Course Description

This course will equip teachers to prepare their students for Section I of the HSC Paper 1 examination and help teachers to become better markers.

Deconstruction of Past HSC and the NESA sample questions and criteria will help to show the relationship between the syllabus and the skills needed to approach this aspect of the course.

As well as looking at how to write effective practice questions, you will learn how to create and apply the marking criteria accurately. Sample questions and responses will help you get first-hand experience in marking.

You will also learn how to apply this knowledge in the classroom to improve your students' responses and exam technique.

Audience

This course is aimed at HSC teachers of English Advanced, Standard and English Studies as well as those who are eager to engage with the requirements of the English Common Module – Texts and Human Experiences - and develop their marking skills.

Teaching Standards

2.1.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area: Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.

2.3.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Curriculum, assessment and reporting: Design and implement learning and teaching programs using knowledge of curriculum, assessment and reporting requirements.

 3.3.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Use teaching strategies: Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking.

 3.4.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Select and use resources: Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning,.

5.1.2 Proficient Level - Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning - Assess student learning: Develop, select and use informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative assessment strategies to assess student learning.

5.2.2 Proficient Level - Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning - Provide feedback to students on their learning: Provide timely, effective and appropriate feedback to students about their achievement relative to their learning goals.

 5.3.2 Proficient Level - Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning - Make consistent and comparable judgements: Understand and participate in assessment moderation activities to support consistent and comparable judgements of student learning.

6.2.2 Proficient Level - Engage in Professional Learning - Engage in professional learning and improve practice: Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities.

6.4.2 Proficient Level - Engage in Professional Learning - Apply professional learning and improve student learning: Undertake professional learning programs designed to address identified student learning needs

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