NCFE2-2008-session1
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Introduction
PLEASE NOTE - THERE IS NO CLASS NEXT TUESDAY - THE NEXT CLASS IS TUESDAY OCTOBER 21st
20 mins
- Introductions
- Check everybody has enrolled and paid if they need to.
- Give out course information sheets
- Learners to complete ILP
- Health and safety- fire drill etc
- Course dates and times for this term
- Brief overview of course and desired learning outcomes, theirs and mine.
- A brief introduction to adult learning
Learners need to have :
- 2 ring binder folders. 1 for their notes/handouts etc and 1 for their portfolio.
- A small notebook to make a work log of when they are in class.
- Important: All course paperwork must be kept in learners’ course folder and brought to every lesson.
Learning Objectives for today:
- The students will have an understanding of the overall shape of the course.
- The students will start to be able to identify a range of roles, duties and responsibilities undertaken by teaching assistants.
- The students will start to compare their roles in relation to their own and others settings
- The students will understand how to keep a learning journal and will start to explore how this will impact on their own learning.
ILPs
15 mins
ILPs to be filled in for each student.
We will all use the unit outcomes for the first section.
You must set your own targets and decide what you want for the other sections.
Candidate packs
20 mins
These are to help you keep track of your evidence in your portfolio. They go in the front of your portfolio folder. They need to be hole punched.
- DO NOT USE PLASTIC POCKETS!
Look at sample on IWB.
Units
10 mins
Look at your candidate pack (page 8)
The first 4 Units are mandatory. This means you have to do all of them. You will need to collect evidence to show that you have covered them. There are different kinds of evidence you can use. Quite a lot of the evidence for these units will be covered by assignments I will set you as homework.
You also choose one optional unit. You choice will depend on your work placement setting and must be negotiated with your tutor. We will have individual meetings to confirm your choice.
Learning Styles Quiz
20 mins
We will work through the questions together
Brief discussion on 3 Learning Styles
Visual - likes to see
Auditory -likes to hear
Kinasthetic - likes to do
Use your preference to help you learn. Your target should be to become a balanced learner who can use all 3 styles.
Coffee
15 mins
Looking at a day in the life of a teaching assistant
15 mins
- Play One September Day
Talk through the Identified Skills Set pdf.
You will start to think analytically about what you do in school, to connect the theories that you learn in these classes to what happens in school. You will sometimes need to put that into words. This can be an uncomfortable process and it takes time to learn how to do it.
The Ladder of Conscious Competence
1. Unconscious incompetence
- I don't understand or know how to do something, I don't even know that I need to know it.
I am comfortable because I don't know yet what it is I need to learn.
2. Conscious incompetence
- I don't understand or know how to do something, but I do know what it is I need to learn.
This is frustrating.
3. Conscious competence
- I understand or know how to do something but doing it or using the knowledge requires a great deal of concentration.
This makes it difficult and stressful to do anything else at the same time but I can see I'm making progress.
4. Unconscious competence
- I have had so much practice with a skill that it is "second nature" and can be performed easily without concentrating too deeply. I can also teach it to others.
I might be a bit too comfortable and unwilling to try new ways of doing things.
Introduce Reflection and the Notebook or Learning Journal
30 mins
You will keep a log or a learning journal of your time in school. It is for you and for your learning. As well as recording the time you spend in school and what you did your learning journal is for recording things that seem important in the course of the day. You need to choose a way of keeping it that suits you. Some people use the small notebook to take quick notes during the course of the day, just to record the incident. Others write it up at the end of the day.Try different ways of doing it till you find what works best.
What you are looking for is anything that strikes you as important for your learning or when you have an "aha" moment where you suddenly realise something. Don't worry too much about getting it right just do it. It gets easier.
You can use the format:
Learning Journal Page
| What? | So What | Now What? | |
| Brief note on what happened, where, when, your feelings, those of others | Explain why it's important. Try to identify what you have learned. | Identify what action you need to take as a result,(e.g. change your behaviour, improve your subject knowledge base, change your behaviour management technique) |
Things to Remember
- Don't identify individuals by name - respect their right to privacy.
- The focus is on you and your learning
- You are going to use this to help you write your assignments.
- It is to make your life easier, it's not meant to be a chore.
The Learning Journal Activity
Watch this example:
Work in pairs to use this method to write brief notes on something that happened in your school.
Share with the group.
Short discussion of points raised.
Where might you find information to help you?
Books and things needed for the course
Last 15 minutes
Reminder:
- 1 ring binder for the portfolio
- 1 ring binder for your notes and handouts.
Talk about the need to access a computer and that basic computer skills are needed.
Mention additional help and support available
Explain that these usefulwiki.com notes will be available for access between sessions.
Allow access to some recommended books and copies of Learning Support magazine.
If you can possibly buy one get The Teaching Assistants Handbook by Louise Burnham
Homework and any individual questions
- Read Handout 1 and make brief notes by putting what you read into your own words. Also write your answers to the questions. Add this to your coursework folder.
- Write about one incident that happened in school this week in your learning journal. Set it out the way we did in class.
Homework this week should take you about 1 hour.
For next session (October 21st)bring your course file with:
- Your homework - I will collect in your notes on the handout to see if you need help with note taking.
- A copy of your job description (if you have one) and/or any TA guidelines used by your school.
- Your personal learning journal with an entry for this week's placement.
- All your course paperwork
Next Session
We will use your learning journals to help you start to produce a personal 'skills audit'. We will also look at teaching assistants' job descriptions and guidelines and start to think about how to build your portfolio's.
