PGPA Weekly tasks This section links UWE based Professional Development foci with specific school or setting based tasks that trainees will be expected to carry out and complete to consolidate and enhance their knowledge of teaching and learning. The table below shows how trainees’ time will be spent during the placement. Some weeks will involve ‘serial days’ which are generally followed by a ‘block’ where trainees are in school full time.. Days Setting Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. UWE Thursday, Friday. School/ Early Years Setting There will be an exception to this pattern on Friday November 16th when all of the students will be visiting a partner school to take part in a geography immersion day PGPA UWE Placement Tasks Mentor Support (school) UWE week Wk 10 No UWE – Ensure that during these initial 2 weeks you are During this initial immersion immersion in ‘immersing yourself in the life of the school’ as discussed period school mentors are placement in the placement lecture: asked to ensure that the fortnight student is welcomed into the Working with small groups to start to begin to understand school and made familiar with what the assessement process looks like routines and expecations. Reading with individuals Students should be given the Reading to the whole class opportunity to get to know Reflecting upon the good practice that you are seeing children and colleagues and to Make sure that over this fortnight you have taken a short partake in activities such as part of a lesson – eg: plenary or other element (at your class mentor’s discretion and under their guidance) 2 or 3
PGPA Weekly tasks This section links UWE based Professional Development foci with specific school or setting based tasks that trainees will be expected to carry out and complete to consolidate and enhance their knowledge of teaching and learning. The table below shows how trainees’ time will be spent during the placement. Some weeks will involve ‘serial days’ which are generally followed by a ‘block’ where trainees are in school full time.. Days Setting Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. UWE Thursday, Friday. School/ Early Years Setting There will be an exception to this pattern on Friday November 16th when all of the students will be visiting a partner school to take part in a geography immersion day PGPA UWE week UWE Placement Tasks Mentor Support (school) Wk 10 No UWE – immersion in placement fortnight Ensure that during these initial 2 weeks you are ‘immersing yourself in the life of the school’ as discussed in the placement lecture: Working with small groups to start to begin to understand what the assessement process looks like Reading with individuals Reading to the whole class Reflecting upon the good practice that you are seeing Make sure that over this fortnight you have taken a short part of a lesson – eg: plenary or other element (at your class mentor’s discretion and under their guidance) 2 or 3 During this initial immersion period school mentors are asked to ensure that the student is welcomed into the school and made familiar with routines and expecations. Students should be given the opportunity to get to know children and colleagues and to partake in activities such as