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ELIZABETH DOWNS PRIMARY
Term 2 Professional Chats
Environment – To Support Learning
· Student literacy work displayed
· Learning Scaffolds – posters etc
· Concrete materials available / How is SSO support / shared planning assisting student learning?
Task – Clarity of purpose / relevance & Challenge For Learners
· Teacher input/ instruction
· Individualised/ differentiated work/ challenge level?
· Co-operative group activity / What have you changed in your practice in the past 6 months challenge cater for the range of learners in your class?
Pedagogy – To Support The Range Of Learners
· Teacher instruction/ demonstration
· Teacher/ student discussion
· Communicates what concepts are being learnt & why
· Use of higher order thinking& challenge levels
· Review previous skills 7 concepts
· Address multiple learning styles
· Provides for student choice / How has the teaching cycle (Teach/ Plan/ Assess), influenced your teaching eg in Oral Language/ Phonemic Awareness/ Spelling/ AL teaching?
Engagement – Of Students In Active Learning
· Most students/ most of the time are authentically engaged in learning tasks
· Students able to seek teacher feedback
· Students spend extended time on task / How are your students engaged in 1:1, small group, whole class learning activities?
Classroom Culture – To Support Behaviour For Learning
· Students actively using 5 Caring Agreements
· Calm, positive culture
· Few interruptions
· clear expectations & standards
· Inclusion of all learners
· Students understand & use routines independently / Talk about your class culture in relation to creating structures to support ‘behaviour for learning’.
Feedback For Learners On Performance
· Students clearly understand the criteria that their work will be assessed on.
· Lesson/ work expectations clearly communicated
· Open questioning
· Explicit learner feedback provided frequently – verbal/ written.
· Work marked frequently
· Students encouraged to assess own work / Please provide examples of; bookwork, explicit feedback, learning targets made by students.
STUDENT TARGETS
STUDENT 1 – UPPER
Name
Smart Target/ Goal (inline with SIP targets)
Evidence – eg Qualitative/ Quantitative
How will this inform the plan/ teach/ assess cycle for this child?
STUDENT 2 – MIDDLE
Name
Smart Target/ Goal (inline with SIP targets)
Evidence – eg Qualitative/ Quantitative
How will this inform the plan/ teach/ assess cycle for this child?
STUDENT 3 – LOWER
Name
Smart Target/ Goal (inline with SIP targets)
Evidence – eg Qualitative/ Quantitative
How will this inform the plan/ teach/ assess cycle for this child?

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