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UG1 first Block School Experience
and Value of Paired Placements
UG1 class teacher training
January 2015
Joy Carroll
UG Manager Primary Partnership
School Experience 1 Agenda
SE Information
Dates
Overview of the Course
Support
Paired Placements
Tutorials and Tutor visits
University Expectations
Weekly overview
Teachers’ Standards and grading.
Dates - Spring Term Block 2014
Dates of visit:
Preliminary visit day – February 4th
Block Practice - Monday February 23rd – Friday March 20th
Students will have had a pre-practice tutorial with their SE tutor.
Students been told to arrive at school by 8.15am and to help the
class teacher at the end of the day.
Yearly Overview ~ Year 1
Term 1
10
Term 2
Term 3
Serial days
4 week block
Core Subjects 1
Core Subjects 2
------------------------Professional Studies ----------------------ICT 1
ICT 2 (S)
Foundation Subjects
(Art, Hist, PE)
(DT, Geog, Music)
Paired Placements – Discussion
What are the advantages and difficulties of
having paired placements in your school ?
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Opportunities for co-planning, co-teaching
and co-evaluation
Opportunity for a supportive relationship and
to co-coach one another
Some suggestions discussed with
students
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Good, equal relationship (each student does
not grade the other student’s teaching)
Listening skills
Constructive feedback to partner
Constructive response to feedback
Not taking things personally
Working together for improvements
Taking and sharing responsibility
Support from SE tutor
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The tutor will visit once during the practice.
Tutors will also offer telephone and email support if
needed.
Extra support visits if needed.
University Expectations
Week 1
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Trainee to set up school experience file (SE Handbook p. 12)
Observe at least one lesson daily and complete an Observation form/
critical reflection form.
Discuss with the classteacher what they will be teaching and when they will
be teaching it.
Work alongside the class teacher, taking groups as required. They should
produce retrospective lesson plans for at least 5 of the group lessons.
Co-plan with the class teacher and partner for groups to be taught in week
2. Plan 2 sessions each day.
Prepare a weekly review sheet for the weekly meeting with the class
teacher. Think about the targets you would like to set.
Make some reflective entries in the RP
Identify a timescale to complete the school based tasks (p.7 of SE Handbook)
Useful checklist (SEE p.20 of Trainee’s SE Handbook).
University Expectations
Observations:
 The trainee should be observed formally at least once
a week using the UW observation form.
 One observation must be carried out jointly with the
University SE Tutor to agree grading.
 If possible trainees should observe an experienced
teacher in another key stage.
University Expectations
Weeks 2 and 3
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Co-plan, co-teach and co-evaluate at least three whole class
lessons/sessions with the class teacher and partner
Continue to plan to teach groups each day. The trainee must
have clear plans for each session/lesson taught.
Evaluate each lesson. One lesson should be evaluated in
detail each day, the others can be an annotation on lesson
plans.
Make notes about how the teacher records pupil progress.
Prepare the weekly Review sheet
Continue to make RP entries
Please continue to check files are up to date and organised.
University Expectations
Week 4
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Teach at least two lessons/sessions each day ( group/whole
class). One trainee should act as the TA for whole class lessons
so that the other is teaching solo whenever possible. Each
trainee and the teacher can support the planning and evaluation
of these lessons.
Teach at least three whole class lessons on their own. Co –
evaluate with your partner.
Have clear lesson plans for all group and class lessons taught
Return all resources which have been borrowed
Complete all school based tasks
Ensure the RP is completed
Check files are up to date and organised.
Teachers’ Standards for SE1
Reflective Portfolio
Standards 1 – 8 but not all subsets
Assessment
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Each trainee will receive 1 visit from SE tutor in week 2/3 to
carry out a joint assessed observation.
Each trainee needs I assessed observation by class teacher
each week.
With best practice, the trainee will have plenty of informal
feedback as the practice progresses.
See flow chart for grading criteria.
If student has problems….
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If a trainee is given 4 or more emerging standards they must be
issued with a targeted support, agreed with the SE Tutor.
Please discuss and set specific (and realistic) targets, set a review
date, send a copy of the form to Elizabeth Davies. The trainee
should be observed on the review date.
If the targets have not been met, the trainee this will result in a failed
practice.
If you have any concerns, please act swiftly.
If in doubt, contact the SE Tutor or someone in the Partnership Team .
School Experience Documentation
Reflective Portfolio
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During block practice and serial days trainees must find evidence
for their RP on a regular basis.
It is student’s responsibility to discuss entries for the RP and have
it signed
They must have evidence for each Teachers’ standard by the end
of their practice (not each subset)
SE File
Attendance Sheet to be signed each week by the classteacher.
Final SE Report
SE evaluation form
SE Report
Monday 23rd March 2015
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IT IS THE TRAINEE TEACHER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT IS COMPLETED AND IS SENT TO THE RIGHT PLACE BY
THE APPROPRIATE DATE.
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The School Experience Report and attendance sheet should be
e-mailed to [email protected] / faxed (IoE Fax no: 01905 855439)
/ hard-copies can be handed into the Partnership & Placements
Office by Monday 23rd March 2015
Questions ?
Thank you for
your support
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