BA Primary Teaching Year 1 First Placement Pre-Placement Meeting November 2015

Placement within Programme o 3 week autumn block 9 th to 27th November 2015 o Paired placement o Orientation into teaching – focus on impact, processes o Base class – visits to other classes o Trainees work under guidance of class teacher and on directed tasks o No grades – feeds into Professional Studies outcomes o Post-placement tutorial with Personal Supervisor o Summer block – 13th June – 8 th July 2016

University team: Programme Director – Sue Pierce School Experience Coordinator – Kay Fraser Senior Partnership Area Tutor – Charlotte Garbutt Partnership Office – Kim Metcalfe Placement Tutors – Kirsty Batty, Rebecca Chester, Suzanne Groom, Rebecca Lear, Karen McPherson, Liz Smith, Suzi Storr Within school Mentor Class Teacher People and their Roles

Google – Hull Primary Partnership o Handbook o Contact details o Dates o Documents Website

Trainee Conduct and Absence o Behaviour o Appearance o Conform to school discipline system o Inform school of absence, leave message at University – repeated for each day of absence o Maintain record of attendance See p.7 of the handbook.

Overview In agreement with class teacher the suggested timeframe is: o Week 1: tasks 1-4 o Week 2: tasks 5-8 o Week 3: tasks 9-10 (maths) o Identify one profile child for trainee to follow over placement and in specific tasks See pp.9-11 of handbook, which gives guidance to trainee to manage their time

Weekly Meeting & Review o Agree when and where with trainee at start o Private, uninterrupted, appropriate length of time o Questions - how do they know? What evidence? What is the impact on pupils? o Weekly meeting and review form – form sent to tutor. o Trainee to complete first page before meeting. Consider progress, own subject knowledge, impact of training o Weekly review form - focus for discussion and targets

Weekly meeting to include… o Progress of directed tasks (please sign and date) o Plan visits to other classes or key stages o If possible please ensure a visit to observe phonics teaching and EYFS o Help trainees to write weekly evaluation focusing on standard 8.

Standards o Focus is on all 8 standards in discussions and meetings o Early stage of their training – stepping from work experience to trainee teacher role o Professional discussions

Overview of Tasks 10 directed tasks in total – in base class and other classes First 3 tasks are tied to a Teaching and Learning module Trainee to print rough copy and use this to make notes. Must then type up best copy for file Overview has suggested framework but tasks can be done at any time over the placement Class teacher/mentor to sign off tasks and date

Tasks for Week One Task oneschool context questions Task twolearning environment S7a Task threeintroductory talk with profile child Task fourEnglish S3a: reading materials

Tasks for Weeks 2 & 3 Task 5English S3a/4d – speaking and listening Task 6English S3a – early reading Task 7EYFS S7a Task 8British values S8 / Part B Task 9Maths S7c Task 10Maths S3a/4a/4b

Profile Child o Class teacher to help identify a profile child for the trainee to follow o Better if not a child with additional needs o Trainee to work with this child during lessons o Focus of tasks 3 and 9 is with the profile child

Placement Tutor Visit o One visit during November block – to take place w/c 16th November o No observation o Placement tutor will check the tasks undertaken to date and provide feedback on these

Issues o Inform PATs o Discussed with Personal Tutor/Placement Tutor o School Experience Coordinator alerted o Action taken – Placement Tutor

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