A summary of the workshop for the New Scheme Teachers. Focus on creativity and critical thinking

1. New Scheme
Teachers
Year 1
program
25th-26th October 2012

2. Focus: Developing creativity and critical
thinking skills - using translation tasks
supported by the use of various technologies
Links to the NSW Institute of Teachers – Professional Teaching Standards
Element 1: Teachers know their subject content and how to teach that content to their students
Aspect: Knowledge of NSW curriculum requirements
Element 2: Teachers know their students and how they learn
Aspect: Knowledge of strategies for addressing student needs
Element 3: Teachers plan, assess and report for effective learning
Aspect:
Plan and implement coherent lessons and lesson sequences that are designed to engage students and
address learning outcomes;
Selection and organisation of content;
Linking assessment to learning
Element 4 : Teachers communicate effectively with their students
Aspects: Effective communication and classroom discussion;
Student grouping;
Teaching strategies
Element 6: Teachers continually improve their professional knowledge and Practice
Aspects : Demonstrate a capacity to reflect critically on and improve teaching practice;
Explore educational ideas and issues through research

3. Tweets/Pictures drawn into
Flipboard.
Showcasing the creativity/
critical thinking from the
NST workshops