Roles_and_Responsibilites

My Role, Responsibilities and Boundaries as a Teacher in terms of the teaching/training cycle. I am a part-time teacher of Teacher Training in a Further Education College. I teach on the Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector. My students are all adults who are either already in teaching or are intending to become teachers of adults. 1] Identify needs The needs of my students are identified partly through the application process and partly by me as I get to know them. The students have to complete an application form and, usually, have an interview to check they are right for the course and the course is right for them. Initial assessment is important in establishing the previous knowledge of the students and their needs which the teacher tries to meet. The students can confirm their own preferred learning styles by completing a questionnaire in the early part of the course. 2] Plan and design. I receive a syllabus for my courses from City and Guilds, the awarding body. There is also a scheme of work which I then interpret. I develop lesson plans from this syllabus. I try to include a variety of teaching and learning methods and use a variety of resources so that I cater for the different learning styles of the students. Some will be mainly visual learners, some auditory and some kinaesthetic or a combination of these. 3] deliver/facilitate I endeavour to teach my courses that takes full account of the different learning styles required to motivate my varied learners. I include content which actively involve the learners,to paricipate in individual learning. I am also responsible for the health and safety of my learners. At the end of each session I fill in an achievement form in consultation with my learners. 4] Assess After the initial assessment, and registration online ,I assess the students’ learning and understanding of the my guide interaction course, the course registerers a start date and end date for completion of each module, any weakness or misunderstanding is highlighted on the online learners journey. I am responsible for printing of completion certificates for each module for each learner . 5] Evaluate I find Self-evaluation a very important aspect of teaching. At the end of a session I evaluate all that each learner has tried to achieve . From this assessment I need to decide if any changes to the modules and the pace at which each learner is coping with. As strict time scales are imposed it is important to look at changes required and to impliment , discussing them with the learner . We all need to reflect on our performance in order to improve. I get feedback from the students about the course as we progress . We also complete a course evaluation at the end which is a great help to both myself, the student, and to MY Guide. Course funders any issues that arise which I am not capable of dealing with . Eg if students approach me for help which is not related to the content of the course, I may offer advise as to where they can go for proffesional help e.g. advice about finance, housing, health or other personal matters.