TPS3703/103/0/2023
Tutorial Letter 103/0/2023
Teaching Practice III
TPS3703
FET Phase (Grades 10-12)
Year module
Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This tutorial letter contains important information regarding TPS3703.
,TPS3703
ASSIGNMENT 50
Tutorial Letter 103A/2023 Teaching Practice for FET (Grades 10-12). Year module.
PORTFOLIO TEMPLATE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAGE IS TO IDENTIFY THE TEACHING METHOD (FIRST FET SUBJECT
MODULE) THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRACTICAL TEACHING PORTFOLIO.
Mark the box next to the FET (Grades 10-12) subject for which you prepared this
portfolio.
Subject Didactics FET Mark NOTE:
(Grades 10-12) the IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS
box
PAGE CORRECTLY, WE WILL DEDUCT 10%
with
an FROM YOUR PORTFOLIO MARK.
X.
Art
Consumer Studies STUDENT NAME:
Hospitality Studies
Computer Applications
…………………………………..
Technology
Information Technology
STUDENT NUMBER ……………………
Life Sciences
Geography Indicate the subject you did for TPS3704, since you
Life Orientation must choose a different subject specialisation for
Mathematics Literacy TPS3703.
Mathematics
History
TPS3704: …………………………….
Accounting
Business Studies
Economics
Religion Studies
English
Physical Science
Languages
Technical Subjects
Tourism
This must be the front page of your portfolio.
2
, TPS3703/103/0/2023
Dear Student
1 INTRODUCTION
This tutorial letter contains the portfolio template to be used to complete Assignment 50 for
TPS3703 (Teaching Practice III for FET (Grades 10-12)). You must complete this portfolio for
Teaching Methodology as specified in the third year of your curriculum for the stream you
are completing.
Please read the instructions and guidelines carefully before attempting to complete the
portfolio. This portfolio counts 80% of your final mark for this module. Also read the information
regarding lesson plans.
Your future and your career depend on the timely submission of this portfolio. You must
submit the portfolio as soon as you finish your practical teaching period of 25 school days.
No portfolio received after 30 September 2023 will be marked. It will be returned to you and
you will have to reregister and repeat your teaching practice during the following year.
Therefore, make sure that you submit your portfolio in time so that Unisa receives it by the
due date.
NOTE: The school visit is a very important part of your training, since you will receive advice and
support that could be valuable for your preparation as a teacher. However, the mark you receive
for the school visit does not count towards your marks for this course as, at this stage, we
cannot confirm that every student will be visited. Therefore, if it happens that you are not
visited, your marks will not be affected in any way.
If you have any queries regarding the portfolio, you should contact the lecturer for this
module, as indicated in Tutorial Letter 101.
Please do not contact the lecturer regarding placements or school visits. See Tutorial
Letter 102 for contact details in this regard.
Contact the Assignments Section (see Tutorial Letter 101) regarding the receipt of
assignments or to check the status of your assignment on MYUNISA on your student
record.
READ THIS BEFORE STARTING YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE.
This document is the teaching portfolio template that must be completed and submitted as one
document with comprehensive evidence of each aspect inserted at the appropriate sections.
DO NOT ATTACH ALL EVIDENCE AT THE END OR AS A SEPARATE SECTION.
You must complete your portfolio electronically and submit it online. The PDF and Word template
are available on the Moodle system. After submitting it, check that everything was uploaded and
that it appears correctly on the system. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS
ON THE PORTAL FOR THE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION. MAKE SURE THAT ALL YOUR
INFORMATION IS IN THE PORTFOLIO BEFORE SUBMITTING IT. No additional information
3
, can be added later. DO NOT SUBMIT THE PORTFOLIO ON A PORTAL MEANT FOR ANOTHER
PORTFOLIO.
Always keep a backup of your portfolio! We have heard many hard-luck stories from students
in the past about why they couldn’t submit their portfolio (in time), but please note that we will
not accept any excuse, no matter how valid it may sound. Things do go wrong from time to time
and it is your responsibility always to keep backups of your work.
Students might fail their practical teaching component for various reasons, including non-
submission, late submission or failure of assignments; late submission of portfolios; lack of
credible evidence; poor quality of lesson plans; poor quality of answers; failure to complete all
sections of the portfolio comprehensively (including meaningful reflections); and cheating (in
terms of school stamps, signatures, copying the work of other students, submitting the work of
teachers instead of your own, not attending all practical teaching days).
JUST BECAUSE YOU SUBMITTED A PORTFOLIO DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU WILL
DEFINITELY PASS. YOU WILL PASS ONLY IF THE PORTFOLIO IS OF GOOD QUALITY, IF
YOU COMPLETED ALL THE SECTIONS FULLY AND CORRECTLY, IF THE REQUIRED
EVIDENCE IS ATTACHED, IF ALL OBSERVATIONS ARE COMPLETED, IF YOUR LESSON
PLANS ARE GOOD AND IF ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURES AND SCHOOL STAMPS ARE IN
EVIDENCE.
Please make sure that your portfolio has been successfully submitted via the Moodle system. All
online assignments and online portfolios must be submitted as PDF documents. NO WORD
DOCUMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
If you are an exceptional student who adds substantial amounts of colourful, interesting, and
credible evidence, please reduce the size of your artefacts to keep them within the maximum
size of documents that can be submitted online. (You can go to ilovepdf.com to compress your
portfolios.)
The portfolio must be completed during the teaching practice period and submitted directly after
completing it. In the interest of quality assessment, we must stagger the submissions so that
they do not all come to us for marking at the end of the year. If you do not complete the portfolio
during the teaching practice period and do not submit it at the end of your teaching practice, you
will be penalised as follows: If it reaches us two weeks late – minus 10%, three weeks late –
minus 20%, four weeks late 30% and so on. YOUR CAREER AND YOUR FUTURE DEPENDS
ON THE RESULT OF THIS SUBMISSION. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT
YOUR PORTFOLIO IS COMPLETED PROPERLY AND SUBMITTED ON TIME.
You might think that these measures are harsh, but we work with an enormous number of
portfolios, so we expect you to take responsibility for your work and follow the guidelines. It is
virtually impossible to make any changes or additions after you have submitted your portfolio and
we also need enough time to do quality assessment.
If you do your part and follow the guidelines, we promise that we will do everything in our power
to assist you with any teaching practice or portfolio challenges you may experience.
Last date of teaching practice period: ………………….….
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Tutorial Letter 103/0/2023
Teaching Practice III
TPS3703
FET Phase (Grades 10-12)
Year module
Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This tutorial letter contains important information regarding TPS3703.
,TPS3703
ASSIGNMENT 50
Tutorial Letter 103A/2023 Teaching Practice for FET (Grades 10-12). Year module.
PORTFOLIO TEMPLATE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAGE IS TO IDENTIFY THE TEACHING METHOD (FIRST FET SUBJECT
MODULE) THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRACTICAL TEACHING PORTFOLIO.
Mark the box next to the FET (Grades 10-12) subject for which you prepared this
portfolio.
Subject Didactics FET Mark NOTE:
(Grades 10-12) the IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS
box
PAGE CORRECTLY, WE WILL DEDUCT 10%
with
an FROM YOUR PORTFOLIO MARK.
X.
Art
Consumer Studies STUDENT NAME:
Hospitality Studies
Computer Applications
…………………………………..
Technology
Information Technology
STUDENT NUMBER ……………………
Life Sciences
Geography Indicate the subject you did for TPS3704, since you
Life Orientation must choose a different subject specialisation for
Mathematics Literacy TPS3703.
Mathematics
History
TPS3704: …………………………….
Accounting
Business Studies
Economics
Religion Studies
English
Physical Science
Languages
Technical Subjects
Tourism
This must be the front page of your portfolio.
2
, TPS3703/103/0/2023
Dear Student
1 INTRODUCTION
This tutorial letter contains the portfolio template to be used to complete Assignment 50 for
TPS3703 (Teaching Practice III for FET (Grades 10-12)). You must complete this portfolio for
Teaching Methodology as specified in the third year of your curriculum for the stream you
are completing.
Please read the instructions and guidelines carefully before attempting to complete the
portfolio. This portfolio counts 80% of your final mark for this module. Also read the information
regarding lesson plans.
Your future and your career depend on the timely submission of this portfolio. You must
submit the portfolio as soon as you finish your practical teaching period of 25 school days.
No portfolio received after 30 September 2023 will be marked. It will be returned to you and
you will have to reregister and repeat your teaching practice during the following year.
Therefore, make sure that you submit your portfolio in time so that Unisa receives it by the
due date.
NOTE: The school visit is a very important part of your training, since you will receive advice and
support that could be valuable for your preparation as a teacher. However, the mark you receive
for the school visit does not count towards your marks for this course as, at this stage, we
cannot confirm that every student will be visited. Therefore, if it happens that you are not
visited, your marks will not be affected in any way.
If you have any queries regarding the portfolio, you should contact the lecturer for this
module, as indicated in Tutorial Letter 101.
Please do not contact the lecturer regarding placements or school visits. See Tutorial
Letter 102 for contact details in this regard.
Contact the Assignments Section (see Tutorial Letter 101) regarding the receipt of
assignments or to check the status of your assignment on MYUNISA on your student
record.
READ THIS BEFORE STARTING YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE.
This document is the teaching portfolio template that must be completed and submitted as one
document with comprehensive evidence of each aspect inserted at the appropriate sections.
DO NOT ATTACH ALL EVIDENCE AT THE END OR AS A SEPARATE SECTION.
You must complete your portfolio electronically and submit it online. The PDF and Word template
are available on the Moodle system. After submitting it, check that everything was uploaded and
that it appears correctly on the system. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS
ON THE PORTAL FOR THE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION. MAKE SURE THAT ALL YOUR
INFORMATION IS IN THE PORTFOLIO BEFORE SUBMITTING IT. No additional information
3
, can be added later. DO NOT SUBMIT THE PORTFOLIO ON A PORTAL MEANT FOR ANOTHER
PORTFOLIO.
Always keep a backup of your portfolio! We have heard many hard-luck stories from students
in the past about why they couldn’t submit their portfolio (in time), but please note that we will
not accept any excuse, no matter how valid it may sound. Things do go wrong from time to time
and it is your responsibility always to keep backups of your work.
Students might fail their practical teaching component for various reasons, including non-
submission, late submission or failure of assignments; late submission of portfolios; lack of
credible evidence; poor quality of lesson plans; poor quality of answers; failure to complete all
sections of the portfolio comprehensively (including meaningful reflections); and cheating (in
terms of school stamps, signatures, copying the work of other students, submitting the work of
teachers instead of your own, not attending all practical teaching days).
JUST BECAUSE YOU SUBMITTED A PORTFOLIO DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU WILL
DEFINITELY PASS. YOU WILL PASS ONLY IF THE PORTFOLIO IS OF GOOD QUALITY, IF
YOU COMPLETED ALL THE SECTIONS FULLY AND CORRECTLY, IF THE REQUIRED
EVIDENCE IS ATTACHED, IF ALL OBSERVATIONS ARE COMPLETED, IF YOUR LESSON
PLANS ARE GOOD AND IF ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURES AND SCHOOL STAMPS ARE IN
EVIDENCE.
Please make sure that your portfolio has been successfully submitted via the Moodle system. All
online assignments and online portfolios must be submitted as PDF documents. NO WORD
DOCUMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
If you are an exceptional student who adds substantial amounts of colourful, interesting, and
credible evidence, please reduce the size of your artefacts to keep them within the maximum
size of documents that can be submitted online. (You can go to ilovepdf.com to compress your
portfolios.)
The portfolio must be completed during the teaching practice period and submitted directly after
completing it. In the interest of quality assessment, we must stagger the submissions so that
they do not all come to us for marking at the end of the year. If you do not complete the portfolio
during the teaching practice period and do not submit it at the end of your teaching practice, you
will be penalised as follows: If it reaches us two weeks late – minus 10%, three weeks late –
minus 20%, four weeks late 30% and so on. YOUR CAREER AND YOUR FUTURE DEPENDS
ON THE RESULT OF THIS SUBMISSION. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT
YOUR PORTFOLIO IS COMPLETED PROPERLY AND SUBMITTED ON TIME.
You might think that these measures are harsh, but we work with an enormous number of
portfolios, so we expect you to take responsibility for your work and follow the guidelines. It is
virtually impossible to make any changes or additions after you have submitted your portfolio and
we also need enough time to do quality assessment.
If you do your part and follow the guidelines, we promise that we will do everything in our power
to assist you with any teaching practice or portfolio challenges you may experience.
Last date of teaching practice period: ………………….….
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