ASSIGNMENT 50: PORTFOLIO
2025
UNIQUE NO.
DUE DATE: 2025
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
2024
TPS3703
TEACHING PRACTICE III
ASSIGNMENT 50
100 marks
Student’s surname and initials: ________________________________________________
Student number: ___________________________________________________________
Subject majors:____________________________________________________________
Subject taught/observed: __________________________________________________
Name of the school:________________________________________________________
Contact details of the school: ________________________________________________
Principal’s surname and initials: ________________________________________
Principal’s signature: ________________________________________________________
District: ___________________________________________________________________
Province: _________________________________________________________________
Teaching practice office placement:
Start date: ______________________ End date: _____________________________
School stamp:
OFFICIAL SCHOOL STAMP
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TPS3703/103/2025
CONTENTS
1 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO STUDENTS............................................................... 4
1.1. INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS ................................................................................................. 4
1.2. INFORMATION TO STUDENTS ................................................................................................... 5
2. PORTFOLIO FOR TEACHING PRACTICE FOR FET PHASE (GRADES 10–12) ........................ 7
2.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Portfolio focus ............................................................................................................................... 8
2.3. MENTOR LETTER .......................................................................................................................... 11
2.4 MENTORING .............................................................................................................................. 12
3. LESSON OBSERVATIONS BY THE STUDENT TEACHER ...................................................... 13
4. LESSON PLANNING AND PRESENTATION BY THE STUDENT ............................................. 21
5. STUDENT EVALUATION BY THE SUBJECT MENTOR TEACHER ......................................... 44
6. REFLECTION ON OVERALL TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCE ....................................... 50
7. ATTENDANCE REGISTER OF STUDENT TEACHER AT SCHOOL ......................................... 52
8. DECLARATION FORM .............................................................................................................. 55
9. MARKING RUBRIC .................................................................................................................... 56
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1 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO STUDENTS
1.1. INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
• The cover page that appears on page 2 should serve as the first page of your completed
portfolio for the 2024 academic year.
• All information required on the cover page of your portfolio should be duly completed.
• Please type your portfolio – handwritten portfolios will not be marked.
• The length of the portfolio should be 100 pages or less. Portfolios exceeding 100 pages will
not be marked.
• There will be no mark for students who submitted blank pages.
• Please note that second attempts are granted to students who have valid reasons; no
student is entitled to a second attempt. It is the lecturer’s prerogative to grant a second
attempt to a student if he/she (the lecturer) deems it fit.
• You will not be granted an extension for this assignment. Therefore, students who are
working while studying should ensure that they do their teaching practice before the due
date.
• You need to submit this assignment a week (five business days) after you have completed
your teaching practice. Your lecturer will enforce this and students who do not comply with
this instruction will be penalised.
• Ten per cent per week will be deducted from a student’s total mark for late submissions.
• Upon receiving each portfolio, the lecturer will verify the student’s submission against the
placement dates from the Teaching Practice Office (TPO) and deduct marks accordingly.
• We discourage you from engaging in teaching practice without a confirmation e-mail from
the TPO; however, students who find themselves forced to do this should inform the lecturer
via e-mail when they enter their second week of Teaching Practice without the confirmation
e-mail from the TPO.
• We encourage you to finish your portfolio during your teaching practice and use the
additional one week for attaching the required evidence before submitting your work.
• You will not be given an extension because of delayed placement / confirmation e-mail;
hence we request you to inform us immediately if you experience delays with the TPO office
with regard to placements.
• You should do teaching practice for this module in the FET phase (Grades 10–12); failure
to comply with this requirement will lead to a student getting a zero, subsequently failing this
module.
• You are required to teach one of your major subjects for this module – for example, if you
major with Accounting and Economics, you will choose either Accounting or Economics.
• When submitting your portfolio, please remove blank pages as this increases the number of
pages unnecessarily.
• Use your student number, your name and surname to save your portfolio ready for
submission – for example: 12345678_Myname_Surname.