Professional Development Plan

The below Professional Development Plan outlines specific standards and descriptors out of the Australian Professional
Standards for Teachers at a Graduate level in which I believe I need to develop on. In order to reach the Proficient level of
the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and descriptors the steps below will need to occur.

Standard Descriptor
Skills, Strategies or Attitudes I
need to enhance
Professional Goal to reach
enhancement
Support Networks
1 Know the
students and
how they
learn (AITSL,
2014).
1.4 Strategies for
teaching Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
students (AITSL, 2014
- More knowledgeable
background surrounding
teaching and learning
strategies for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait
Islander students
- Using different
resources to help aid
their learning
experiences.
- To continuous build and
develop teaching and
learning strategies to
help Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
students in their learning
experiences.
- The Indigenous
Schooling Support Unit
at Inala. This Library will
help me find useful
resources to implement
into my lessons and
learning sequences for
students to use.
- Learning Support Staff
and other Senior
Teachers at schools who
have had a range of
experience teaching
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander students
who would be able to
help me reflect on my
lessons and also give
help for developing
further learning
experiences for these
students.
2 Know the
content and
how to teach
it (AITSL,
2014).
2.4 Understand and
respect Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
people to promote
reconciliation between
Indigenous and non-
Indigenous Australians
(AITSL, 2014).
- More knowledgeable
background surrounding
teaching and learning
strategies for lessons
surrounding
reconciliation between
Indigenous and non-
Indigenous Australians.
- Using different
resources to help aid
their learning
experiences.
- To have my own greater
understanding of
reconciliation and the
hardships Indigenous
Australians have faced
with non-Indigenous
Australians.
- To implement a variety
of ways to educate
students about the past
battles of Indigenous
Australians and non-
Indigenous Australians.
- To visit the Ngutana-Lui
Centre to learn about
increasing my own
awareness and my
classs awareness of the
reconciliation.
- The Indigenous
Schooling Support Unit
at Inala. This Library will
help me find useful
resources to implement
into my lessons and
learning sequences for
students to use.
- Learning Support Staff
and other Senior
Teachers at schools who
have had a range of
experience teaching
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander students
who would be able to
suggest ideas for both
my own knowledge and
my class knowledge.
6 Engage in
professional
learning
(AITSL, 2014).
6.1 Identify and plan
professional learning
needs (AITSL, 2014).
- Reflection on not just
lessons and learning
experiences but also
how I am meeting the
Australian Professional
Standards for Teachers
in my professional
career.
- To actively seek to
reflect and improve on
how and if I am meeting
the Australian
Professional Stands for
Teachers in my career.
- My School Principal
and/or Mentor Teacher
who will be able to help
me reflect and also
provide feedback with
how I am going in terms
of my professional
knowledge, practice and
engagement.
7 Engage
professionally
with
colleagues,
parents/carers
and the
community
(AITSL, 2014).
7.1 Meet
professional ethics and
responsibilities (AITSL,
2014).
- A high knowledge of the
key principles in the
code of conduct
- To find strategies that
work for me to build on
a higher knowledge of
understanding of the
code of conduct.
- To continuously build on
developing a higher
understanding of the key
principles of the code of
conduct.
- Senior Teaching Staff as
they have developed a
high understanding of
the code of conduct and
would be able to show
me multiple ways of
building my own
knowledge and
understanding of the key
principles more.
7 Engage
professionally
with
colleagues,
parents/carers
and the
community
(AITSL, 2014).
7.4 Engage with
professional teaching
networks and broader
communities (AITSL,
2014).
- To learn more about
Professional
Development Courses
which are on offer inside
and outside of my
teaching organisation.
- Developing a stronger
relationship with the
local community to
broaden my professional
knowledge
- To continue to search
and be involved in tasks
that help broaden my
professional knowledge
and practice.
- Senior Teaching Staff as
they have developed a
high understanding of
being able to engage
professionally with other
teaching networks and
the broader community.
These staff members will
be able to provide ideas
as well as feedback on
what is the best practice
for situations or areas
for development (eg.
Which Professional
Development Courses
are best suited for my
needs to grow as a
teacher).