PERSONAL LEARNING PLAN

2009

“reach for the stars”

• New compulsory subject• First step in gaining the SACE• Generally undertaken in Year 10• Worth 10 credits• Stage 1 level (first stage of SACE)• A – C grade needed

Personal Learning Plan 2009

Why use e- portfolios? Portfolios combine

•curriculum•instruction•assessment

Teachers and students develop a shared understanding of what constitutes quality work, and acquire a common language for evaluating accomplishments. The emphasis is placed on the students' strengths. Students self-evaluate to monitor their own progress. Parents, students, and teachers conference together to discuss strengths and areas for improvement. Portfolios enhance student-centred classrooms. Students acquire more responsibility for their own learning.

Motivate and Engage LearnersThe use of technology can motivate students to use portfolios, especially if we make the process engaging for the learners. We must give them an opportunity to express their own voice and leave their own mark in their portfolios. As schools implement electronic portfolios, it will be important to do more than replicate their paper based predecessors or adopt a database-type portfolio system that only allows students to fill in blanks on a Web basedform. Where is the individuality, creativity, and ownership? To truly engage learners, schools need to incorporate emerging technologies that motivate and engage adolescent students, including digital storytelling,multimedia artefacts, podcasting and blogging.

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2009Personal Learning Plan

CAPABILITIES•Communication •Learning•Personal Development•Citizenship•Work

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PLP-Assessment

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNICATION

WORK CITIZENSHIP

LEARNING

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNICATION

WORK CITIZENSHIP

LEARNING

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LITERACY MATHS ICT

VOLUNTEERINGWORK EXPERIENCE

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e pod - folio

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CAPABILITY

COMMUNICATION

•Students communicate with their teachers, mentors, parents/carers, career advisors, employers and other people with relevant expertise to define their learning needs and goals and work out how to develop their knowledge and skills further.

•Students, with support, identify their strengths and areas for development and build on their skills in literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology.

•Students discuss with their teacher how their literacy and numeracy skills and goals fit their chosen pathways through school and into their futures.

•Students build their capabilities for self-expression through activities such as role-plays, mock interviews, round table discussions, giving and receiving feedback, and personal skills inventories.

•Students choose appropriate language and protocols as they communicate with a range of people in specific contexts.

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Student Friendly

COMMUNICATION

Communicating to suit particular purposes and contexts

Communicating within and across cultures

Literacy, numeracy and use of information and communication technology

Self expression

CAPABILITIES

PLP PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

CAPABILITY•Students explore and understand their strengths and areas for development in their learning.

•Students develop skills of self-awareness through, for example, self assessment tools. They use the information gained to help them plan for completing their SACE and for their futures after school

•Students explore issues relating to their health and wellbeing, including balancing their workload and subject demands, both at school and outside school.

•Students identify influences on their personal behaviour, attitudes and identity.

•Students participate in courses on study skills and time management. Relaxation, appropriate physical activity, good nutrition, safety and relationships may also be included in their goal setting to support their learning achievements.

PLP PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

CAPABILITIES Developing purpose, direction and decision making about the future

Managing physical and mental health

Reviewing and planning personal development and well being

Understanding personal identity

Student Friendly

PLP WORK

•Students plan for and participate in workplace learning.

•Students discuss and explore their participation in paid and unpaid work outside school.

•Students refer to generic workplace competencies (eg employability skills). They consider the kind of skills and attitudes that are important to employers, and use web-based products to complete employability skills profiles appropriate to their options and preferences.

•Students interact with employers and business people about the skills and attitudes they value in young employees.

•Students make informed decisions about possible work opportunities and directions.

CAPABILITY

PLP WORK

Developing and applying employability skills

Learning, living and working in local, national and global environmentsResponsible participation in education and training, work and communities

Understanding and acting in relation to individual obligations and rights

CAPABILITIESStudent Friendly

PLP CITIZENSHIP

•Students participate in activities outside school that contribute to building citizenship, such as work experience, youth forums and community service.

•Students develop an understanding of legal matters relating to their own safety through taking part in courses such as those on occupational health, safety and welfare, and workplace harassment.

•Students develop an understanding of differences in people’s interests and cultural backgrounds through discussions and collaborative activities with other students and mentors.

•Students reflect on ways in which they contribute to, or can contribute to, the wider community. This might be through activities such as sport and recreation, caring for another member of the family, financial management and/or part-time work.

•Students identify and understand social, economical and political aspects of issues arising in day-to-day learning, working and community activities.

CAPABILITY

PLP CITIZENSHIP

Awareness of cultural identity and diversity

Social and environmental sustainabilitySocial, political, economic and legal participation

Understanding indigenous histories and cultures

CAPABILITIESStudent Friendly

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CAPABILITY

LEARNING

•Students use various computer-based programs and other methods to gain initial feedback on learning styles and areas for development.

•Students learn organisational skills and are encouraged to keep relevant documents and evidence of learning in a folio (either electronically or as a hard copy) so that these can be readily accessed when needed.

•Students learn how to select, organise and use relevant information to help them review, modify and achieve personal goals.

•Students develop skills of reflection in the processes of reviewing and adjusting their plans, as necessary, over time. They have opportunities to adjust their plans in response to new information and to seek assistance from other people, particularly experts in various fields of endeavour.

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CAPABILITIES

LEARNING

Accessing, organising and using informationCritical, ethical, reflective thinking and enquiryLearning and applying knowledge and skillsRecognising how knowledge changes over time and is influenced by people

Student Friendly

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2009Personal Learning Plan LEARNING REQUIREMENTS1. Identify their learning

goals, needs and abilities

2. Make informed decisions to develop, implement, review and adjust their plans

3. Understand and develop their capabilities

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2009Personal Learning Plan Assessment Design Criteria1. Decision - Making 2. Communication3. Understanding and

development capabilities4. Evaluation and reflection

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2009Personal Learning Plan The Performance Standards

• Describe 5 levels of performance that are reported with the grades A-E at the completion of study of any subject

• The standards provide descriptions of the levels of achievement in the subject

• Each achievement level describes the features of knowledge, skills and understandings that can be observed in the student’s evidence of learning.

• To be used in Rubric format

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2009Personal Learning Plan The 4 nominated task topics that we have selected are:1. Career Planning and Course

selection – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

2. Literacy and Numeracy & ICT -COMMUNICATION

3. Community Service - CITIZENSHIP

4. Study Skills -LEARNING

5. Work Experience - WORK

CITIZENSHIP

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

LEARNING

WORK

COMMUNICATION

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Career Planning

Community Service

Negotiated

Work Experience

Literacy Numeracy& ICT

Criteria Assessment

CAPABILITIES STRAND

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ASSESSMENT

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LITERACYNUMERACY

ICT

Educational Tasks

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Construct an Interview that can be used to assess strengths,

weaknesses and abilities in the area of : Maths / English

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LITERACYNUMERACY

ICT

STUDENT TRACKING

NAPLAN

TEACHERSTUDENT

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Educational TasksDelivered in Health / PC• Life Skills Coaching (yr.9)

• Goal Setting

• Pastoral care activities (TAS resources)

• Transition Plan

• Community Reflection (St. Johns, sports teams)

• Personal Statement

• Extra Curricular

Eisteddfod

Aerobics

Music

Sport

- Health & Well being activities

- Volunteering Journal

- Multicultural Week

- Individual Mapping for students (What do I do?)

- ABW

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

•STUDENT TRACKING

Goal Setting

Community Reflections

Life Skills Coaching

STUDENT TEACHER

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WORKEXPERIENCE

Educational TasksDelivered in SOSE / Eng•MAIN TASK – (working with Capabilities)

•Performance Standards

•Other options

•PLACEMENT –organising / communicating

•JOURNAL / reflection / feedback from employer

•OHS

•INDUSTRY AREA (Database) linked to task

(Record an Internal database that links with VETDATA and intended Destination Survey) Is this possible?

(Maria Spencer)

•Questions raised?

•Special Ed

•WILTJA

•How do they address this? (work Experience)

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WORKEXPERIENCE

STUDENT TRACKING

Journal

TEACHERSTUDENT

Mock interview

Educational Tasks

•Resume

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Citizenship

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Citizenship

STUDENT TRACKING

TEACHERSTUDENT

PLP Educational Tasks

•Need examples from individual faculty mapping.

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Assessment

ROUND TABLE ASSESSMENT

Round table Assessment is a public demonstration of student learning.  

• The public or panel consists of 3-5 members, usually a peer, teacher, parent and a Community member.  

• It is the place where students are able to clearly describe to an audience, the deep understanding and knowledge they have obtained.  

• Students are expected to improve their work habits, quality of work, self-confidence and self-reflection.

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ROUND TABLE

Assessment

ROUND TABLE CRITERIA

Evidence of Learning

Presentation format

All capabilities addressed

Evidence of preparation

Presentation format

Clear and precise communication

IDENTIFIED STUDENT LEARNING STYLES

(QUADRANTS)• Individual identification of Learning

Styles could possibly be implemented in -Pastoral care groups and used as a code

to identify ILS on class roles and a visual representation on their online PLP’s.

• To be discussed?

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