Welcome to Mentor Training for 2014 - 15

People and their roles

Heather Davies – Programme DirectorCaroline Lundy – GEB Programme TutorJo Traunter – BA Education and Early YearsTheresa Brentnall – GEB Placement TutorHelen Dent – GEB Placement TutorBernadette Cooley – UG Placement Tutor

Objectives

To gain knowledge and an understanding of the Early Years Teacher processes and procedures

To understand the expectations of the University in supporting Early Years Teacher trainees

The role of a mentor is…

to work alongside the trainees so that their skills can be developed in a supportive environment

to provide opportunities for them to reflect on the many aspects of the teaching and learning process

to encourage the trainee to analyse his/her own progress and to identify steps to ensure continuing progress

A 'good' mentor………………..Has empathy Offers flexible support, guides and becomes a critical friend Gives regular practical and constructive feedback Promotes and nurtures trainees’ thinking Supports trainees’ learning Offers balanced and objective formal observationsPromotes participants to develop their own style Is conscious of early limitations and is sensitive to these Is aware of Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) and assessment

requirements Is able to tackle difficult issues sensitively

Teachers’ Standards (Early Years)Trainee teachers must be trained to teach across the Early

Years Foundation Stage (from birth to 5 years old)

They must also understand how early education links to education beyond age 5 and into key stages 1 and 2 in school

8 Teachers’ Standards (Early Years)

The programme runs parallel to our ITT programmes

Age related standardsEYITT requires experience across 3 age ranges

babies, toddlers and young children.

Trainees do not need to cover every aspect of every standard with all ages.

Standards 2 and 5 do require experience across the age ranges

Programme documentation

Training record – all pathwaysLesson observation forms – all pathwaysTeaching Development profile – GEB

and from Year 2 UGGrading guidance – pen portraits

Expectations and opportunitiesWeekly meetingRegular observations with feedbackOpportunities to address standards within the

setting Opportunities to develop / leadOpportunities to observe experienced staffMutually beneficial in developing practice

Lesson Observation

Observations can take various forms and do not need to be a 'script' of the whole lesson / activity.

Lesson observation proforma:

Lesson observation form

FeedbackThe goal:

• to encourage the trainee to assess the effectiveness of their practice

• to help them identify factors that contributed to, and interfered with, children’s learning

• to encourage them to consider how different teaching styles could be employed to encourage engagement of the children

• to review progress, reflecting back and planning forward, target setting (linked to ongoing completion of the Training Record)

• to sensitively handle any issues or concerns of the trainee

Probe understanding with open ended questionsExamples may include:

• how do you think the lesson / activity went?• why do you think it went the way it did?• how do you know that was the reason?• were there any surprises?• if you had to do this again would you do anything differently?• how can you apply what you learnt today to future learning

opportunities?• what conclusions can you draw from the way the session

went?

Target setting

Agreed and discussed with traineeRelated to standards GeneralSubject specific – what does this mean for

early years?Impact

Grading criteria – ‘pen portraits’Use as ongoing evaluation of progressWhere is document availableHighlight and useFor discussion re trainees progressTo set targets – a working documentTo give an idea of where evidence may be found

Pen portraits

Please discuss evaluation of the programme so far:What could we do to improve?What information /support would be helpful?What can we offer?

Evaluate!

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