TPS3705 PORTFOLIO (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE 14 September 2025 ; 100% correct solutions and explanations.

TPS3705 PORTFOLIO (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE 14 September 2025 ; 100% correct solutions and explanations. Tutorial Letter 103/0/2025 Teaching Practice for Senior Phase (Grades 7– 9) TPS3705 Year module Department Curriculum and Instructional Studies IMPORTANT INFORMATION This tutorial letter contains important information regarding TPS3705 TPS3705: Assignment 50 Unique number: INTRODUCTION Dear Student This tutorial letter contains the portfolio template to be used to complete assignment 50 for TPS3705 (Teaching practice for SP - grades 7 - 9). Please read the instructions and guidelines carefully and thoroughly before attempting to complete the portfolio. This portfolio counts 80% of your final mark for TPS3705. Also, read the attachment for information regarding lesson plans. Your future and your career depend on quality teaching practice and timely submission of the portfolio. You must submit the portfolio as soon as you finish your practical teaching period of 25 school days. Since this is a non-venue-based examination, you are expected to do it every day. 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 on the last day of your teaching practice you will be penalised in the following way: If it reaches us two weeks late – minus 10%, three weeks late – minus 20%, four weeks late 30% and so on. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE YOUR PORTFOLIO IS RECEIVED IN GOOD ORDER AND ON TIME. You might think that these measures are harsh, but we work with huge numbers of portfolios and expect you to take responsibility for your work and to make sure you follow the guidelines as you are also expected to instill the same skills to learners. PLEASE NOTE: The school visit is a very important part of your training as you get advice and support that is valuable for your preparation as a teacher. If you have any queries regarding the portfolio (read your tutorial letters before you ask questions), you can contact me at: Dr T. Maphumulo (Work) INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE STARTING WITH YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE This is a non-venue-based exam called a portfolio. It must be completed each day you are at school (every day). You should learn as much as possible from your mentor and other teachers as well as from the learners. During Teaching Practice (TP), you are expected to comply with all the school rules and policies e.g., leave policy, code of conduct, etc. Read this document thoroughly before you start your TP. For this module, you can do TP at a school in grades 7-9. This document is the teaching portfolio template and must please be completed fully and submitted as one document with comprehensive evidence of each aspect inserted at the appropriate sections. PLEASE DO NOT ATTACH ALL EVIDENCE AT THE END OR AS A SEPARATE SECTION. This portfolio is structured, and you must use the portfolio template we provided. All aspects of the portfolio are compulsory except where it is indicated that something can be included for additional marks. You are expected to complete all activities for each aspect of the portfolio that is compulsory. Where applicable you must include documentary evidence. Attach the evidence to the appropriate section in the portfolio. For instance, if you want to include a copy of the school’s disciplinary code you attach it where the disciplinary code is discussed. The portfolio also includes lesson plans that you must complete and present. You can present as many lessons as you can at the school but at least five of these lessons need to be assessed by your mentor. Mentors will give you a mark and feedback and will sign the assessments. You also need to get the assessed lesson plans stamped with the official school stamp. After completing the portfolio, you need to sign the declaration form at the end, and you must also get it signed by the mentor and the school principal. This also needs to be stamped with the official school stamp. Complete your portfolio electronically and submit it online. The electronic template is available online. All online assignments and online portfolios must be submitted as PDF documents. NO WORD DOCUMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. After submitting it, please check that everything was downloaded and that it appears correctly on the system. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE PORTAL FOR THE PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION. MAKE SURE ALL YOUR INFORMATION IS IN THE PORTFOLIO BEFORE SUBMITTING IT. No additional information can be added later. DO NOT SUBMIT THE INCORRECT PORTFOLIO IN THE PORTAL MEANT FOR ANOTHER MODULE. Always keep a backup of your portfolio. I have heard all the hard luck stories (some true and some very innovative inventions) about laptops being stolen from cars, homes, and everywhere else you can think of, and from crashed computers, viruses, etc. These things happen, and you should KEEP BACKUPS ALL THE TIME. If you add substantial amounts of colorful, interesting, and credible evidence you must please reduce the size of your artifacts to keep within the maximum size of documents that can be submitted online. Marks will be deducted when sections of the portfolio are not complete. That goes for all sections not completed fully and comprehensively in the portfolio. It is virtually impossible to make any changes or additions after submission and we need enough time to do quality assessment. If you do your bit and follow the guidelines, I promise you that I will do everything in my power to assist you with challenges regarding your teaching practice and your portfolios that might crop up. The following could be reasons why students fail their practical teaching: 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), cheating (with school stamps, signatures, copying of the work of other students, submitting the work of teachers instead of your own, not attending all practical teaching days and failure to submit the stamped and signed supervisor report. Portfolios are examination equivalents and are not sent back to the students. The portfolio results will be released in December. Make sure you view your assignment to confirm that the portfolio has been received by Unisa and is registered on the assessment system. You can also check this on myUnisa on your student record. If there are any challenges, contact the assignment section. Do not wait until late and enquire when the results are out. You cannot claim later that you did submit your portfolio if you did not receive this confirmation. If no confirmation is received it means that your submission was not received by Unisa. You must submit your portfolio online via myUnisa as we do not accept any other method of submission. Portfolios are submitted immediately after the TP period completion. This means your due date is based on when you finish your teaching practice period. No portfolios received after the due date will be marked! All portfolios received after the due date will not be marked and you will have to re-register your teaching practice module the following year. Ensure that you send the portfolio on time and that should be received by Unisa on or before the due date. ORIENTATION REGARDING YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE Except for all the other modules you have already completed as preparation for teaching practice and information already contained in the tutorial letters and the portfolio, it is recommended that you consult chapter one in the recommended book Teaching Practice Perspectives and Frameworks which you can request from the library (see tutorial letter 101). Chapter one is titled “A Positive and Enriching Teaching Practice Experience” and its purpose is to make available additional information to orientate you regarding teaching practice. It covers topics like why teaching practice is done, how to prepare for it, how to do your observations, what to expect, and what will be expected from you, such as student classroom behavior and student school behavior. It is not essential to your teaching practice but might help to allay some doubts you have and to answer some questions on things you are not sure of. One of the biggest challenges students seem to encounter when preparing and presenting their lessons is the planning and implementation of assessments. Most students lose a lot of marks because of the poor assessments they include in their lesson plans and some just do not complete the assessment sections. This is even though they completed the “Teacher as assessor” module successfully. Assessment in practical teaching. Practical advice is given regarding all the types of assessments you will encounter at school, and you will also find a section on the assessments you will undergo during teaching practice. YOU ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO READ BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON TEACHING PRACTICE TO EQUIP YOU BETTER IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. The success of your teaching practice is mostly in your hands and if you approach it with an energetic and positive attitude it can be a very satisfying and enriching experience. Go and show them out there that you are going to be a professional teacher when you start teaching! PORTFOLIO FOCUS The purpose of this portfolio is to demonstrate and give evidence that you completed a successful teaching practice period of 25 full school days in the Senior Phase (grades 7-9). Teacher education consists of different types of knowledge that must be integrated: • Conceptual knowledge (foundations of education/ theories/disciplinary knowledge/ content) to acquire knowledge specialised proficiency. • Contextual knowledge (all aspects that endeavors to contextualise knowledge for occupational purposes, such as subject didactics and practical teaching) to acquire task-specific proficiency. It is therefore important that you find links between school practices (including their associated activities) and your studies (including disciplinary knowledge and skills). You must do this in every section of the portfolio. This portfolio will have a whole-school perspective (understanding your role as a teacher in the school). As a student, you are expected to familiarise yourself with the full range of activities that are associated with a functional school. You not only have to observe these activities but are expected to take part in as many of them as possible. You are also expected to look at these activities critically and to comment on their purpose, functionality, outstanding features, and possible shortcomings where applicable. DELETE PAGES 1- 5 ON YOUR FINAL PORTFOLIO BEFORE SUBMISSION. DO NOT SEND THE INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE PORTFOLIO – DELETE/CUT PAGES 1 - 6 ONLY SENIOR PHASE GRADES no TVET COLLEGE TP PLEASE NOTE IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PORTFOLIO: Teaching Practice (TP) for SP (grades 7 - 9) Final submission date:………………. 2025 STUDENT NAME AND SURNAME …………………………………………………………………………... STUDENT NUMBER: ………………………………………………………………………………………... FIRST day of teaching Practice: ………………………...…Last day ……………………………………. Mark one box next to the senior phase subject (grades 7- 9) for which you prepared this portfolio Subject didactics senior phase (grades 7- 9) Mark one box with an X PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS PAGE CORRECTLY, WE WILL DEDUCT 10% OFF YOUR PORTFOLIO MARK. Languages (name the language) Mathematics Economic & management sciences Social sciences Life Orientation Natural sciences Creative Arts Technology MARKERS MUST INDICATE HERE HOW MUCH MUST BE SUBTRACTED BECAUSE OF LATE SUBMISSION Minus ................% INDEX PAGE Contents ONLINE OR FACE-TO-FACE SUPERVISION FORM 9 1. Mentor letter 9 2. Declaration form 11 3. Description of classroom and picture or photo 12 4. Timetables 14 5. Subject annual teaching plan copy 16 6. Classroom management 17 7. Assessment activities 22 8. Marks records sheets 23 9. Class attendance register 24 10. Functionality and governance of the school 25 11. Five lesson plans and evidence 27 12. Assessment of 5 lessons by mentor teacher 13. Reflections by the student on lessons presented and assessed 14. Observations 53 15. Diary 63 16. Reflective journal 64 17. Good practices in your subject 65 18. Suggestions for improvement of practices in your subject 66 19. Declaration form 67 ADDENDUM 72 TPS3705 SENIOR PHASE EVALUATION FORM GRADES 7- 9 Unisa Supervisor Internal/External: Supervisor contact details: Email: Cellphone number: Student Name: Mode of supervision: (online, or face-to-face) Date of visit: Lesson Presented: Subject, Grade, Evaluation mark: Signature of supervisor: 1. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Please hand this letter to your mentor to read on your first day at the school: Dear mentor Thank you very much for agreeing to support and guide this student from Unisa. It is only possible for our students to get acquainted with the realities of teaching under the supervision of experienced teachers. What you do for our students is irreplaceable and inestimable in their preparation to become teachers. Could we please request you assist us with the following? Please dedicate some time each week to formally meet with the student to discuss her/his progress during the past week and schedule for the following week. Please allow the student to observe all the lessons you present and write a short report on 25 of them (as in the report form included in this portfolio under section 4). Please ensure that this is done regularly. Please assist the student in working through the portfolio systematically to enable her/him to comprehensively complete it in the 25 days at the school. Please ensure that the portfolio is comprehensively completed (including all attachments) at the end of the 25 days. Please assist the student with lesson preparation for lessons she/he has to present. Please assist the student in presenting as many lessons as possible under your supervision. Please provide feedback to the student after every lesson. Please assess five of the lessons that must be presented and included in this portfolio. Please provide feedback and make suggestions for improvement of these five lessons. Please write a short report on the behavior and activities of the student during the Practical Teaching period on the following page. Please include contact details with your report if we need to contact you regarding any aspect of Practical Teaching (it may also be the school's contact details). Please contact me if there is any indistinctness regarding what is expected of you or what the student must do. Please contact me regarding any misbehaviour or unethical actions by the student (e.g., if the student comes late or is absent without a good reason if the student does not cooperate, or if the student does not prepare properly for the lessons). My contact details: Dr. T Maphumulo, (Work), Thank you very much for your help and the sacrifices you make. T Maphumulo Mentor teacher page TITLE: ................ SURNAME: ................................................ NAME: ............................................... CONTACT DETAILS (school details if that is what you prefer): Cell phone: ............................................ E-mail: ...................................................................................... Name: ………………………………………………………………………………….……….……………………. Experience as a teacher: ……………………………………………………….……………………………... Experience as a mentor (how many students mentored before?): …………………… Was the general conduct of the student irreproachable (on time, conduct according to school requirements for teachers)? ..................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................... Was the level of subject knowledge of the student sufficient for the presentation of lessons? ..................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................... Did the student make use of your suggestions and recommendations to improve her/his work? ...................................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................................... Did the student prepare properly when she/he had to present lessons? ...................................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................................... Strong points of the student/ good qualities and good work done: ...................................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................................................... Aspects on which students still have to improve to be ready to