Leeds SCITT Newsletter
Issue 9 2017
Welcome to the Leeds SCITT Newsletter
Welcome to the Leeds SCITT Newsletter. Our aim is to share good practice across our Partnership, keeping all interested parties up to speed with key information and share tips on how to become outstanding trainee teachers. This is your newsletter, so please feel free to email and share your experiences of how you or your colleagues have used innovative strategies/resources which have contributed to pupils making excellent progress.
Please remember to scroll down for tips and ideas on how to evidence TS8
Stage 3 Priority – Becoming an Outstanding Trainee Teacher
Precise Target Setting
Pupil Progress
Oustanding Trainee Teacher
Points to consider
This week…
1. Pupil progress, how often have you thought about this and discussed this with your Mentor? Are the pupils in your class making progress? If so, how do you know? If not, what are you and what have you planned for the pupils to do, to make sure progress is being made?
2. Think about your Enrichment Experience (Monday 19th June - Thursday 29th June), have you discussed what you would like to do during this time? Have you discussed your ideas with your Mentor? Once you have,please remember to email Sinead and your Lead tutor no later than 9th June with your proposal.
3. It's graduation time soon! This year's graduation will be at LTU at 6pm on the 19th July. It is a fantastic event and is worth attending. It allows you to celebrate your success with your family and friends. The Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University is Gabby Logan, a well-renowned and inspirational figure in the worlds of sport and journalism. Gabby will be speaking at your graduation. Here are some photos from last year's celebrations. We hope to see you there.
Evidencing the Teachers' Standards
Each week we will focus on one of the Teachers’ Standards, to look at ways on how this specific 'Standard' could be evidenced in supporting you in becoming outstanding in this area. This week we will take a look at: TS8 Fulfil Wider Professional Responsibilities
Ways I Could Communicate With Parents
This is What I Want My Pupils to Believe They Can Be
What I Do As A Teacher In The Classroom And In The School Community Can Help Pupils Achieve & Be Successful
How can we evidence TS8?
For the evidence portfolio, the TS8 Standard can be evidenced in your Self Evaluations / Lesson Plans/ Reflective Journal etc. See the ideas from the link below which may help you to consider how this Standard could be evidenced.
Here are some other ideas which may help you gain TS8 evidence.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zplmuliqvsa9z2/teachers%20standards%20TS8.docx?dl=0
Question Time
Effective Questioning & Differentiation
Here is another chance to familiarise yourself with the PowerPoint on questioning you received, as part of centre based training at Leeds Trinity University.
Stage 1 Materials
Here are some of the resources used during the Subject Study sessions during Stage1. These may be of help:
Professional Studies Seminar School type /Ethos
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptshpvim7lt5yau/school%20ethos.ppt?dl=0
Communicating with Parents
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nacii2wzztvvrqb/Lecture%20-%20Communicating%20with%20Parents.ppt?dl=0
The Role of the Teacher and Working with Others
Bullying
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g831r8ne7cfztpw/Seminar%20-%20Bullying.pptx?dl=0
Teaching Assistants - What does Current research say?
The Changing Role of Teaching Assistants— Where Being a ‘Mum’ is Not Enough by Rosemary Butt.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n4fs558qy37nr06/full_text%20research.pdf?dl=0
If you would like to see a summary of Rosemary Butt's research, here is a link to the Sutton Trust - EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yju6s8v2y8ezoec/EEF%20-%20Teaching%20assistants.pdf?dl=0
Teaching and Learning ideas
Working as a team. Here is a link to the below 'Team Worker' learning mat you could use with your pupils when completing group work.
More on Group Work
Group Work in the classroom - types of small groups
What is Cooperative learning? - video clip
Types of Small Groups
Strategies for Organising Group Talk
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lqifk8yjq7dbk6e/Strategies%20for%20organising%20group%20talk.doc?dl=0
To access the video cip below you may need to use a PC rather than your phone.
Websites to provide you with ideas of how best to support you in planning for Form Tutor Time / Assemblies
Change4Life School Resources
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/being-active/overview
British Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Teaching-resources
Anti Bullying
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information/all-about-bullying/what-bullying
Cyber Bullying Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkG00Czb4ho
British Values PowerPoint - taken from the TES website possibly suitable for KS4 /KS5 again a good idea to check with your colleagues the appropriateness of the content.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fcqbuftzh2yoikc/British-Values.pptx?dl=0
These clips could be used simply with your class to promote discussion / awareness or could be part of a whole school initiative.
There are a lot of examples for assembly ideas on the TES website.
Remember Sharing is Caring!
Finally...
Over to you!
Leeds SCITT hope you have found this newsletter helpful. If you would like to send your suggestions, ideas, videos, sharing of good practice to include in the next newsletter please let me know.
Have a great week and we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sinead