PED6952 - Teaching in the Primary School 4 (Junior Years)

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to: K/A/T/R*

1 Q1 Have high expectations of children and young people including a commitment to ensuring that they can achieve their full educational potential and to establishing fair, respectful, trusting, supportive and constructive relationships with them. A
2 Q2 Demonstrate the positive values, attitudes and behaviour they expect from children and young people. A
3 Q3 (b) Be aware of the policies and practices of the workplace and share in collective responsibility for their implementation. K/A
4 Q4 Communicate effectively with children, colleagues, parents and carers. A
5 Q5 Recognise and respect the contribution that colleagues, parents and carers can make to the development and well being of children and young people and to raising their levels of attainment
6 Q6 Have a commitment to collaboration and co-operative working. A/T
7 Q7 (a) Reflect on and improve their practice, and take responsibility for identifying and meeting their developing professional needs R/T
8 Q8 Have a creative and constructively critical approach towards innovation, being prepared to adapt their practices where benefits and improvements are identified R
9 Q9 Act upon advice and feedback and be open to coaching and mentoring. A/R
10 Q22 Plan for progression across the age and ability range for which they are trained, designing effective learning sequences within lessons and across series of lessons and demonstrating secure subject/curriculum knowledge. K/A
11 Q23 Design opportunities for learners to develop their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills. A
12 Q24 Plan homework or other out-of-class work to sustain learners’ progress and to extend and consolidate their learning. A
13 Q25 Teach lessons and sequences of lessons across the age and ability range for which they are trained in which they:
(a) use a range of teaching strategies and resources, including e-learning, taking practical account of diversity and promoting equality and inclusion;
(b) build on prior knowledge, develop concepts and processes, enable learners to apply new knowledge, understanding and skills and meet learning objectives;
(c) adapt their language to suit the learners they teach, introducing new ideas and concepts clearly, and using explanations, questions, discussions and plenaries effectively;
(d) manage the learning of individuals, groups and whole classes, modifying their teaching to suit the stage of the lesson. A
14 Q26 (a) Make effective use of a range of assessment, monitoring and recording strategies. (b) Assess the learning needs of those they teach in order to set challenging learning objectives. A
15 Q27 Provide timely, accurate and constructive feedback on learners’ attainment, progress and areas for development. A
16 Q28 Support and guide learners to reflect on their learning, identify the progress they have made and identify their emerging learning needs. A
17 Q29 Evaluate the impact of their teaching on the progress of all learners, and modify their planning and classroom practice where necessary. A/R
18 Q30 Establish a purposeful and safe learning environment conducive to learning and identify opportunities for learners to learn in out of school contexts. A
19 Q31 Establish a clear framework for classroom discipline to manage learners’ behaviour constructively and promote their self-control and independence. A
20 Q32 Work as a team member and identify opportunities for working with colleagues, sharing the development of effective practice with them. A/T
21 Q33 Ensure that colleagues working with them are appropriately involved in supporting learning and understand the roles they are expected to fulfil. A/T
22 Demonstrate the professional conduct expected of a trainee teacher A/R/T
23 Work with others to demonstrate the capacity to plan, to share goals and work as a member of a team (T4) T

Content:

i. Establish effective working relationships with colleagues, parents and carers
ii. Demonstrate understanding of their own and others roles within school
iii. Demonstrate high expectations of children as learners and develop constructive and supportive relationships with them
iv. Contribute and share in the corporate life of the school and take responsibility for implementation of school policies and practice
v. Undertake lesson observations of established teachers in order to evaluate and learn from effective practice.
vi. Plan and teach series of lessons across the curriculum that allows children to apply literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
vii. Demonstrate independence in planning, teaching and assessing focused activities across all Areas of Learning, areas of enhanced and continuous provision and lead the setting or a in English, maths ,science and non-core subjects depending on the trainees placement
viii. Use a range of assessment strategies that enable them to set challenging learning objectives
ix. Provide effective feedback on pupil attainment that identifies pupil progress and supports individual learning needs
x. Complete records as a basis for reporting on pupils’ attainment and progress orally and in writing, concisely, informatively and accurately for parents, carers, other professionals and pupils.
xi. Plan for opportunities outside the classroom context that will enhance children’s learning
xii. Establish the use of frameworks that promote classroom discipline and demonstrate positive values in creating a purposeful and safe learning environment.
xiii. Reflect upon and evaluate their own teaching and engage in the coaching and mentoring process in order to develop their professional needs.

Learning and Teaching Information:

School-Based Tutor/Host teacher

Observing teaching and tutorial follow up
Contact hours: 8
Number of Groups: Individual tutorials 8

Completing student assessment including target setting
Contact hours: 1
Number of Groups: Individual tutorials 1

Link Tutor
Visiting schools to moderate [joint observation] and check on progress, check files and second visit to verify assessments
Contact hours: 4
Number of Groups: Individual tutorials 4

As required fail verifications, and joint observations and supporting tutorials
Contact hours:2
Number of Groups: Individual tutorials 2

Assessment: