Professional Practice - Standard 4
Standard 4. Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
4.1 Support student participation
Graduate: Identify strategies to support inclusive student participation and engagement in classroom activities.
Proficient: Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.
Highly Accomplished: Model effective practice and support colleagues to implement inclusive strategies that engage and support all students
Lead: Demonstrate and lead by example the development of productive and inclusive learning environments across the school by reviewing inclusive strategies and exploring new approaches to engage and support all students.
4.2 Manage classroom activities
Graduate: Demonstrate the capacity to organise classroom activities and provide clear directions.
Proficient: Establish and maintain orderly and workable routines to create an environment where student time is spent on learning tasks.
Highly Accomplished: Model and share with colleagues a flexible repertoire of strategies for classroom management to ensure all students are engaged in purposeful activities.
Lead: Initiate strategies and lead colleagues to implement effective classroom management and promote student responsibility for learning.
4.3 Manage challenging behaviour
Graduate: Demonstrate knowledge of practical approaches to managing behaviour.
Proficient: Manage challenging behaviour by establishing and negotiating clear expectations with students and address discipline issues promptly, fairly and respectfully.
Highly Accomplished: Develop and share with colleagues a flexible repertoire of behaviour management strategies using expert knowledge and workplace experience.
Lead: Lead and implement behaviour management initiatives to assist colleagues to broaden their range of strategies.
4.4 Maintain student safety
Graduate: Describe strategies that support students' wellbeing and safety working within school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
Proficient: Ensure students’ wellbeing and safety within school by implementing school and/ or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
Highly Accomplished: Initiate and take responsibility for implementing current school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements to ensure student wellbeing and safety.
Lead: Evaluate the effectiveness of student wellbeing policies and safe working practices using current school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements and assist colleagues to update their practices.
4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically
Graduate: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
Proficient: Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
Highly Accomplished: Model, and support colleagues to develop, strategies to promote the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.
Lead: Review or implement new policies and strategies to ensure the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.
4.1 Support student participation
Graduate: Identify strategies to support inclusive student participation and engagement in classroom activities.
Proficient: Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.
Highly Accomplished: Model effective practice and support colleagues to implement inclusive strategies that engage and support all students
Lead: Demonstrate and lead by example the development of productive and inclusive learning environments across the school by reviewing inclusive strategies and exploring new approaches to engage and support all students.
4.2 Manage classroom activities
Graduate: Demonstrate the capacity to organise classroom activities and provide clear directions.
Proficient: Establish and maintain orderly and workable routines to create an environment where student time is spent on learning tasks.
Highly Accomplished: Model and share with colleagues a flexible repertoire of strategies for classroom management to ensure all students are engaged in purposeful activities.
Lead: Initiate strategies and lead colleagues to implement effective classroom management and promote student responsibility for learning.
4.3 Manage challenging behaviour
Graduate: Demonstrate knowledge of practical approaches to managing behaviour.
Proficient: Manage challenging behaviour by establishing and negotiating clear expectations with students and address discipline issues promptly, fairly and respectfully.
Highly Accomplished: Develop and share with colleagues a flexible repertoire of behaviour management strategies using expert knowledge and workplace experience.
Lead: Lead and implement behaviour management initiatives to assist colleagues to broaden their range of strategies.
4.4 Maintain student safety
Graduate: Describe strategies that support students' wellbeing and safety working within school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
Proficient: Ensure students’ wellbeing and safety within school by implementing school and/ or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
Highly Accomplished: Initiate and take responsibility for implementing current school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements to ensure student wellbeing and safety.
Lead: Evaluate the effectiveness of student wellbeing policies and safe working practices using current school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements and assist colleagues to update their practices.
4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically
Graduate: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
Proficient: Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
Highly Accomplished: Model, and support colleagues to develop, strategies to promote the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.
Lead: Review or implement new policies and strategies to ensure the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.