Weekly Guidance of key Student and Class Mentor responsibilities. The below is a suggested guide for Students and Class Mentors, however the level of support and students should be personalised to the context of the placement and the student. The first section indicates key expectations for EVERY WEEK. Key expectations for every week: STUDENT CLASS MENTOR Plan all lessons/sessions agreed with CM. Ensure planning sent to CM in advance – agree when and stick to this. Use the Man Met KS1/2 planner or EYFS activity planner for each individual lesson/session until it is agreed that you move to school or weekly planning. Ensure you have all resources/materials prepared and ready before your lesson/session begins. If you don’t know where resources are kept – ASK Complete each evaluation as soon as possible after the lesson/session has finished. See ‘Evaluation’ section in this handbook for further details Assess the progress of pupils throughout and after the lesson and record this information in your lesson/session evaluation so you can plan effectively for the following lesson/session. Secure feedback from additional adults to support your assessment and therefore next steps in planning Mentor to guide, give regular ongoing verbal feedback, support, set targets, check file set-up. Provide access to Medium Term Plans/Schemes of Work. Provide, support with and/or check lesson/session planning, give feedback on lesson/session planning. Direct to resources for teaching lessons. 1 Formal Observation - written RoLO – to be given to student ASAP – same day (or next day if electronic). If a formal observation is not possible. 2 should be completed in the following week. The RoLO could be for a core subject or foundation subject In addition the student may need focused observations for ‘Number’ (mathematics) and Phonics if these were not completed during PG1 Support student to access information for contextual analysis and induction Meet with the student for Weekly Review and Reflection – Appendix 5 -
Suggested teaching timetable: Progress with Professional Development Activities (PDAs) Week 7 Interim Reporting Week Specific expectations for this week: Ensure that all elements of your planning/file/PDAs etc fulfil the requirements of the interim reporting point. Use the file checklists and the placement overview chart to support you. Not all aspects will be completed at this point as it is interim but you must demonstrate that you are on track to complete all requirements by the end of the placement Expectations: Support level: MEDIUM Mentor, guide, give regular ongoing verbal feedback, support, set targets, check file set-up. Provide, support with and/or check lesson/session planning, give feedback on lesson/session planning. Direct to resources for teaching lessons. Formal Observation - written RoLO – to be given to student ASAP – same day (or next day if electronic). Discuss progress with student using the Grading Criteria document. Write interim report using new guidance (reduced workload). SHARE WITH STUDENT but do not send to UVT. Send grades only to UVT if they do not visit in this week. Suggested teaching timetable Weekly Review/Reflection Meeting – Focus on: Agenda: Personalised according to above list. Discussion and sharing of Interim Report.