Professional Development Log

Teacher’s Name: Melissa Yost Teacher’s Role: Classroom Teacher

Registration No.: 16867 Registration Status: Provisional Career Stage: Graduate
Employment Status: Permanent Full Time Employment Sector: Independent Geolocation: Urban

Australian Professional Standards

Date Hours Professional Development Reflection and Comment
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Learned the concepts of the Read Write Inc synthetic
13/1/20 &
12 Read Write Inc Training   ☐ ☐   ☐ phonics program. Participated in various activities
14/1/20 regarding implementing the program in a classroom.
Competed 3 of the 5 modules of Berry Street Education
23/1/20 7 Berry Street Education Model Training     ☐  ☐ Model program for wellbeing – Stamina, Engagement and
Character.
Participated in start-up day training – learning about the
24/1/20 7 Manunda Term 1 Start Up Day   ☐ ☐    school’s various programs – RWI, NZMaths, BSEM.
Completed training at Sanderson Middle School for
13/2/20 7 Meaningful Maths Induction Day   ☐ ☐   ☐ NZMaths. Engaged in various activities to learn about the
different hands-on strategies to use when teaching maths.
Completed training for the remaining 2 modules of BSEM –
25/2/20 3 Berry Street Education Model Training     ☐  ☐ Body and Relationships.
Participated in professional development surrounding
20/7/20 7 Manunda Term 3 Start Up Day   ☐ ☐   ☐ whole school behaviour management strategies, special
education programs and looking at curriculum outcomes.
Learn about Bakewell Primary School and its pedagogies –
29/1/21 7 Bakewell Term 1 Start Up Day   ☐ ☐   ☐ Meaningful Maths, Lisa Kay Writing, Jolly Phonics, AVID
Different strategies on how to approach behaviours in the
8/3/21 7 Bill Rogers Behaviour Management  ☐     ☐ classroom including appropriate language and strategies
to use.
Tanya came to observe my teaching of writing and
18/3/21 1 Writing Walkthrough   ☐ ☐  ☐  provided feedback.
Travelled to Manunda Terrace Primary School to attend a
23/3/21 1 Meaningful Maths Workshop (Talk Moves)   ☐ ☐    session on using targeted oral language to develop maths
skills.
Discussed the curriculum and placed samples above, at
11/5/21 1 Confirming and Clarifying Writing   ☐ ☐    and below. Moderated assessments from across Year 2
team.
18/5/21 1 Confirming and Clarifying Writing   ☐ ☐    Discussed the curriculum and placed samples in A-E
 grades. Moderated assessments from across Year 2 team.
Discussed my goals for professional development for the
24/5/21 0.5 Professional Dialogue Conversation (1/2) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐  ☐  year, including Apple Teacher Certification and
observation goals.
Participated in activities using AVID strategies
(philosophical chairs, levels of questioning, carousel
19/7/21 7 Term 3 Start Up Day   ☐ ☐   ☐ brainstorm) and discussed how to apply it in our
classrooms. Confirming and clarifying math assessments.
Moderated assessments from across early childhood.
Completed 3 badges towards my Apple Teacher
22/7/21 3 Apple Teacher Certification    ☐ ☐  ☐ Certification – iPad, Keynote and Pages.
Confirming and clarifying math assessments (JAM).
27/7/21 1 JAM Confirming and Clarifying   ☐ ☐    Moderated assessments from across early childhood with
different schools.
Reflected on the progress of my goals so far. Discussed the
28/7/21 0.5 Professional Dialogue Conversation (2/2) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐  ☐  ways in which I was successfully working towards
achieving my set goals for 2021.
Completed 10 modules of Minecraft Education Teacher
19/8/21 11 Minecraft Education Certification    ☐ ☐  ☐ Academy – learning how to use Minecraft in the classroom
for educational purposes.
Observed Lana in the classroom teaching students how to
5/11/21 1 Lana Menadue iPad Skills - ToonTastic    ☐ ☐  ☐ access the features of ToonTastic.
Tara Mitchell Meaningful Maths Tara came in to observe my teaching of a maths lesson and
9/11/21 1    ☐ ☐   provided constructive feedback on how to improve.
Observation
Bakewell Primary School Professional Looked at Explicit Instruction techniques and how to
12/11/21 7    ☐    implement them in the classroom.
Development Day
Revised Code of Conduct – discussed use of social media,
18/7/22 7 Bakewell Term 3 Start Up Day    ☐    school resources, accident reporting, cyber security.
Mandatory reporting.
Lana Menadue iPad Skills – Lana taught the class how to make a PicCollage and export
20/7/22 1 ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ it to Seesaw.
Seesaw/PicCollage
Lana taught the class how to use Pages to complete a
21/7/22 1 Lana Menadue iPad Skills - Pages ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ spelling activity.
Learnt many strategies for working with difficult parents
4/8/22 6 From Conflict to Collaboration  ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐   and colleagues.
Susan Walker from AVID Australia delivered a session on
Inquiry. We learnt about Inquiry and Costa’s Levels of
10/10/22 7 Bakewell Term 4 Start Up Day   ☐ ☐ ☐   Thinking. Looked at Bakewell’s ASIP for 2023 and did a
session on self-care for staff.