Capability of Preschoolers (TCHR5010) Assignment Help

Competency and capability of Preschoolers (TCHR5010) Assignment Help

Assessment One: Portfolio

Information Booklet

Assessment name:	Portfolio
Due Date:	Friday, 10h May 2024 by 11:59pm
Weighting:	40%
Length:	1500 words
Academic Integrity:	Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, may not be used for this Assessment Task. You are required to demonstrate if you have developed the unit’s skills and knowledge without the support of GenAI. If you use GenAI tools in your assessment task, it may result in an academic integrity breach against you as described in the Student Academic and Non-Academic Misconduct Rules, Section 3. Under the Rules – Student Academic and Non-Academic Misconduct Rules (Section 3) students have the right to Appeal against the Academic Integrity Officers academic misconduct Determination, to the Executive Dean, with that determination being final and conclusive, and not subject to further Appeal within the University. Students are not able to appeal against academic misconduct via the Unit Assessor or unit staff. At Southern Cross University academic integrity means behaving with the values of honesty, fairness, trustworthiness, courage, responsibility, and respect in relation to academic work. The Southern Cross University Academic Integrity Framework aims to develop a holistic, systematic, and consistent approach to addressing academic integrity across the entire University. For more information see the SCU Academic Integrity Framework NOTE: Academic Integrity breaches include poor referencing, not identifying direct quotations correctly, close paraphrasing, plagiarism, recycling, misrepresentation, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, fabricating information.
Task Description:	This Portfolio is comprised of two tasks and should be presented on one Word document. Task 1: Professional Philosophy (approximately 500 words) Write your professional philosophy statement for working with Preschool age children. Consider important aspects of pre-schoolers’ learning and development that we have been focusing on in the unit such as: – Relationships – Quality – Diversity and inclusion – Transition to school – Supporting pro-social competencies Task 2: Goals and Critical reflection (approximately 1000 words/200-300 words per goal) Set 4-5 goals that you want to achieve on your forthcoming professional experience with Preschoolers. Critically reflect on these goals, and your philosophy, and identify anticipated challenges you may face achieving your goals and putting your philosophy into practice. How do you intend to overcome these challenges? Analyse according to the set text, and the NQS and EYLF.
Rationale	Students will reflect on their learning about theoretical perspectives and practices to develop their own teaching philosophy for teaching Preschoolers. Students will reflect on this philosophy and how it may translate into practice.
Referencing	APA 7th referencing format is required in Faculty of Education assessment tasks – link to SCU Libguide here: APA 7 Referencing

Resources

NQS QA= National Quality Standard Quality Area

EYLF = Early Years Learning Framework

Support Resources

Academic Integrity – SCU guidelines

Academic Integrity Module – mandatory module for first year students Learning Zone – workshops, Quick Guides, student appointments

Submission

The due date for this assessment is Friday, 10th May 2024 by 11:59pm

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Late

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TCHR5010: Competency and capability of Preschoolers Assessment 1: Portfolio MARKING RUBRIC

Criteria

High Distinction

Distinction

Credit

Pass

Fail

Task 1: Professional Philosophy (40%)

Articulation of professional

philosophy statement for working with Preschool age children. Includes important aspects of Preschoolers’ learning and development.

There is OUTSTANDING

articulation of the philosophy statement for working with Preschoolers.

OUTSTANDING inclusion of

important aspects of

Preschoolers’ learning and

development that are covered in the unit.

There is VERY GOOD articulation of the philosophy statement for working with Preschoolers. VERY GOOD inclusion of

important aspects of

Preschoolers’ learning and

development that are covered in the unit.

There is GOOD articulation of the philosophy statement for working with Preschoolers.

GOOD inclusion of important aspects of Preschoolers’ learning and development that are

covered in the unit.

There is BASIC articulation of the philosophy statement for working with Preschoolers.

BASIC inclusion of important aspects of Preschoolers’ learning and development that are

covered in the unit.

There is UNCLEAR articulation of the philosophy statement for working with Preschoolers. Philosophy includes limited aspects of Preschoolers’ learning and development that are

covered in the unit.

Task 2: Goals and critical reflection (40%)

Development of 4-5 goals to achieve for professional experience with Preschoolers.

Critical reflection on goals and personal approach to learning & teaching of Preschoolers, the

challenges and the learning

competencies needed to achieve success as a Preschool teacher.

OUTSTANDING goals to achieve for professional experience with Preschoolers.

OUTSTANDING critical reflection on goals and personal approach to learning & teaching of

Preschoolers, the challenges and the learning competencies needed to achieve success as a Preschool teacher.

VERY GOOD goals to achieve for professional experience with Preschoolers.

VERY GOOD critical reflection on goals and personal approach to learning & teaching of

Preschoolers, the challenges and the learning competencies

needed to achieve success as a Preschool teacher.

GOOD goals to achieve for

professional experience with Preschoolers.

GOOD critical reflection on goals and personal approach to learning & teaching of Preschoolers, the challenges and the learning competencies needed to achieve success as a Preschool teacher.

BASIC goals to achieve for

professional experience with Preschoolers.

BASIC critical reflection on goals and personal approach to

learning & teaching of

Preschoolers, the challenges and the learning competencies needed to achieve success as a Preschool teacher.

UNCLEAR and/or INAPPROPRIATE goals to achieve for professional experience with Preschoolers. UNCLEAR critical reflection on goals and personal approach to learning & teaching of

Preschoolers, the challenges and the learning competencies needed to achieve success as a Preschool teacher.

Use of set text, the EYLF, NQS, the unit’s materials and scholarly readings (10%)

OUTSTANDING use of materials.

VERY GOOD use of materials.

GOOD use of materials.

BASIC use of materials.

Limited materials used in written work.

Academic literacy (10%)

Displayed outstanding Academic Literacy, including all of the following:

Correct word count (+/- 10%), correct writing conventions, correctly formatted reference list.

Displayed comprehensive

Academic Literacy, including all or most of the following: