Unit Outline

This unit will help you to further develop your professional skills around planning for learning and the key roles of assessment and feedback as part of that planning. You will examine approaches for planning, assessment, and feedback and establish connections to the theories underpinning them, as well as their applicability to your own professional practice. You will begin to develop the skills to be assessment literate, connecting assessment with the learning and teaching process, interpreting data to modify teaching in response to student need, communicating your teaching decisions with stakeholders, and through reflection to evaluate your own teaching.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Critically analyse the purpose and principles of assessment and feedback as they apply to your own teaching and learning context.
2	Examine student data, observations, and feedback to design a constructively aligned lesson sequence.
3	Critically evaluate your own and other’s decisions around teaching and learning.
4	Apply professional and academic skills to communicate knowledge to an intended audience.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Concurrent Pre-requisite	EMT502

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Vignette Analysis	Week 4	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Development of a constructively aligned lesson sequence	Week 10	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Reflective Learning Log and Final Reflection	Week 14	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 4:	Quiz (Hurdle Task)	Refer to Assessment Description	0 %	LO1, LO3

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Vignette Analysis

Task Description:

Please refer to MyLO for further information.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4

Task Length:

500 words

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Reflect on interpretation of data (20%)	LO1, LO2, LO3
2	Critically analyse a range of teaching and learning design strategies (40%)	LO3
3	Consider student data in direct relation to a range of approaches for planning (30%)	LO2, LO3
4	Apply professional and academic skills to communicate knowledge to an intended audience (10%)	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Development of a constructively aligned lesson sequence

Task Description:

Please refer to MyLO for further information.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 5.1, 5.4

Task Length:

2000 words

Due Date:

Week 10

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Apply critical and professional consideration to the process of planning for assessment (40%)	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Demonstrate critical reflection and evaluation(40%)	LO2, LO3, LO4
3	Analyse current approaches to planning, assessment, and feedback (10%)	LO1, LO3, LO4
4	Apply professional and academic skills to communicate knowledge to an intended audience (10%)	LO4

Assessment Task 3: Reflective Learning Log and Final Reflection

Task Description:

Please refer to MyLO for further information.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 3.6, 3.7, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.3, 7.4

Task Length:

1500 words

Due Date:

Week 14

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate scholarship of teaching and learning(30%)	LO1, LO3, LO4
2	Elaborate on the principles and purposes of assessment and feedback as they apply to your own developing pedagogical approach (30%)	LO1, LO4
3	Demonstrate the development of assessment literacy (30%)	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
4	Apply professional and academic skills to communicate knowledge to an intended audience (10%)	LO4

Assessment Task 4: Quiz (Hurdle Task)

Task Description:

Further information about the quiz will be available in the unit.

Completion of this Assessment Task relates to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5

Task Length:

500 words equivalent

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate critical knowledge of theoretical perspectives of planning, assessment, and feedback	LO1
2	Apply Critical knowledge of the role of data collection, feedback, and assessment to respond to questions about the planning process	LO3

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.