Leeds SCITT Newsletter
Issue 8 Spring 2016
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 TS7
Stage 3 Priority – Becoming an Outstanding Trainee Teacher
Precise Target Setting
Pupil Progress
Oustanding Trainee Teacher
Helpful reminders and points to consider!
This week…
- Continue to set focused targets during your mentoring meetings to support you in addressing key areas. You could use the language of the Teachers' Standards as outlined in the placement report (also located in the Stage 3 Manual pages 65 -80) to aid you and your SBT in the writing and evidencing of these targets. Remember it is important to share these targets with all of the host teachers in the department (a good idea is to write this down on the top of the lesson observation sheet you give to the observer) to ensure lesson observation feedback is focused and allows you to evidence the targets you and your SBT have set.
- Continue to email your SEF to your SBT 24hrs prior to your mentor meeting and cc your Link Tutor in too.
- Spend some time looking at your SEB evidence, decide on areas you need to develop further. Discuss this with your mentor on how this can be demonstrated and evidenced in your planning, lesson delivery and other commitments at school.
- If you are still experiencing behaviour management issues with a class or pupil(s), discuss with your mentor if it is worth while observing a colleague teaching this class or pupil(s). It will provide you with an invaluable insight on how the class or individual(s) interact in another subject area or setting and will hopefully provide you with some ideas to use in your own teaching.
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: TS7 Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment.
In Our Classroom
You are Enough
Being the Best that You Can Be
How can we evidence TS7?
For the SEB, the TS7 Standard can be evidenced in your Lesson Plans, Lesson Evaluations and Lesson Observations.
Here are some other ideas which may help you gain TS7 evidence.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxcipou1omnh3hh/teachers%20standards.docx?dl=0
Question time! How can we evidence questioning for TS7?
Stage 1 Materials - Use of Assessment
Here are some of the resources used during the Subject Study sessions during Stage1. These may be of help:
Guide to Behaviour Management
Behaviour Management/ Useful Websites https://www.dropbox.com/s/qfrgtkwnr307l1j/Behaviour_Management.docx?dl=0
Below the Radar Low Level Disruption
Assertive BM Seminar PowerPoint
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmpitiae6wh2v4z/PSASSERTIVE%20BM%20seminar%20%20session%20PP_MO.pptx?dl=0
Behavement Management Clips
Teachers TV: Secondary NQTs Classroom Encounters with Cowley
This is the story of one NQT and how she gets support on how to get to grips with classroom management.
Visit Sue Cowley's homepage for loads of tips to support NQTs in their first year of teaching.
Dr Bill Rogers Behaviour Management Tips
Behaviour Management Strategies
Teaching and Learning
Here is the link for the above EAL grid. This may support EAL pupils or low literacy pupils in your class
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tuegvzezqm8eno4/EAL%20Strategies%20sheet.doc?dl=0
Pupils with Autism, Dyslexia and ADHD
Challenge - Speak to your SENCO and find out the best ways to support pupils with these conditions to make progress in their learning.
Here are some 'Mind Maps', created in PowerPoint, that works as a poster or as a mini presentation that could be used as part of staff training or to build awareness. The areas presented are not exhaustive but give some ideas on support that could be needed for pupils with: Autism, Dyslexia and ADHD.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7n77oqyj0gchjzl/Simple%20Autism%20Strategies%20-%20Arial.pptx?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fgp8h7lp86k1ees/Dyslexia%20Difficulties%20-%20Arial.pptx?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e58je0h3am5f4k9/ADHD%20Difficulties%20-%20Arial.pptx?dl=0
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