Understanding roles, responsibilities and relationships in education and training

Using my personal presence, presonal example, charisma and tools such as ground rules, I need to create the right first impression to ensure that my learners are aware of their responsibilities within the learning environment. I try to create an environment of support, collaboration and mutual respect. I am responsible for ensuring inclusivity of the learners and celebrating their diversity. I have a duty of care in respect of my learners and should get advice and guidance from my fellow professionals in areas I am unsure of. The environment should be in accordance with Health and Safety requirements allowing free movement and access, no trip hazards, safe, tested electrical equipment. I need to create a psychologically safe environment without intimidation or disrespect. I would do this by challenging inappropriate behaviour and encouraging positive behaviour. I could also refer learners back to the ground rules. Depending on the learning needs / progress of individuals I might need to adapt and target some parts of the course content. I need to minimise jargon and adapt my language and style to the needs of the participants. I need to create opportunities for networking, self-development and experimentation. I must also be aware of any perceived or real barriers to learning and make appropriate interventions. To do this I would confer with teaching assistants or ‘privately’ discuss any issues directly with learners.

A guideline to all staff on how pupil’s behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils; this is why all staff must be familiar with this policy.

Equality, diversity and inclusion – in what ways can you integrate these principles into your teaching.

With this in mind all tutors should be mindful and uphold the basics set out in The Equality Act 2010, which ultimately protects the rights and equality of all individuals, prohibiting victimization.

Is a guideline to all staff on how pupils behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils, this is why all staff MUST be familiar with this policy.

We must report any inappropriate behaviour to the class teacher and take action where appropriate. We must be fair and consistent when applying the school procedures to ensure that the pupils are treated equally. If pupils who behave badly are treated differently, or in their eyes unfairly, they will become confused of their boundaries and unsure of what is expected of them. Treating misbehaving children differently will have a negative impact on future behaviour.

Equality is important and means treating everyone fairly and giving everyone the opportunity to feel included.

Teachers have the ability to set up classroom rules to help maintain the structure with behaviors in the classroom. Bill Rogers, affectionately know as Mr. Rogers, has many effective techniques and approaches to classroom management, from prevention and positive correction to consequences. He does not advocate being a strict, disciplinarian, authoritarian teacher, but gives strategies to help teachers work with students to control their own behavior. The first part of Rogers’ plan gives techniques used to prevent discipline problems (Education World, 2003). As he discusses rights of the students, he talks about how they have the right to feel safe, be treated with dignity and respect and have the right to learn.

Creating an environment which promotes equality, growth, and safety is important in the teaching profession. Teachers need to ensure students have opportunities to learn and use their individual abilities in the classroom. Students should be given the chance to make connections with the real-world through the given instruction and be able to see their growth as the class progresses. Two classes in which the teacher was able to implement and sustain practices of anti-bias instruction was in an upper level Spanish class and in an English class called World Literature.

Race, religion, culture, language, and disability are a few of the many forms of diversity that we see in classrooms around us. Diversity, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is “the condition or quality of being diverse, different, or varied; difference, unlikeness” (OED, n.3.d.). Each student in the classroom is going to have varied abilities, needs, and interests. As the teacher, he or she will utilize multiple teaching methods in order to meet the needs of every individual in the classroom. Some faculty has reported that teachers are failing to make little or no changes in their classroom operations to handle issues concerning diversity (Pasque, Chesler, Charbeneau, & Carlson, 2013, p. 1). By following guidelines to accommodate each student in the classroom, it is imperative that the teacher designates different abilities, interests, and tasks to help the students succeed and achieve their goals.

Gender equity includes the actions, attitudes, and assumptions that provide opportunities and help to create expectations about particular individuals. Equity requires educators to become much more knowledgeable about all groups in a multicultural society in order to meet the needs of all individual students and create a multicultural classroom environment. This diverse view-point to new perspectives and beliefs allows teachers to truly enrich themselves as well as their students. Not only does it allow students to enrich themselves, it also allows teachers to create both meaningful and educational learning environments for their students.

Promoting diversity and equality in education is essential both for teachers and for students. The main goal of holistic learning is to create a classroom environment where each student can thrive in learning as well as understand that the individual characteristics are meant to make people unique and not different. This means creating a classroom environment that is inclusive of all learners. A teacher should design an environment that pays attention to the needs of students from diverse backgrounds including learning and assessment process that ensures that every student is given consideration in terms of accessibility and inclusivity. A diverse learning environment must also incorporate

I knew my whole life that diversity was present, but it took me till eighth grade to realize some inequalities still today effect the way people treat you and your peers. It then took me until college to start making my own personal connections to diversity, inequality, and moving forward. As a teacher I think it can be important, and helpful to be making sure students not only aware of the differences that individuals and groups of people have but to also praise these differences as opposed to refuting them. And if differences cause conflict to be able to guide understanding of where it might come from. I also believe bringing light to as many different diverse experiences of others into the classroom and examining them at a deeper level than just pointing out the differences, is a good first step in

In the course of establishing a developmentally appropriate classroom for learning with healthy and respected students, there are several things I will and must do. In chief, there will be two things that I will have the utmost concern for in my future classroom: child safety and respectful behavior.

1.Clear expectations and school-wide consistent consequences for words or actions that are likely to hurt others or make them feel unsafe.