Lochlann Dwyer - Portfolio

In this portfolio you will see how I have met and exceeded the NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS as outlined by the AITSL.

Demonstrate understanding of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess student learning.

There are three main types of Assessment, Dyagnostic, Formative and Summative.

Dyagnostic:
Testing done to assertain a students capability at certain point in their learning such as at the start of a new course. This testing allows a teacher to have an understanding of where a student's capability is compared to national standards, inturn allowing for work to be scaffolded and differentiated accordingly.

Formative:
Formative assessment (Dyagnostic testing is a form of fromative assessment), is an assessment method to gage student capability. It allows a teacher to see a students progress from an initial dyagnostic test to where the student is currently placed in regards to the standards. Fromative assessment can take the form of tests, tasks, folios.etc all of which is used to judge student capability and understanding.

Summative:
Summative assessment is used as a final evaluation of student learning , capability and understanding against a benchmark standard at the end of a unit / topic of work. Such work can include assignments, projects or exams.

Year 10 Programming Unit Plan
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Demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of providing timely and appropriate feedback to students about their learning.

Timly feedback is vital for student improvement. Feedback can help students redirect themselves to be on target to achieve stated lesson / weekly goals. Likewise feedback allows a student to see that a teacher cares about their learning. Ongoing in class formative assessment allows a teacher to activly provide feedback to students in lesson so that a student can get active updates on their own learning and understanding and how close they are to achieveing thier current lesson / weekly goal

Demonstrate understanding of assessment moderation and its application to support consistent and comparable judgements of student learning.

Assessment moderation allows a teacher to be consistant in ther assessment between classes, schools, year levels and other teachers. By collaboratively moderating student work teachers can ascertain the accuracy of their assessments of students. Moderation is a quality assurance endeavor that holds teachers to currciculm standards.

Moderation allows students to be confident that no matter the teacher they are being assessed to the same standard. It allows teachers to refine their education practice, schools to have confidence in their standards and for partents to have confidence in the school.

Each year I moderate with other teachers in my current site.

Moderation Example

Demonstrate the capacity to interpret student assessment data to evaluate student learning and modify teaching practice.

Assessment data allows teachers to assertain a students current knowledge and understanding against the standards. The assessment types mentioned previously are used to show a detailed picture of a students overall capability. Constructive use of assessment is crucial, if a teacher does not react to assessment data then there is no point in assessment.

If a student shows a deficency in an individual part of a subject the teacher can find that deficency through the use of assessment. Once an area for imporvement has been identified a teacher can take steps to improve that students capability through the use of different teaching stratergies.

Demonstrate understanding of a range of strategies for reporting to students and parents/carers and the purpose of keeping accurate and reliable records of student achievement.

Accurate and reliable records are a reflection of the organisational ability of a teacher. As a teacher I give accurate reports in regards to student progress four times a year, two of which are heavily detailed and contain final student results.

Written reports are not the only way to communicate with a student's parents. Parent teacher interviews allow for a one on one conversation that involves paretns in the assessment process, they allow teachers to indicate areas for remediation and suggestions for improvement as well as illistrating areas students are strong in.

Example of a completed marking sheet 2018