6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice
AITSL Standard 6.3 Example 1
Below is a example of a reflection on practice arising from a professional discussion with a colleague. During the Caralee Community School Early Years team meeting, see Figure 1, the Early Years Coordinator and I discussed a suggestion of best practice for Talk for Writing in which teachers should introduce a different nursery rhyme to the students each week and use the books from the Australian Reading Spine to read to the students. In reflection, I could see the benefits for the students and I created a series of nursery rhyme cards with the words and a picture cue on them, see Figure 2. I then introduced a different nursery rhyme to the students each week during morning singing time and added it to our song book. I also used the recommended list for shared reading from the Australian Reading Spine and used the suggested books to read to my students at the end of the day for shared reading time.
Figure 1 - Early Years team meeting minutes
Figure 2 - Nursery rhymes with picture cues
EYLF Outcomes: 2, 4 & 5
NQS Quality Area: 1 & 5
Domains: Language, Personal, Social, Emotional, Creative, Cognitive, Physical & Spiritual
AITSL Standard 6.3 Example 2
I engage with colleagues and improve my practice by contributing to collegial discussions and applying constructive feedback form colleagues to improve my professional knowledge and practice. The notes from Figure 3 are form my meeting with the Educational Support Officer with suggestions to implement for Student A with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Global Developmental Delay (GDD) and behaviour problems. Below are some of the changes I made for Student A:
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timetable photocopied and stuck to the back of Now and Next chart, see Figure 4
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Now and Next chart, see Figure 5
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sensory breaks, see Figure 6
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sensory objects, see Figure 7
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IEP with learning goals, see Figure 8
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visual timetable, see Figure 9
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Social Stories, see Figure 10.
Figure 4 - Minutes from meeting with Educational Support Officer
Figure 4 - Nursery rhymes with picture cues
Figure 5 - Now and Next Chart
Figure 6 - Sensory breaks
Figure 7 - Sensory objects
Figure 8 - First page of ASD student's IEP
Figure 9 - Visual timetable
Figure 10 - Example of Social Story
EYLF Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
NQS Quality Area: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
Domains: Language, Personal, Social, Emotional, Creative, Cognitive, Physical & Spiritual