Continuing Professional Development School Placement TutorsDr. Geraldine Mooney SimmieAcademic Coordinator Teaching Practice & Mentoring, Department of Education and Professional Studies, University of LimerickGeraldine.Mooney.Simmie@ul.ieRoom DM042, Main Building Tuesday, 25th September 2012

Agenda

9.30am to 10.30am Teaching Council Guidelines on School Placement10.30am to 11.00am Tea/Coffee BREAK11.00am to 12.00pm Collaborative Critique of Scheme of Work12.00pm to 12.30pm Exploring Issues of Sustainability at the School

Deirdre Hogan, UBUNTU, Dept. Education & Professional Studies.12.30pm to 1.00pm Meeting Discover Sensors

Introduced by Dr. Audrey O’Grady, Lecturer, Life Sciences Department.1.00pm to 1.50pm Lunch Break1.50pm to 2.00pm Walking across Living Bridge for Photograph at Plassey House with

Alan Bunworth, TP Coordinator, Co-Operative Education.2.10pm to 3.10pm A Mystery Tour with Historian, Pat Mc Mahon3.10pm to 4.10pm Farewell to Alan Bunworth at the Pavillion by Dr. Patrick Ryan, Head, EPS and Dr. Geraldine Mooney Simmie, Academic Coordinator,TP/Mentoring

Academic Faculty involved in planning & facilitation: Joanne Broggy; Jennifer Hennessy; Deirdre Hogan: Geraldine Mooney Simmie, Audrey O’Grady; Emmanuel O’Grady; Laura Regan, Ger Slattery, Anne Marie Young.

Teacher as a Professional

Reflective, collaborative and inquiry-oriented

Teaching Council www.teachingcouncil.ieNumber One Goal To support the development of the teacher as a professional

•What are the implications of this for teaching practice and for the co-operating teacher in supporting the school placement experience?

•What is our role in developing a better school-university partnership with school principals and co-operating teachers?

•How can we do this in a way that engages us in a co-inquiry and co-education journey?

•The teacher as an activist professional has a political aspect to it. Is the teacher a functionary of the system or are they a public educator and a person who inspires, offers hope, a realistic hope, and who supports the young person mediating the world, a most challenging and rapidly changing world?

TEACHING COUNCIL CODES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTTEACHING COUNCIL TEACHING AS A CONTINUUMTEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

EN4017 School as an Institution

•Using the sociology lens and the lens of critical pedagogy

•Situated learning in Context at the school site

•Opportunity to integrate theory and practice

•Compare and Contrast school-based findings with Lipman (2011); Lynch and Lodge (2002); OECD (2009, 2011)

Brookfield’s (1995) Lenses

Becoming a critically reflective teacher: the need to use four lenses interchangeably on an iterative and on-going basis:

•Self-Evaluation interrogation of role of self•Evaluation with a ‘critical friend’• (peer, co-operating mentor teacher, tutor, other)

•Evaluation with Students/Young People•Evaluation from the lens of the Research Literature

EN4017 School as an Institution

• Understanding school organisation and culture through an intellectual, social and political lens

• Developing educative and democratic relationships of learning, teaching and inclusion

• Gaining insight into the professional agency of the teacher as they seek to make a difference in their classroom and school community

This education module accompanies the school placement. You now have the handbook. It has the reflections for the first two weeks and helps students with their planning for teaching. Is there anything else you need to know about this module?

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

IMPORTANT: THESE ARE DRAFT GUIDELINES

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

•Schools are dynamic and complex environments and, for that reason, publication of these guidelines and the reconceptualisation of the school placement experience do not represent the end of a journey but, rather, the start of one. The guidelines provide a roadmap for that journey which will guide schools and HEIs as to how existing good practice in school placement can be harnessed and developed incrementally for the benefit of all partners, especially student teachers and learners (p. 5).

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

•Relationships based on mutual respect, trust and inclusion are paramount to the success of the placement. In that context, it is important that student teachers are included and supported by all partners during their school placement. In turn, school teachers must recognise and respect the role of school personnel and have due regard for the policies, protocols and characteristic spirit that underpin the day-to-day life of the school (p.7).

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

THE THREE I’s

•The school placement should be based on the three pillars of innovation, integration and improvement that underpin all stages of the continuum of teacher education in the Council’s Policy on the Continuum of Teacher Education (p. 7).

The School-University Partnership Model

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENTELEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL PLACEMENT

As well as teaching, the school-based element should include the following activities:•Planning for teaching, learning and assessment•Assessment of learning•Assessment for learning•Structured observation of classroom practice•Other teaching and learning activities such as learning support, resource teaching•Participation by student teachers in school-based orientation programmes•Professional conversations with experienced teachers•Structured feedback from HEI placement tutors and host teachers on practice observed•Critical reflection on practice, both individually and with colleagues•Structured and supported participation in school life, as appropriate to the school placement•

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

ELEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL PLACEMENT

•The school-based element may also include, as deemed appropriate by the HEI and the host school, some or all of the following activities: •attendance at staff meetings•school-based research which is relevant to the school placement•supported engagement with parents•engagement with other professionals

•HEI-directed placement activities may include:•Micro teaching or equivalent

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

SUPPORTING CROSS-SECTORAL LINKAGES (P.10)•Experience of cross-sectoral linkages may also be considered, provided they comply with the Teaching Council’s Initial Teacher Education: Criteria and Guidelines for Programme Providers. For example, student teachers at primary level might gain some placement experience in a pre-school and/or a post primary school. Similarly, student teachers at post-primary level might gain some placement experience in a primary school and/or in further education. North/South and Erasmus placements, where possible, also provide valuable teaching and learning experiences for student teachers at both primary and post-primary level.•

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

•The provision of structured support for the student teacher is a key element of school placement. The HEI placement tutor has primary responsibility for the provision of such support, which includes evaluation for assessment purposes. Co-operating/host teachers and the school principal will also provide structured support, having regard to capacity. Additional support may also be provided by other HEI staff, teachers and fellow student teachers (p.11).

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

•Feedback should be provided in a timely fashion. It should be based on evidence gleaned and be appropriate to the requirements and expectations of the particular placement. The messages should be clear, fair and honest, and communicated in language which is appropriate in a dialogue on teaching and learning, in an encouraging and sensitive manner. The observer should seek to engage the student teacher in critical reflection on his/her practice, so as to identify strengths, areas for improvement, and possible interventions for improving practice (p.11)

•SEE RESEARCH EVIDENCE Hatti (2009) New Zealand

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENT

•All student teachers on placement should be assigned a suitable co-operating/host teacher who is committed to working with and supporting them. In a post-primary setting, student teachers may have a number of co-operating/host teachers. It is envisaged that, over the course of a school placement on an ITE programme, the student teacher will move gradually from a strongly supported experience in the classroom to teaching independently. While student teachers are teaching independently, co-operating/host teachers will have discretionary time and this will facilitate them engaging with student teachers at other times (p.12).

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENTHEI PLACEMENT TUTORS

•Ensure that the student teacher is appropriately supported in all matters pertaining to the placement•Assess the student teacher’s practice in accordance with the HEI’s examination requirements.•Reinforce with the student teacher key considerations regarding teaching and learning in accordance with the HEI policy •Discuss with the co-operating/host teacher good practice in class planning and the use of teaching and learning resources•Support the co-operating/host teacher and student teacher in engaging in reflective dialogue •Collaborate with the co-operating/host teacher(s) and acknowledge his/her role in supporting the student teacher.•Observe the student teacher teaching and engage him/her in a dialogue when giving constructive feedback.•Discuss the student teacher’s practice and experience with the co-operating/host teacher, as appropriate

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENTCo-Operating/Host Teachers

• Introduce the student teacher to: the learners, the classroom, the teacher’s plan of work for that class, class rules and procedures, and the roles of other staff directly involved with the learners in the class.

• Afford the student teacher opportunities to observe their teaching (and that of their colleagues)

• Inform the student teacher regarding learners’ needs and attainments.• Assign the teaching of areas of the curriculum to the student teacher while retaining

the primary responsibility for the progress of the learners.• Discuss the student teacher’s class plans and resources with him/her, as appropriate• Observe the student teacher’s practice and provide feedback to the student teacher

in an encouraging and sensitive manner• Encourage, support and facilitate the student teacher in: critical reflection on his/her

practice, the use of a variety of teaching methodologies and in engaging with and responding appropriately to feedback from learners.

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENTStudent Teacher

• Engage constructively and collaboratively in a broad range of professional experiences as part of the school placement process.

• In collaboration with the co-operating/host teacher and the whole school community, seek and avail of opportunities to observe and work alongside other teachers.

• Take a proactive approach to their own learning and seek and avail of support as a collaborative practitioner.

• Engage with constructive feedback from HEI tutors, co-operating/host teachers and principals.

• Engage with other student teachers in the context of peer learning, insofar as practicable.

• Work towards becoming critically reflective practitioners.• Engage with all in the school community in a respectful and courteous manner.• Recognise that they have much to contribute to the school community.• Have due regard for the ethical values and professional standards which are set out in

the Teaching Council’s Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers.• Participate fully in each placement to develop their teaching skills and meet the

placement requirements of their HEIs.

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENTAppendix 1 - Template School Policy on Placement of Student Teachers

•The school’s Policy on School Placement should inform the understanding of the whole school community (management, staff, parents and pupils/ students) regarding the school’s engagement with the initial teacher education programmes – especially the school placement component of those programmes. •Below is a template to assist boards of management in developing a school placement policy. It is important to note, however, that the contents of this template are not in any sense intended to be prescriptive. It is the responsibility of each board of management (in consultation with teachers, parents and students) to devise a policy appropriate to their school’s own particular circumstances – in the context of schools and the teaching profession engaging in the process of teacher education, in partnership with the HEIs.

TEACHING COUNCIL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL PLACEMENTAPPENDIX 2 – WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

Bernadette Ní Áingleis St Patrick's College, DrumcondraSonya Coffey St Angela's CollegeBreda Corr NABMSENoreen Flynn INTOTim Geraghty NAPDJudith Harford UCDBernie Judge TUIMoira Leydon ASTIÁine Lynch NPC (Primary)Geraldine Mooney Simmie ULNeil O'Conaill MICPat O'Mahony IVEAVirginia O'Mahony IPPNBilly Redmond NIPTMichael Redmond JMBEileen Salmon ACCSPatricia Slevin Marino Institute of EducationTommy Walsh NPC (PP)Eddie Ward DES

Critique of a Scheme of Work

What is your philosophical rationale for your teaching?

Key Concepts

Planning evaluation assessment objectivesLearning outcomes differentiation aimsMixed ability responsiveness student learningSubject matter knowledge leading learningPedagogy productive pedagogyLove of learning critical thinking creative thinkingActivist professionals collaborationSelf—evaluation the school as an institution

Critique a Scheme of Work

• What is good about this scheme of work?• What is missing from this scheme of work?• What is incorrect in this scheme of work?• Is there coherence between aims, objectives and assessment?• Is there a balance between teacher/student activity?• Is there variety in the teaching and learning strategies?• Is there a variety of formative assessment opportunities?• What do you notice about evaluation?• Does this lesson provide sufficient productive intellectual challenge?• Is it creative, appealing and relevant to first year students?• What advice would you give the student teacher in writing up their weekly

planner for this scheme? What are the key features that need to be there?

A Critical Pedagogy

The Teacher as a activist professional

Teaching as a Complex Endevour

balancing whole class teaching with individual teaching and

group work

The SULIS site for the School Placement

• For the UL Tutor and Faculty• For the Student Teacher• For the School/Co-Operating Teacher• A Forum for a Shared Discourse• Relevant Documentation• Relevant Readings

ACADEMIC REGULATIONS/PROCEDURES

2.1 Teacher Education Programmes (Department of Education and Professional Studies)

The following regulations apply to teaching practice modules on all undergraduate and graduate diploma teacher education programmes

Grading of Teaching Practice2.2 Students who fail teaching practice shall be awarded an F grade2.3. The compensating fail grades D1 and D2 should not be awarded for

teaching practice modulesRepeat of Teaching Practice2.4 Provision of annual repeats for students who fail a professional

placement module (clinical placement, teaching practice) will be at the discretion of the relevant Examination Board

2.5 One additional placement is normally provided to students who fail a teaching practice module, subject to the provision in 2.4 above

Non-repeatable Teaching Practice Modules2.6 Where a teaching practice module is designated as non-repeatable,

a repeat of the module is normally provided on a link-in basis in the next academic year, subject to the provision in 2.4 above

ACADEMIC REGULATIONS/PROCEDURESPreparation and Professional Conduct on Teaching

Practice2.7 A student who is deemed to be unprepared for

teaching practice will not be permitted to proceed to the school placement

2.8 Where a student is not permitted to proceed to the school placement, a fail grade (F/NG) is awarded

2.9 A student who fails to observe regulations with regard to professional conduct, safety, preparation, attendance or punctuality may be withdrawn from teaching practice

2.10 A student who is withdrawn from teaching practice is awarded a fail grade (F/NG)

Bibliography

• University of Limerick (September 2012) Teaching Practice Handbook, Limerick: University of Limerick.

• University of Limerick (September 2012) Planning Document, Limerick: University of Limerick.

• Brookfield, S. (1995) Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, Jossey-Bass.

• Taber, K.S. (2007) Classroom-based Research and Evidence-based Practice A Guide for Teachers, Sage Publications Ltd.

• Stenhouse, L. (1975) An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development, London: Heinemann