Standard P3 — Teaching ELICOSStandard P3 — Teaching ELICOS

Standard P3 – Teaching ELICOS

Policies and procedures for teaching provide students with optimal opportunities for achieving successful outcomes.

P3.1 The provider must have policies and procedures in place to ensure that:

students are placed in a class appropriate to their current language proficiency level, learning goals and learning needs and consistent with their written agreement
where a special need is identified for a student, arrangements are put in place to address the need and support the student to learn effectively
teacher-to-student ratios do not exceed 1:18 per class
students are informed of the outcomes to be achieved from the course and, for each learning block, the learning outcomes for that block.

P3.2 Planning policies and procedures must enable teachers to:

customise teaching to student needs
access the resources required for delivery of the course
research course content and developments in English language teaching to meet student needs.

P3.3 Providers must maintain records of teaching delivery for a reasonable period in accordance with the ESOS Act and ensure:

retention and accessibility of records, including electronically
learning outcomes are documented
effective review, revision and delivery of courses.

P3.4 Providers must continuously improve delivery of courses by:

making adjustments based on analysis of feedback from students and other stakeholders as appropriate
monitoring appropriateness of delivery for student groups
regularly evaluating learning outcomes achieved.