comments on the relevant summative report form (End of placement summative school experience report form/ Final school experience summative form) When defining the trainee’s personal standard of literacy, the primary focus is on the trainee’s personal oral and written skills when teaching learners, and fulfilling the broader requirements of the course during school experience (e.g. requirements of the planning file, recording professional meetings, observation notes/logs, writing comments on the whiteboard and on learners’ books.) Trainees are expected to communicate orally and in writing fluently, accurately and persuasively. See the table below for the assessment criteria for grading trainees’ standard of personal literacy: language and expression. (Please note that there is no grade 3 criteria when grading trainees’ standards of personal literacy in order to correspond with the National Welsh Language Competency Certificate for Trainee Teachers) Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3+ Grade 4 Expression Precise and elegant expression. Guides the reader. Clear expression. Some awkward expression. Consistently awkward expression. Meaning not communicated clearly. Vocabulary and spelling Accurate and confident use of specialist terms. Wide range of vocabulary. No spelling errors. Uses specialist terms. Good range of vocabulary. Rare spelling errors. Limited use of specialist terms. Appropriate vocabulary. Some spelling errors. Rare use of specialist terms. Consistent misspellings. No use of specialist terms. Limited vocabulary. Frequent errors. Punctuation Uses a range of punctuation accurately (e.g. colons and to enhance meaning. Sentence boundary punctuation is accurate (i.e. does not use commas inappropriately). Some sentence boundary errors (comma splices). Some errors in apostrophe use. Frequent errors in apostrophe use. Intrusive punctuation errors. Sentence structure and agreement Uses a variety of sentence structures to communicate meaning. Secure control of tense and agreement. Some variety of sentence structures. Mostly in control of tense and agreement. Limited range of sentence structures. Some errors in tense and agreement. Very limited range of sentence structures. Frequent errors in tense and agreement. Persistent errors in sentence structure, tense and agreement. Examples of comments for personal literacy: Comment: Make sure that words you have written on powerpoint slides/prezi or resources have been spelt correctly e.g. necessary, camouflage
Appendix 1: PERSONAL LITERACY PROGRESS TRACKER FOR PGCE PRIMARY /SECONDARY NAME: Tracker to be kept in Personal Progress File(Primary), PDP(Secondary) Personal Literacy aspect Selfaudit response Place a number in the shaded boxes 1.Full understanding 2.Partial understanding 3.Insufficent understanding Note the self-study units completed as referenced in the Blackboard Literacy Section /tasks in support sessions. SE 1 Personal literacy grade Note the self-study units completed as referenced in the Blackboard Literacy Section /January literacy support monitoring tasks Exit audit Personal Literacy Grade SE2 1 2 3 Expression Vocabulary and spelling Punctuation Sentence structure and agreement
PERSONAL LITERACY PROGRESS TRACKER FOR BA PRIMARY, BSc SECONDARY NAME: Yr. 1 Yr.2 (Exit) Yr.3 – Identified support only Tracker to be kept in Personal Progress File Personal Literacy aspect Initial Audit Selfaudit response Place a number in the shaded boxes 1.Full understanding 2.Partial understanding 3.Insufficent understanding Note the self-study units completed as referenced in the Blackboard Literacy Section /tasks in support sessions. Yr1. Interim SE1 Personal literacy grade and mentor’s comments which must be addressed. Exit Audit Yr.2 SE1 Yr. 3 Extra support if needed SE2 1 2 3 Expression Vocabulary and spelling Punctuation Sentence structure and agreement