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T1 Responsibilities and Boundaries Five roles or responsibilities which a Tutor should have. • To motivate. • Record Keeping • Preparing Lessons • To be responsible professionally • To educate Motivation Motivation is a key quality a teacher should be able to provide when teaching. Keeping the students motivated will in turn make the lesson more interesting and enjoyable for the student and teacher. Geoffrey Petty (2nd edition p35) states that “if you know how to motivate students you can hugely increase their learning rate “. Motivation can be done in different ways and has to be relevant to whom you are teaching. For example if you were teaching younger students you could get them to convert text messages into correct English grammar as mobile phone use is so popular with young people. In my professions as cooking is a practical subject, the more involved the students are cooking for themselves the more interested they are in the subject and so when doing the theory part of the subject they can relate back to the dishes they have made. To get the students motivated I would tell them all about the ingredients used in the recipes, get them to touch and taste the ingredients keeping them involved all the way through the process of making the dish. The more involved they are I believe that the interest and motivation is maintained. Record keeping It is important to keep records of your student’s progress and what you are going to teach. This could be done by making a file which contains all your lesson plans, handouts and assignments. You can also make files which contain all the records for your students including application forms, interview notes, action plans and assessment records. Geoffrey Petty (2nd edition p382) states that “the records kept by teachers include schemes of work, lesson plans and most importantly marks for each student”. Record keeping is also useful as there may be some days you are unable to teach and so a substitute may be required to take over and by looking at the records will know what has been taught and the student’s progress in the subject. The Boundaries of your role as a tutor Boundaries need to be kept to at all times as a tutor, to make sure that you do not put yourself at risk. The relationship between Tutor and Student need to be kept clear and professional as possible. In my Tutorial role I would not get personal or form a close bond with any student, any personal problems a student may have I would try and refer them or guide them in the right direction to the right person or organisation that could help them. It would be inappropriate for me as tutor to provide special treatment or make special allowance for any student for example arranging to meet outside of class hours to help with any work or to pass on any personal phone numbers. In my tutorial role I can keep the boundaries by initially setting ground rules for which the students have to uphold to when in the classroom. T2. Summarise key aspects of current legislative requirements and codes of practice relevant to the teaching role. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The act gives people with disabilities protection from discrimination in employment. Everyone should be treated equally and all needs of the learner should be met where possible. All reasonable adjustments must be made to accommodate people with a disability, everyone should be valued and respected. Under the act a person is treated as having a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial or long term effect on there ability to carry out day to day activities. As a tutor this needs to be taken into account when teaching and ensure you give equal support to all students without favouritism. You have to acknowledge and respect the individual needs of your students, helping and supporting where appropriate. Health & Safety at work act 1974 The act sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and employees have to themselves and each other. That means making the workplace or classroom a safe environment to work in this is done by taking risk assessments of any potential hazard. For example lights working properly, no debris on floor, electrical items working safely and all furniture in good working order. All students are entitled to work in a safe environment. It is also the responsibility of the tutor as well as the students to report any potential hazard, they must do something about it and don’t wait for an accident to happen. Equal Opportunities Act The equal opportunities act makes discrimination unlawful on the grounds of Race, Sex, Gender, religion and age. Every student has the right to attend and participate in classes, regardless of their gender, race, ethnic origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation and age.