A1 | <p>Present evidence of development towards professional readiness at a Round Table Feedback Conference. PSTs will use multiple forms of evidence (including mentor teachers' classroom observations, curriculum documentation, student feedback, personal journals and classroom artifacts) to demonstrate effective professional learning and classroom practice.</p> |
| A2 | <p>Present and refine a plan for a practitioner inquiry after critical feedback from peers and lecturers.</p> |