Unit 301 Understanding Roles leaflet

When teaching the individual needs of the student may need to be passed on to another professional to facilitate learning if so this should be done in a professional manner and must treat the student with respect. It is important that the correct professional to deal with the individual learner needs is selected and understand the job role and how they can support me in the classroom.

With personal matters it is important not to given preferential treatment to one or a group of learners and to treat everyone equally. Teachers should not give out personal information or get personally involved with a student e.g. not join social networking sites etc. You should avoid touching students inappropriately or give preferential treatment to some students and not others.

Following my professional enquiry, I have felt that it was important to make further improvements in my teaching pedagogy in order to move forward. Therefore, I have put the next steps into place. Through the professional enquiry, I have gained a further understanding into which areas of my practice need further development.

According to Gravells (2011) my main role is to teach my subject “in a way that actively involves and engages (my) learners during every session…motivating them…(managing) the learning process…assess their progress, give relevant feedback and keep appropriate records”. In addition, the author describes boundaries as “the constraints you might be under as a teacher (and) the negative aspects to your roles and responsibilities”. In

As a teacher or trainer, there are a variety of roles and responsibilities that are important to consider. The main role of a teacher is to create a relaxed, comfortable learning environment for students to meet their learning needs. In many cases, the teacher’s role also involves delivery of

Evaluate your role of teacher/trainer explaining its responsibilities (including the promotion of equality and valuing diversity) and limits. A/1.2 A/1.3 A/1.4

Teachers must also determine student needs prior to planning a lesson, so that differentiated instruction can be given to those who need it – this isn’t always just for lower level learners – it is just as important to address those who might need extra work or more difficult assessment to stretch their capabilities.

In this essay, I will identify and explain five key aspects that are important for the professional development of any teacher. Furthermore, I will decide which of the key aspects I will prioritise in my own development and provide a reflective justification for my choice.

However, there are also several definition of teaching given by various psychologists. Wells (1982) defined teaching as an activities involving teachers to explain, deduce, question, motivate, keep record of students’ works and etc. Edmund Amidon has defined teaching as an interactive process between teacher and students in an activities which involve classroom talk while Greens state that teaching is a task performed by a teacher for the development of a child. Alberta Teachers’ Association (2012) also have defined teaching as a specialized application of knowledge, skills and attributes which have been developed to provide unique service to meet the educational needs in person and society. Basically, the responsibility of the teaching profession is to choose learning activities, provide students with learning opportunities, develop the values and guide them in their social relationship to meet the goals of education in school. That is why the direct interaction between teachers and students plays an important element in

Meeting children’s needs is a vital aspect of teaching whereby the needs of all children must be taken into consideration. Teacher’s professional practice is developed over time in various ways, for example through experience, preparation and reflection (Tack et al, 2014).

A teacher role in education is to teach the learner but it’s more than that, it’s to be a role model, it’s someone who a learner can depend and rely on. In 1984 David Kolb published his model for the learning cycle. “Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience” (Kolb, 1984, p. 38). The cycle is broken down into four parts;

The role of a teacher can be broken down into various stages taken from the Teacher Training Cycle.

Defining the roles and duties of a Primary Teacher can be quite difficult. Gipps et al. (2000) define teaching as:

What is teaching? Teaching is something many people desire to do in order to help those learn with different teaching approaches. A lot of time is devoted to the ‘what’ of teaching and what areas we should we cover, what resources do we need and so on. The ‘how’ of teaching also gets a great deal of space and how to structure a lesson, manage classes, assess for learning for learning and so on. “Do we ask the “who” question – who is the self that teaches? How does the quality of my selfhood form – or deform – the way I relate to my students, my subject, my colleagues, my world? How can educational institutions sustain and deepen the selfhood from which good teaching comes?”- Parker J. Palmer (1998: 4).

Over the next several pages I will discuss many aspects of education. This will include the role that I am employed, the demographics of the area I work in and specific responsibilities I have as a paraprofessional. I will explore the classroom setting I am in, including the relationship to my students, supervisors, and other disciplines within the educational system.