Annotations Implementing a school core practices
document
Note the focus area and standard
descriptor/s the artefact /
document reflects
7.1 Meet professional ethics
and responsibilities
Understand and apply the
key principles described in
codes of ethics and conduct
for the teaching profession.
7.2 Comply with legislative,
administrative and
organisational requirements.
Understand the relevant
legislative, administrative
and organisational policies
and processes required for
teachers according to school
stage.
Note the type of Describe the artefact / document and Describe how the artefact /
artefact / document indicate the possible impact or result on document
teaching and/ or student learning meet the standard descriptors you
have identified.
The artefact which The core practice document of a This artefact allowed me to
is being school is an important document for a gain an understanding of the
deconstructed is teacher to know and understand. The schools ethics and
one of my document provides teachers with responsibilities in relation to
practicums schools practical guidance on how to their students. This permitted
core practices incorporate the schools whole school me to follow the professional
document. This approaches to learning into their own procedures in regards to
document contains teaching styles (EL Education, 2017). incidents which arose during
important This document allowed me to continue my teaching (APST 7.1).
information about with the schools current whole school
the schools ethics, approaches and allow me to By gaining access to this
teaching implement them into my lessons. document, I was able to
responsibilities and There by allowing me to implement improve my lessons as it
the range of whole the same strategies as my mentor so includes the whole-school
school approaches the students do not get confused. teaching approaches adopted
in which the by the school. This allowed
teachers are The core practice documents also me to experiment with
expected to use to allowed me to understand the frameworks such as TAPPLE
teach their students. responsibilities of a teacher at the and WALT. In addition to
school. As stated by the Department of
Education NSW teachers have a
responsibility to ensure that students
gain the knowledge and skills they
require to become effective learners
and ultimately effective and
responsible citizens and understand
and appreciate the values and beliefs
supported by Australian society
(2003). Therefore, without this
document there will be serious impacts
on the students cognitive and social
emotional skills. If a teacher was to
ignore their responsibilities the results
can be disastrous to the students
learning and development, thus the
reason for teachers to act
professionally and the reason why
documents like this one exist, for the
benefit of the students.
this, I was able to implement
the schools administrative
and organisational polices in
the classroom, ensuring
continuity of teaching
strategies and expectations
from my mentor teacher to
myself, with the students
(APST 7.2).
My mentor wrote on the
14/11/15
She abides by the ethics and
responsibilities we as
teachers, are bound by.
(Mentor Teacher C. McGeary,
personal communication,
14/11/2015)

In addition to a teachers responsibility

they also have to abide by a set of
ethical rules. The code of ethics for
Queensland teachers are based on six
core values. These values are
integrity, dignity, responsibility,
respect, justice and care (Queensland
Collage of teachers, 2008). These
values were embed throughout the
core practice document I was using as
my experience was in a Queensland
school. These values are extremely
important to have and uphold. By
using this document to inform my
teaching I was able to place these
values into my teaching and improve
my practice.
The followings are excerpts from the document which showcase what the document contains.
References

EL Education. (2017). Core Practices. Retrieved from https://eleducation.org/resources/core-practices

Department of Education NSW. (2003). Professional and legal responsibilities of teachers handbook. Retrieved from

https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-
8#q=nsw+proffessional+teaching+leagal+responsibilities

Queensland Collage of teachers. (2008). Code of Ethics. Retrieved from http://qct.edu.au/standards-and-conduct/code-of-

ethics