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PCT Workshop

 20th August 2015
       PCT Workshop, Provisional Certified Teacher 
       This workshop covered a variety of aspects from the newly formed Education Council, exploring inclusive education, collaborating in positive and meaningful discussions with other beginning teachers and teaching as inquiry. What did I get from this 3rd workshop? 
        - The slight changes made from the previous Teachers Council to the newly established Education Council. As beginning teachers we are now PCT before being certificated. 
          The importance of ensuring that our classrooms are inclusive to ensure success across the curriculum. Our classrooms are safe, and comfortable for learners to be successful. 
          - Sharing new ideas with other PCT teachers and gaining new ideas and experiences to implement back into my classroom environment. For example; allowing students to listen to their own music as they are carrying out their work independently.  
       
      Links to PTC's: 1, 2, 3, 12 
An effective reading application that provides an opportunity to listen to stories
where they struggle to read, effective way to proof read writing pieces, and for
el students to learn to english as their second language. 
Things you might include in your PTC as
evidence of teaching learning and collaboration
across the board

      This video focussed on the barriers people face in society both in school and out in the local communities. From this video, Samsung organised training courses to help people understand the difficulties people have being hearing impaired. However, I belief is it shouldn't take this long to help people become aware of the factor that these people face. Within the learning environment, as teachers, we need to ensure our learning environments are equipped to adhere to learning needs of all individuals and that it shouldn't take months on end to ensure a learning environment is safe.  

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