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Student movement

Sunshine Special Developmental School is a coeducational government special school located in the metropolitan location of Sunshine, Victoria. The movement classes are based on respecting each of the students’ movement styles and supporting them to discover and progress to finding new forms of preferred movement

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/student-movement-illustration-of-practice

Media Release - Hats off to teachers on World Teachers- Day in Australia

of appreciation for our teachers. “Our teachers have risen to face so many challenges over the past few years: floods, fires and a worldwide pandemic that have all turned our lives upside down, because it’s encouraging to see the messages flow in from across the country – from students, to teachers on World Teachers’ Day in Australia Media Release - 17 October 2022 Friday, they play in shaping the future of Australia’s students. One of our Campaign Ambassadors, Eddie Woo, wants

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/secondary/news-and-media/media-release---hats-off-to-teachers-on-world-teachers-day-in-australia

Engaging every learner

MacRobertson Girls’ High School is a select entry public school in Melbourne, catering for students from Years 9–12. At the school, a graduate teacher identifies the risk of creating a learning environment that is too teacher centred, and discusses strategies with her supervisor to make the teaching and learning more inclusive. She subsequently employs a range of strategies to engage students who may feel anxious about speaking in front of the entire class

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/engaging-every-learner-illustration-of-practice

Stage teams and lesson study - Lakemba Public School, NSW

Lakemba Public School supports the professional development of teachers through a range of activities including fortnightly professional development sessions and a lesson study focus

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/stage-teams-and-lesson-study---lakemba-public-school-nsw

Making connections in Science

The teacher uses an educational excursion to the local Reptile Centre to build on her students’ existing classroom learning. She explains how the excursion will develop and extend previously learned principles of scientific taxonomy. It will also enable her students to develop shared experience about which they can reflect in later learning. During the excursion, the teacher interacts with her students, to focus, test and support their individual and shared understandings, The teacher has 20 years teaching experience in the central Australian school in which she currently teaches. The majority of students in the school are Indigenous, several come from overseas and many learn English as an additional language. The teacher believes that real life experiences assist these students to make connections in their learning and reinforce the technical language, of organisms and the usefulness of classification in organizing this diversity. Following the excursion

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/making-connections-in-science-illustration-of-practice

Leadership Reflection Tool

The Leadership Reflection Tool will help you identify your leadership strengths and areas for further development. Please note the tool requires macros to be enabled in order to function. The LRT is available now for download and usage at the AITSL website. If you have any questions please email [email protected] Thank you and we look forward to continuing to be part of your leadership journey

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/school-leadership-self-assessment-tool

Explicit language teaching

A teacher in her second year of teaching, uses individual learning plans to cater for students in her year 1 classroom. She uses a lesson on 'What is happening in the story?' to explicitly teach comprehension, chronological understanding, phonological awareness and pragmatics (ie social language use). The teacher uses differentiated teaching and personal feedback to reinforce learning and behaviour to students, Peel Language Development School opened in 2002 and is a purpose built specialist facility for early language intervention in Western Australia. The main campus is co located with Rockingham Lakes Primary School, with satellite classes co located at Mandurah, Glencoe, Pinjarra and Bungaree Primary Schools. The school places students K–3 who meet the entrance criteria, set by the Department of Education. Teachers participate in on-going professional development to keep abreast of current

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/explicit-language-teaching-illustration-of-practice

Guarantee for success

students and their families, and that an authentic learning environment will assist students, Cairns West State School has around 680 students, of which around 70 per cent identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Following a period of low attendance, performance and expectations for its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, the school implemented an ‘Academic Success Guarantee’ program that guarantees that students who attend 95 per cent of the school year will meet or beat their year level benchmarks

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/guarantee-for-success-illustration-of-practice

Positive learning environments

At the beginning of the year, the teacher establishes a consistent behaviour management approach, linked to the shared school values. These values are explored and given meaning via creative group activities in the pastoral care program she facilitates at the school. The teacher works with the philosophy that when students are engaged in their learning, behavioural problems are less likely to arise, The school is the only government middle school in Alice Springs, with approximately 300 students in years 7–9. The teacher explains that students come from a wide variety of cultural and social backgrounds with 73 per cent of students from an Indigenous background. A high proportion of students have a language background other than English. Underpinning the behaviour management program at the school is an awareness of the need for active supervision in the classroom, recognition of the need

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/tools-resources/resource/positive-learning-environments-illustration-of-practice
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