Cricket Green ITT Placements • Orientation and beginning Teaching and Learning • Observations of outstanding Teaching and Learning in core subjects • Opportunities to observe a subject lead • Access to quality INSET • Access to quality CPD delivered through Teaching Schools programme • 1 day ASD mentoring • 1 day meeting with a range of in school therapists • 1 day shadowing a pupil • High quality support and mentoring programme inclusive of observation/lesson feedback and ongoing reportage
Orientation and beginning Teaching and Learning within school placements Students will be expected to develop: •
Positive attitudes and behaviours
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An awareness of their duties
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Their roles and responsibilities.
Classroom practice Students will be placed with a class teacher in a specified key stage for at least one week to Observe and gain knowledge of: • • • • • •
Quality wave one teaching and learning of SEN pupils Personalised Planning Monitoring and Assessment Behaviour management Management of Support staff Differences and similarities in mainstream and SEN settings
Observation of teachers leading a subject area
Students will shadow a teacher to increase their knowledge in a specialised subject area to:
• Gain a specific understanding of how best to differentiate for pupils with SEN • Explore a range of ways to plan and design a sequence of lessons to maximise learning outcomes • Explore curriculum offer and how it can be shaped to meet the varying needs of pupils with SEN • Find ways and to assess pupil progress and record data
ASD Mentoring ITT students will spend up to a day with one of our ASD advisors to gain further knowledge and understanding in the following areas:
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Understanding autism in an inclusive context
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Enabling learning and participation-approaches and interventions
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Making sense of behaviour
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Creating an Autism friendly workplace
Therapies ITT students will spend time meeting with a range of our Therapists to increase their understanding of: •
Multi-agency working
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Pupil premium
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The referral process
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Benefits of therapy within an education setting
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Over coming potential barriers to learning
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Theory and practice
Quality CPD Students will be given the opportunity to attend training delivered to schools in the borough of Merton by our Teaching School.
ITT Mentoring and support Students will have access to a mentor on site to support them with their needs inclusive of: •
High quality feed back within a structured observation process
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Opportunities to observe outstanding lessons to further practice
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Access to daily support including written work , assignments and planning
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Constructive side by side coaching
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Opportunities to improve teaching through practice and reflection