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Hello! My name is Chinasom Uzodimma Elekwachi, and I graduated with a Master of Teaching (Secondary) from Flinders University in 2020.

1.1 - Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students and how these may affect learning.

1.2 - Understand how students learn: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn and the implications for teaching.

1.3 - Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds: Demonstrate knowledge of teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds

1.4 - Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of the impact of culture, cultural identity and linguistic background on the education of students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

1.5 - Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.

1.6 - Strategies to support full participation of students with disability: Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of legislative requirements and teaching strategies that support participation and learning of students with disability.



2.1 - Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area

2.2 - Content selection and organisation: Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence.

2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting: Use curriculum, assessment and reporting knowledge to design learning sequences and lesson plans.

2.4 - Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: Demonstrate broad knowledge of, understanding of and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and languages.

2.5 - Literacy and numeracy strategies: Know and understand literacy and numeracy teaching strategies and their application in teaching areas

2.6 - Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Implement teaching strategies for using ICT to expand curriculum learning opportunities for students.
3.1 - Establish challenging learning goals: Set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics.

3.2  - Plan, structure and sequence learning programs: Plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies

3.3 - Use teaching strategies: Include a range of teaching strategies.

3.4 - Select and use resources:
Demonstrate knowledge of a range of resources, including ICT, that engage students in their learning.

3.5 - Use effective classroom communication: Demonstrate a range of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies to support student engagement.

3.6 - Evaluate and improve teaching programs: Demonstrate broad knowledge of strategies that can be used to evaluate teaching programs to improve student learning.

3.7 - Engage parents/ carers in the educative process: Describe a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process.


4.1 - Support student participation: Identify strategies to support inclusive student participation and engagement in classroom activities; Describe a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process.

4.2 - Manage classroom activities: Demonstrate the capacity to organise classroom activities and provide clear directions; Describe a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process.

4.3 - Manage challenging behaviour: Demonstrate knowledge of practical approaches to manage challenging behaviour; Describe a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process.

4.4 - Maintain student safety: Describe strategies that support students’ wellbeing and safety working within school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements; Describe a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process.

4.5 - Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically: Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant issues and the strategies available to support the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching; Describe a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process.
5.1 - Assess student learning: Demonstrate understanding of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess student learning.

5.2 - Provide feedback to students on their learning: Demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of providing timely and appropriate feedback to students about their learning.

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

5.4 - Interpret student data: Demonstrate the capacity to interpret student assessment data to evaluate student learning and modify teaching practice.

5.5 - Report on student achievement: 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.
6.1 - Identify and plan professional learning needs: Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in identifying professional learning needs.

6.2 - Engage in professional learning and improve practice: Understand the relevant and appropriate sources of professional learning for teachers.

6.3  - Engage with colleagues and improve practice: 
Seek and apply constructive feedback from supervisors and teachers to improve teaching practices.

6.4 - Apply professional learning and improve student learning: Demonstrate an understanding of the rationale for continued professional learning and the implications for improved student learning.
7.1 -  Meet professional ethics and responsibilities: Understand and apply the key principles described in codes of ethics and conduct for the teaching profession.

7.2 - Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements: Understand the relevant legislative, administrative and organisational policies and processes required for teachers according to school stage.

7.3 - Engage with the parents/carers: Understand strategies for working effectively, sensitively and confidentially with parents/carers.

7.4 -  Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities: Understand the role of external professionals and community representatives in broadening teachers’ professional knowledge and practice.

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