Well this is it! My last blog, but my first day a paid teacher. So many months of the PGCE, But this was the day I was hoping for, my first day of a paid lecturer! Today was all about trying to sort out what has been done, and what has not been done. So I focused on just the Units I was taking today, and wow its so unorganised, I have designed tracking sheets for each unit, but now need to look at what students have to do for every bit of their assignments. Also need to find out about the WELSH Bac! I took an evening class (Access to Nursing) Sociology of Crime, and you can tell that these students have had so many tutors, there is no organisation, but with just 5 weeks to go, and all of them having to do a presentation we have arranged a date for this to happen. I will be teaching them next week about presentations, and some topics they will be looking at.
I've also changed all the paper back registers, to the E-registers, so this will make it easier for me.
Well this is it! The end of the Blog! The end of the journey, I will now go and collect my work from binding and hand in all my work for the PGCE, and then just wait to find out if I will get my PGCE! And look forward to September 11th 2010!
The day I had been waiting for the last day as a trainee PGCE teacher. Even though I start teaching 2mrow, this was officially my last un paid day! And today was a happy day. With all the tutors and the head of department presenting me with a certificate on my achivements at Ystrad Mynach, and what have been my achievements? Well, Increased student involvement in the MLE, 1 out of the 15 students of one group I taught were using MLE in January, now 14/15 students are using the MLE. Students handing in Self-assessment forms with all their work. The biggest achievement was getting the students to work, and motivate them to achieve. This is one of the greatest achievements throughout my PGCE journey. Today was the end of my work placement, but still got to finish a few things off for my teaching practice file. Also a few things with the research project. I had chocolate cake off all the tutors, (please note I have not eat this yet - I will eat it with a pint of Strongbow on Friday!)
There is so many things I could write about, my teaching experience has been stressful, but more important it has been a constuctive and workwhile experience. With one more blog to write, I will write how my teaching career started.
Today was the last but 1 day of my PGCE journey, and all around my classes there was a sense of achievement, as most students had finished all there work and my work was coming to an end, and my journey as a PGCE trainee teacher was coming to a close. So what has been learnt from the journey, well time managament and relaxation is vital for any teacher. There is so much pressure, so much paperwork and finally so much to know about the job. I've just taken over from a teacher who is responsible for some groups, and I can see just by the desk how hard the job wll be. I will blog abut my first day in the job in the next 2 days. However today was about my PGCE, Today I finished off teaching the modules I was assigned to do, and I feel I left the tutor in good hands, as all students I have taught have attempted some kind of work, and the majority of them have passed. So bring on the last day as a PGCE trainee teacher.
Monday 10th May 2010
This week, I will blog 3 more times to discuss my final 3 days at work placement, and what a day it has been, I have had an interview at the college for paid work starting thursday, Originally it was just for 1 day cover, but I've now been told that I will be covering sickness for someone for at least 3 weeks, and yes the pressure is on, with most teaching done, I will be responsible for two tutor groups, levels 1 and levels 2, The pressure is on. The main priority is to sort out all the work which is required to be handed in, so straight away: TRACKING SHEETS Are going be vital here. I start my teacher journey with a bang, if i can pull this off, I can do anything. I need to show passion, and I also will need to ask questions. This job will be tough. Also today I've been finishing off my teaching hours, and had 2 lovley cards from the group, which i will try and post on this blog. To have 2 lovley cards from my students was really nice, it made me feel that I have made an impact in their lives.
The afternoon was full of marking, I still got lots to do 2mrow. However I have finished my research project for one of the two modules which have to be in, so 2night will be putting the smart targets together, and 2mrow will be about ensuring that my teaching practice folder is all in order and in place. Going be a busy couple of days. Will speak 2mrow.
Monday 26th May 2010 - Thusday 6th May 2010
Entering the final week of PGCE - All observations are done, ended with a grade 1
The time has come for all of us, 2 realise the journey is nearly over, and over the last 2 weeks I have had my final teaching observation. I ended my teaching observations with a level 1, so this was a real achievement, to have 3 - level 1's through my teaching observation's. This was a good feeling. Over the last few weeks, I have been finishing off my main teaching for my main groups, so this have involved alot of marking, and reflecting on my teaching performance. I also gave questionnaires out to students to analyse my teaching over the last few months, My mentor has to do a final report on me, I also have to do my summative review, and in this summative review I will present the findings from what my students think about my teaching, which is I think is paramount to any future career.
I also this week have been invigilating level 2 and level 3 exams in the sports hall, this has been an experience. Also I have been applying for teaching jobs, but I realise after next friday this will be my main priority.
For one of the sessions this week, I did a session, on improving the educational experience for students, and what I did was ask them what out of the 3 case studies would encourage them to still tuned in for all the session, so I said, would a worksheet to fill in at end of session with questions from today's session work. Would peer doubling up work! or would a 1 minute summary of session from random students work? And the majority of the students felt that by knowing that they might have to sum up the session at the end, this would keep them alert, So maybe I will try this out next week and report my findings on next's weeks final blog.
Anyway, I now will get back to my research project, and the piles of marking I have got to do, the joys of teaching.
This week was my greatest week so far, with my last teaching observation from the University on wednesday, I knew I had to raise the game, I had to take on board on all my targets I had been been set and set myself. The observation went good in my opinion, however when I got the feedback it was better than I expected, with me getting my 2nd '1' grade for the observations, Which was a a real personal milestone for me. Throughout my three observations I've had from the University, i've been seen with GCSE, BTEC National diploma groups, and recently seen with the mature students, So my observations have tested me on all fronts, I feel I've improved on every one, this was summed up in the summary of achievements 'You acted on previous set targets - All were met'. This was a personal achievement, however I realise this is just the start of my teaching journey. I'm so close to my dream job, to actually be 2 weeks away from achieving my PGCE, this to me is my greatest achievement to date.
Using the whiteboard and interactive board for the first time on my university observation
For my two previous teaching observations from the University, I have stayed well clear of the white board, this may be due to my lack of confidence due to being dyslexia, however I was determinded to overcome this at my final attempt and this was again one of the strengths of the general observations 'Using whiteboard together with powerpoint has made a hugh difference'.
So a great week. I've currently got 16 X 6 Leaflets to mark now, = 96 leaflets. So a busy weekend of marking to do. Also need to finish my poster for next week's peer assessment. Also need to complete my analysis section for my research project. So no time to celebrate yet! Time for real hard work.
It's been a while since I have wrote on the blog this is due to having basically no time, which I'm sure you all will associate your self with. So what have happened since I last wrote on the blog well here is a few issues:
1) Trained on the Interactive whiteboard - Every class at my college I am at has an interactive whiteboard, and I had a 3 hour intense training session on the progamme 'inspiration' - And since this successful training I had, I know am using all the interactive whitboards more frequently in all my lessons.
2) More confidence in the classroom - I feel I have grown in confidence over the last month, I love my job at this college and will be sad to leave if I do! I'm constantly learning every day about things I need to address, but confidence has improved.
3) Time management - Time, time, time - some days i feel this is not enough time to eat, so many lessons to plan for, so many pieces of work to mark, and simply not enough time! However, these are issues I feel over time will get better, as I'm starting of as fresh at the moment, designing my own Schemes of work, lesson plans etc.
4) Great relationship with fellow collegaues - I feel part of a great team at this college, all staff have been helpful, especially the ones In my staff room, I've developed great professional relationships with them, also I feel I have made some great friendships. So this has been a great success.
5) Developing rapport with students - I feel my students are understanding my way of teaching now, I have introduced new schemes such as Self assessment forms with every piece of work they hand in. Constantly encouraging them to use the MLE, Hopefully before i leave in June, That all students will be accessing moodle.
6) Learning how to mark work - Over the easter period I have had loads of work to mark, so this has helped me, reflect on my own ways of marking work.
So those six issues, were the issues which have happened over the last couple of weeks, with next week our department being internally inspected, next week is going be tough for everyone, but as I have said I have a great relationship with all the staff, and we all need to stick together next week. I've been told I may be inspected, I'm up for the challenge, I think i'm 60% prepared, so a bit more is needed. e.g. Printing off handouts etc.
This week I had my 6th teaching observation and had a level 2. Again, a good grade, with two more observations to go, I want to push for 2 more top grades, so It would be awesome to have 2 '1'S. However If i can get 1 or 2, I will be happy, one senior manager told me ' If your getting high 2's at this stage in your career, your career looks promising'.
So much have happened over the last couple of weeks, There is not enough time to talk about it all, however, I'm loving my teaching experience, I'm hoping for a job now in september, And hoping To get my Academic Double of my BSC Hons and My PGCE, Its the 16th April today, and with all work in on May 15th, This is now the time to step up the pass and give it everything I got, and the advice I would give to you all, 1 month left, Give everthing, as It will be soon be over.
This week was my 2nd observation from the University and 4th Observation in total. The session was about 'abuse', this was a sensitive issue so had to tackle with cauntion. However, the session went really well. Achieving my first 1 grade was a real achievement, the best moment of my teaching journey so far. However there is stil along way to to achieve my academic double with the RBL and research project. However this week i've also piloted my questionnaire for my research project 'problems mature students face in FE'. Next week I hope to conduct the two interviews for the research. In relation to teaching practice, some improvements I feel i need to work is using the whiteboard more as i'm over relying on powerpoint. General planning as well could be improved, however teaching 14 units a week sometimes time constraints prevent this from happening. Maybe the use of newspapers would expand my knowledge on my topic even further. This week also week i've learnt more about the powerpoint and interactive system within college. Next week is my 5th observation and the topic is sex education should be interesting.
An interesting week. With the annual inspection coming up at the college in April I wanted to prepare for my sessions for that week, however I've been covering staff absences in my spare hours this week so not had the chance to do that. This is a common theme I have noticed at the college just simply not enough time to prep and prepare. This week I did a guest lecture for Crime and Deviance and I loved it, as this is where my degree is in and felt comfortable with my knowledge on this area. This week i'm now on the e-registers, so I can mark the registers interactively. Also this week i've done a few pieces of marking. My mentor and I agreed that one of my targets now for March is to du marking; I have 16 pieces of work coming into me for Easter on public health so this will be an experience. I feel at the moment i'm getting the real deal with work experience, it is really preparing me for a career in teaching. This week i've also applied for a full time lecturing job down Bristol College for Sociology, so should be interesting if I get an interview for this. I have my 2nd observation from university on monday, my 4th overall. The week after I start teaching a new module sex education, this is daunting but exciting at the same time, this will be testing my class management skills to the limit, and I will be observed for the 1st session I take in this area. In relation to teaching this week it has been a useful week with me taking different teaching approaches such as non powerpoint lessons, and actually I felt the lessons which I did not do powerpoint were more productive and seemed to flow better. However I will go back to PowerPoint on monday for the observation. I've also picked my research title and picked the group which will be participating; I will pilot three questionnaires on wednesday to the group to see how I can improve on the questions. Well another week over, speak soon.
This week was my 3rd teaching observation and it was from the head of department and had a level 2 grade, she gave me great feedback and this raised my confidence and realise now I'm nearly half way through all the observations with my next one coming in two weeks from the university. I was very professional and friendly at all time. The only thing I need to work on now is training on my interactive e registers, this is a new system the college have introduced by marking all registers on line. I am now trained on these and are conducting these at the beginning of each of my sessions. She told me that this is a main health and safety issue and registers need to be taken at the beginning of every session.
An issue this week I had to face was my USB Stick did not work on one of the computers, however I didn't let that affect the lesson and I had a copy of the powerpoint slides in my teaching folder so I worked of them as a template, It could have been a disater, but I'm showing signs now of taking on board these problems and dealing with them. What however I will do next time is ensure that all my lectures are on the moodle website at the beginng of session for a back up if my USB stick does not work. Other issues this week I had to contend with was students moaning about their deadline dates and saying they have no time to complete there work, its so frustating as you see students when we have the computer room just simply not working. I stood firm again and told them that work needs to be in before easter, Another frustrating moment this week was one of my groups had a meeting about their workplacement and was twenty minutes late for my session however NO one told me about this meeting and really disrupted my plans for session, and the group are all ready behind in that module as well. So felt that meeting should have taken place at another time! This week also I've been covering for tutors who have been on the sick, so getting a real taste of the teaching experience.
At the beginning of week we were told that we are having an inspection in April, so be prepared! So again all my lesson plans and schemes of work for that week in April need to be done, WIth the learning resource based assignment around the coner I know I need to raise the game next week. I have started this assignment, just need to evaluate the resource now. Also been considering applying for a MA in Education this week at the University Of Wales Newport for my professional development. This week has been a postive week bring on the next one!
Blog 7
A SUPER WEEK (LEVEL 2). GREAT 1ST OBSERVATION FROM UNI, ASSESSOR TOLD ME ‘I’VE GOT THE POTENTIAL TOP BE A SUPER TEACHER’.
Monday 8TH February 2010 – Thursday 11th February 2010 Week six.
After last week’s disappointing week, this week was a much better week. With me being put into another group for Wednesdays lesson with that teacher was a relief. However this week was all about me and my teaching, as on Tuesday I was observed for the 2nd time this year and first one from University. The lesson went really well,
playing an interactive who wants to be a millionaire game! So really pleased and had really positive feedback off assessor. Mind the experience took it out of me. I’ve just
finished for the term now and will be happy to have a break. However i’ve got plent to get on with over the half term lesson plans etc. This week I met my evening group
(mature students) and wow what a contrast to the normal 16+ group. I recommend anyone if they get an opportunity take up the chance to teach mature students, it
was pleasure. This week also I got my confident with using the interactive whiteboard. Also done marking this week, I praised all work however some work I had in was
shocking but I need to learn how to quantify my marking for example, comments like o-k, good, outstanding etc . All in all a really positive week, the head of department
want to observe me teaching on the 1st March so another big day for me coming up, that will be my 3rd Observation then. Well its half term now, hope to relax and come
back refreshed after the little break. Bring on the next chapter in my teaching practice career!
Blog 6
A SHATTERING WEDNESDAY (CONFIDENCE KNOCKED AND ASSESSMENT NEXT WEEK, CAN I TURN IT AROUND?
Monday 1ST February 2010 – Thursday 4th February 2010 Week five.
Monday 1st February 2010
Smiley Faces Day
Today was a productive day, with 3 hours of teaching completed on this day. The first lesson I taught today was unbalanced and balanced diets and the lesson went well. However, I didn’t have enough time to complete the lesson as 50 minutes is not long enough, so the lesson will continue next week. I did note that down on my lesson plan,that the lesson would go over to next week. In relation to class management I made it clear after I saw someone with their mobile phone out, that this is not allowed in my class. I did tell her that ‘I do apologise that I didn’t inform you at the beginning of class you are to turn your phone on silent’. I also put the PowerPoint slides on the college moodle system; students can download this from the internet. One student said ‘That’s amazing no other teacher bothers to do this!’. I did that straight away today. In the afternoon I had my Level 2 Health and Social Care, and found out today that the girl who has been naughty in this group has been suspended, so that was a bit of a shock to me, as she seemed to be getting better. This group I feel, I am slowly turning around. It was a lesson which went really well, with me giving them a student handbook I designed myself, and set them homework. All the class seemed to be interested in the lesson. The lesson was on the Data Protection Act and Human Rights Act. I had my smiley faces sticker book and gave all students a smiley face. I even put one on my tie. It will be interesting to see out of the 10 students who were set homework, how many will hand the work in next week to me? This lesson will go into the further four lesson plans we have to do for our teaching portfolio. So, overall, smileys face today.
Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Another busy day today. With my main group back off block work placement they had a lecture on environmental factors affecting health. The lesson went well. There were a few class management issues such as students talking when I talked, on three occasions I had to explain to them this is not acceptable. Some students came late off their break, I carried on without them as I felt it was not appropriate to wait. They did apologise; however maybe I will explain at next week’s lesson, 10 minute break not 15 minute break. A lot of the students were moaning about me uploading stuff on to moodle. However I stood my ground and told them that they will have to upload all PowerPoint slides themselves, I could print them but this is time consuming for myself, and students need to get to use to this type of system. However I will find out 2mrow if anyone has accessed this facility. I’ve got so much prep work to do 2night, I’ve got the equal opportunity class 2mrow. The one I had two weeks in which the lecturer gave me some criticisms, so 2mrow is going to be a difficult day. However I must show my character and show confidence, take advice but learn and reflect. This is what I’m going to do 2mrow.
Wednesday 3rd February 2010
A rainy day
Today was the day I was not looking forward to. I had the lesson in which the woman sits in on me, the one who sat in with me a couple of weeks ago, let’s just remind ourselves of what happened last time ‘“There were loads of spelling mistakes on PowerPoint” She told me ‘nothing was linked to health and social care’. She criticised me by asking them to write on the whiteboard their responses to the exercise containing list male typical jobs! She said that was below their level! Also told me not to read directly off the PowerPoint!’ (Tuesday 19th Jan 2010). Well today got even worse, she stopped me half way through the lesson and told the students to have a break and totally wrecked my confidence ‘she said what you got planned for the rest of the lesson?’ i told her ‘role play and interactive game’ she said that won’t work, sit down and watch her for the next hour. The lesson was on the Race Relations Act it was going really well, half way through the first, the teacher asked me ‘So what was happening in the 1960s then Philip’, she knew I didn’t have a lot of historical knowledge and she totally threw me off guard however I came up with a quick response ‘Well Karen you know, you tell the group’. I found her very unprofessional in trying to catch me out. I had sit and watch the last hour of the lesson, I felt like a knife had gone through me, my confidence in shatters, I didn’t know how to react. One positive thing which came out of it, was I kept my professional integrity and stayed in the lesson with her, however I felt so shattered by the experience. Today has dented my confidence; she told me ‘If you perform like that next week at your observation, your assessor won’t be impressed’. However everyone who is watching me teach has told ‘how confidence and great I am’. She has really put me down, and now I have to get back up. With my first University assessment observation next Tuesday, will I able to get my confidence back? I must show the spirit I have done throughout my academic life next Tuesday, it took me 7 attempts to do my GCSE English and I kept fighting and plugging away. I have to show the same grit next week. When I got back to the staff room (luckily she weren’t there.) I broke down in a flood of tears, all the staff were really supportive and give me cuddles, I just felt so down and alone after what she had told. Two consecutive weeks she has put me down. Last week It “There were loads of spelling mistakes on PowerPoint” She told me ‘nothing was linked to health and social care’. She criticised me by asking them to write on the whiteboard their responses to the exercise containing list male typical jobs! She said that was below their level! Also told me not to read directly off the PowerPoint! When I’m talking about my work in Morrisions. This week it was well what was it for? She told me ‘I’m trying too hard’. When I left the college today the clouds opened up and I got soaked. Apart from that incident today, I had a great first three lessons, getting to know students names better now. Anyway roll on for 2mrow.
Thursday 4th February 2010
Today I had to get my head up and keep on going and that’s what I did, teaching 5 hours today, I used my learning based resource who wants to be a millionaire on 1 class and it worked really well. But wow what a week I’m so glad the week is over, massive week next week for me, my 2nd Observation.
Blog 5
BUSY WEEK, DONE ALOT OF PLANNING STILL LOADS TO DO. OBSERVATION DONE CONFIRMED FOR TUESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2010
Monday 25th January 2010 – Thursday 28th January 2010 Week four.
Monday 25th January 2010
Well this week should be a fairly relaxed one with my main group on block work placement. However it is a week in which I will need to prepare for next week, as next
week will be an important one which my 2nd observation and the 1st done by the University. Today I sat in on all my classes. The end session I was helping students
playing games. Later on in the day I had a meeting with my mentor, we discussed how it is going so far, she is still unsure how to fill in the observation sheets and said she
will discuss this with my tutor next week. Another issue at the moment is the amount of time I’ve got to be at college for. For example, I’m teaching 11 units at the
moment, so I’ve been coming in for those lessons, the mentor is fine with this, as the other hours I can get on with preparing and my university work, however she said
the head of the department seems to think all PGCE students must be there from Monday – Thursday 9 – 4.30 every day. This would be a real challenge for me as there
would be no time to do my university work, so my mentor is going to clarify this with my tutor when she comes next week. Anyway today I’ve also found out a bit more
about the modules I’m teaching about. I’ve prepared for next week’s aspect of health lesson, also started to have a little think about next Monday’s afternoon lesson with
Level 2 Health and Social care! Well that’s me done for the day I’m shattered now!
Tuesday 26th/ Wednesday 27th/Thursday 28th January 2010
With my main group away these couple of days were basically planning. I did take my level 2 health and social care class, yet only 3/15 showed up. So I decided to carry on with my teaching. On Thursday I had an e-mail off Jan saying that my observation will be now overseen by someone else, and the first one will be on Tuesday 9th
February 2010. I’m also hoping 2 have another observation done by mentor at the end of February.
Monday 18th January 2010 – Thursday 22nd January 2010 Week three.
Monday 18th January 2010
Today will be a day I will never forget as I taught my first ever lesson! And guess what? It was the group I observed last week which were not very well behaved! Lets reflect on what I said about this group last week “Monday afternoon I observed a group and wow! What a very loud group! With one student very loud and outspoken slouched on her chair! So been thinking about class management today and the question that I’m asking is; what could I have done to help her learn?” (Webber, P, Monday 11-01-10). So today some could say it was the baptism of fire! With other teachers reporting difficulties with this group, I knew I had to be firm from the beginning. And the lesson went really well. Despite a group learning agreement being agreed within the class, there were some issues, one student had their phone on their desk stating ‘I must have this with me because my child in nursery and the nursery need my number if there is an emergency”. One other student was eating a flake and told me” I must eat I’m pregnant and have cravings’. So these issues I must learn to address more effectively! However students seemed to warm to me as the lesson progressed! The students and I had a laugh over me constantly saying ‘yea’ after I have finished my sentence! I remember something from the Petty book and that sometimes you must be prepared to be laughed at by students. So I guess it’s natural. But a very effective start and one of the students said “You’re going to be a brilliant teacher you understand how to treat people” another students said “You’re fair”. I agreed with my mentor that I will have an appointment to see the technician on how to upload my slides of lessons on to their moodle system (our MLE equivalent) as she does not know how to do it. I’ve also prepared some lesson plans today as well. So been a busy day today. With my first observation tomorrow! I’m ensuring that I have all my resources ready.
Tuesday 19th January 2010
Well today was the big day. It was observation day. And it went well! With my mentor giving me a 2 on the grading sheet. That is the 2nd highest you can get. The teaching experience has started now! And what I learnt today from my first observation is to be prepared. Thus my 300 word evaluation will be on the theme ‘general planning’. I must have all the resources available and enough worksheets! My mentor spoke to me after the class and believed my class management skills were excellent! I had the challenge at the beginning of the lesson with mobile phones but the class settled down. My mentor was unsure about how to fill in the observation sheet so she will be contacting Janet Oti tomorrow to find out. As I need these sheets to go into my professional practice portfolio.
Wednesday 20th January 2010 THE GOOD AND THE BAD!
Today started with me covering the same topic with to a different group (mature students) and the lesson went excellently with me getting more confident and making jokes with students! One student told me “You’re going to do brill.” So a great couple of days! However the afternoon was the most difficult one I’ve faced so far. The students were fine, really engaged! And I felt the lesson went well, but the teacher who sat in on the class had other things to say, firstly in praise she said “I came across as confident, and have a nature gift of inspiration”, However she gave me a lot of criticism! Let start with what she said I asked a student to read from PowerPoint and then I read back over what she said! She told me “aren’t in school.” She asked why am I using aims and objectives when students don’t understand what these mean? In future I must use ‘today we are going to cover’. On my PowerPoint I wrote accessed but it should have been assessed. She wanted to see more passion in me. In the middle of the lesson the students had a break and she told me this. So it did dent my confidence in the middle part of lesson! However I felt that I could recover. As the session went on the class seemed to get more involved. The feedback of the students were good, but the teacher at the end told me “There were loads of spelling mistakes on PowerPoint” She told me ‘nothing was linked to health and social care’. She criticised me by asking them to write on the whiteboard their responses to the exercise containing list male typical jobs! She said that was below their level! Also told me not to read directly off the PowerPoint! Students can read she told me! She also told me to not to mention I work in Morrisions as it sets a bad example. I felt very lonely when she was giving me this feedback! She did tell me that I had interesting ideas and controlled the class very well. However did these comments help me or hinder me? She also told me not to put students on the spot! However after reading Petty’s book maybe there are contrasting ideas here? As Petty believed that putting students on the spot was a worthwhile exercise! Next week for her lesson I have got to do the Race Relations Act! I was so confident yesterday but today was an excellent morning and a bad afternoon. I have to realise I’m only 3 days into my trainee teacher practice, so I must use common sense here! And get my head up for tomorrow
Thursday 21st January 2010
Today I met my Thursday groups for the first time and they were nice! Today I arranged all my files and tried to get them organised! So today was a productive day.
NUMBER OF TEACHING HOURS ACHIEVED THIS WEEK: 11hours.
Number of hours required to do at close of the week: 139 hours.
Monday 11th January 2010 – Thursday 14th January 2010 Week two
Monday 11 –01 – 10.
Today I met my mentor for the first time and sat with her and the head of department and discussed my teaching hours for next week! And now have got 11 hours of teaching! So next week will be the start of my teaching career! I’ve got to take a lesson next week on health and genetics! Cystic Fibrosis, so my task for the next week is to revise this area! Also other teachers are coming up to me explaining their modules for me to plan for those lessons as well! One module I am taking is the equal rights and diversity module! So will need to re-cap on legislation! Other lessons I will be taking is about students work placements such as their placements policy and procedures. Monday afternoon I observed a group and wow! What a very loud group! With one student very loud and outspoken sloughed on her chair! So been thinking about class management today and questions I’m asking are; what could I have done to help her learn? But today was a very productive day with timetable agreed! I’ve sent this to Janet Oti to let her know what days I’m there for observation!
Tuesday 12 –01 -10.
Today first thing it has been a free period so I prepared my 1st lesson plan for the BTEC group which is about genetics and health promotion module! The lesson plan was typed up and it took around an hour! When I was writing up plan I weren’t sure if certain things would work, e.g. group work i’ve set, preparing leaflets for extension tasks, how long is it going to be, will it be too short or too long? I’ve agreed with my mentor that next Tuesday will be my 1st observation done by her! So the pressure is on! 1st ever teach! 1st ever assessment! The next thing to do for this lesson is to prepare the PowerPoint!
Wednesday 13-01-10.
College closed due to snow. However all staff were told to work from home so today I’ve prepared my PowerPoint presentation for next week’s BTEC Class! Also written up the module year plan so I’ve planned each lesson from now to end of term for Unit 12 BTEC group I am taking! Also designated my own file to this module! What I am aiming to do now is plan for the following weeks lesson on this BTEC Course! And unsure that all materials for next week’s lesson are ready so. E.g. handouts, etc.
Thursday 14-01-10
Prepared lesson plans for next weeks lessons!
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