Unit Outline
EMT508
Teacher as Planner Assessor & Reporter
Semester 2, 2025
Nadia Ollington
Faculty of Education
College of Arts, Law and Education
CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B

Unit Coordinator
Nadia Ollington
Email: Nadia.Ollington@utas.edu.au
What is the Unit About?
Unit Description
 

This unit will help you further develop your professional skills around planning for learning with consideration of assessment and feedback as part of that planning. In this unit 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 also develop the skills to be assessment literate through critical consideration of technological advances in Education such as GenAI, data for the modification of 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
Apply data, observations, and feedback to design a constructively aligned lesson sequence with GenAI as collaborator.
3
Critically evaluate your own and other’s decisions around assessment and feedback.
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
 
 
 

Teaching arrangements
ATTENDANCE MODE
TEACHING TYPE
LEARNING ACTIVITY
CONTACT HOURS
FREQUENCY
Attendance / engagement expectations
If your unit is offered On campus, it is expected that you will attend all on-campus and onsite learning activities. This is to support your own learning and the development of a learning community within the unit. If you are unable to attend regularly, please discuss the situation with your course coordinator and/or our UConnect support team.

If your unit is offered Online or includes online activities, it is expected you will engage in all those activities as indicated in the Unit Outline or MyLO, including any self-directed learning.

If you miss a learning activity for a legitimate reason (e.g., illness, carer responsibilities) teaching staff will attempt to provide alternative activities (e.g., make up readings) where it is possible.
 
 
 
 

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:
Development of a constructively aligned lesson sequence
Week 9
50 %
LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:
Reflective Learning Log and Final Reflection
Week 13
40 %
LO1, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:
Quiz
Refer to Assessment Description
10 %
LO1, LO3
 
Assessment details
Assessment Task 1: Development of a constructively aligned lesson sequence
Task Description:
This task reflects work that you will be doing as a teacher in the future. In this task you will use a GenAI tool, CoPilot, to design a lesson sequence using curriculum content relevant to your teaching context (proficiency/specialisation). 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 9
Weight:
50 %
 
CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Apply approaches to planning, assessment, and feedback for the development of a constructively aligned lesson sequence (30%)
LO1, LO2, LO3
2
Demonstrate critical reflection and evaluation(30%)
LO2, LO3
3
Critically analyse the purposes and principles of assessment and feedback as they apply to your own teaching context (30%)
LO1, LO3
4
Apply professional and academic skills to communicate knowledge to an intended audience (10%)
LO4
 
Assessment Task 2: Reflective Learning Log and Final Reflection
Task Description:
In this task you will bring together a series of reflective learning logs to reflect on your learning in the unit overall. 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:
1200 words
Due Date:
Week 13
Weight:
40 %
 
 

CRITERION #
CRITERION
MEASURES INTENDED
LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
1
Contribute to the weekly reflective learning log to demonstrate critical evaluation of your own and other's ideas about assessment and feedback (30%)
LO1, LO3
2
Elaborate on the principles and purposes of assessment and feedback as they apply to your own developing pedagogical approach (30%)
LO1, LO3
3
Demonstrate awareness of your developing skills for assessment literacy (30%)
LO1, LO3
4
Apply professional and academic skills to communicate knowledge to an intended audience (10%)
LO4
 
Assessment Task 3: Quiz
Task Description:
This quiz will provide formative feedback on your learning in each unit module. The quiz is available in three parts that you will complete at the end of each module of learning, Further information about the task 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:
10 %
 
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.
Academic progress review
The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.
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.