Focus Period: Week 5
Your trainees have had a fantastic week of ITaP in their suject teams. You start the week on Tuesday and Wednesday with emedding this practyice. Nathan has provided you with the facilitators guide to support this.
Please ensure when the trainee joins you in school on Tuesday that they have a clear timetable for the week making it clear which lessons will make up their 40% - and any other oservations they will be doing. They need clarity of expectations to be successful.
I have been requested to share the current and upcoming week's over view to help you to e aware of what the trainees are working towards - so you have week 5 and 6 calendar given below.
🎓 Summary of Week 5 and 6 Training
Trainees
- Week 5:
- Monday (GPS): Introduction to Academic Writing and Equality, Diversity and LBGTQ+ and issues relating to bullying and mental health
- Tuesday - ITaP Emedding in Placement School
- Wednesday- ITaP Emedding in Placement School
- Wednesday (Twilight): Subject seminar 1
- Thursday - Placement SE1
- Friday Placement SE1
- Week 6:
- Monday (GPS): Introduction to Academic writing and University Assignment 1 and KS2 Curriculum
- Tuesday SE1 Placement
- Wednesday SE1 Placement
- Wednesday: No Wednesday twilight Introduction to Phonics for Secondary Trainees
- Thursday SE1 Placement
- Friday SE1 Placement
Mentor Training
If you are a new mentor, please ensure you complete the essential diagnostic form found here: Mentor Diagnostic Form.
Please listen to this weeks Podcast to support your embedding and Deliberate Practice.
2. 🎯 Core Content Focus (Week 5)CCF Learn How To Focus TS2:
a) Using modelling, explanations and scaffolds, acknowledging that novices need more structure early in a domain.
e) Breaking tasks down into constituent components when first setting up independent practice (e.g. using tasks that scaffold pupils through meta-cognitive and procedural processes).
Make good use of expositions, by:
f) Starting expositions at the point of current pupil understanding.
3. 🔍 Focused Observation Theme (Week 5)
Planning - how concepts are modelled, explained and scaffolded; how tasks are broken down into constituent parts (2a,2e). Observe how the teacher takes into account what pupils already know (2f)
4. 🛠️ Deliberate Practice Focus (Week 5)
Please complete the deliberate practice opportunities in the ITaP Workbook (guidance to support this is found in the lead expert guide)
📍 Weekly Developmental Target (Week 5)
Weekly Focus: Develop your understanding of How Teachers Teach by working on Adaptive Teaching (CCF 5).
- After the supported practice on ITaP: Deliver the instruction, modelling and scaffolding for the main task of a group you are working with (2a)
Have a great week - Edwina
