APST 6: Engage in professional learning
Focus area 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs
Analyse the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers to plan personal professional development goals, support colleagues to identify and achieve personal development goals and pre-service teachers to improve classroom practice
APST analysis can be found on the section 'Standard'
Focus area 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice, targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities
MASA Annual Conference, SACE Professional Development sessions
Focus area 6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice
Contribute to collegial discussions and apply constructive feedback from colleagues to improve professional knowledge and practice
Learning Area meeting (Maths), WRAP meeting
Focus area 6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning
Engage with colleagues to evaluate the effectiveness of teacher professional learning activities to address student learning needs
Lesson observation - Stage 1 Mathematics Methods (Gail Morgan)
Being able to apply resources from professional learning to the teaching practice (Providing Model task sheet for students)
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