Understand the relationships between teachers and other professionals in education and training
In this tutorial you will learn:
- The different types of 'other professionals' in education and training
- About points of referral, such as the National Careers Service
- The importance of knowing your place within a team and the team role you fulfil
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘The Award in Education and Training’ by Ann Gravells 2014 Revised edition, published by Sage
- ‘Award in Education and Training: Understanding and using inclusive teaching and learning approaches in education and training: Volume 2’ by Nabeel Zaidi
- ‘Adult Education PTLLS: Boundaries between the teaching role and other professional roles’ blog on the HubPages website
- Find and read your organisational policies and procedures on multi / inter agency working, and make a note of all the referral points your organisation uses.
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Does your setting encourage respectful behaviour towards other professionals? Ask to look at your setting’s policies on inclusion, and equal opportunities. These policies help to make sure that everyone your setting comes in to contact with feels included and welcomed.
- ‘Belbin team roles’ webpage on the Belbin website. Click to read about the different behaviour types that individuals display in the work place. You may wish to complete a Belbin report to help you identify your team role, but please be aware that there is a cost associated with the report.
- ‘Team roles test’ on the 123 Test website. You may wish to complete this free test on team roles inspired by the ‘Big Five’ personality theory.
- Click on this link to learn more about the Society for Education and Training which can support your CPD.
- Take time to familiarise yourself with the individual needs of the learners you support. Make a note of your findings and take some time to research them – using the internet, books, or the knowledge of colleagues and other professionals.
- Click to read ‘Learner needs and points of referral' by Ann Gravells
- Click to see an example of the types of external support offered to students by a school.
- Find ‘Supporting learners in the lifelong learning sector’ by Marilyn Fairclough, published by Open University Press, and read the sections: ‘Internal and external sources of support’ page 19 ‘Issues relating to referrals’ page 19-21
- Click to watch ‘Teacher’s personal and professional boundaries’, hosted by the New Teacher Talk channel, looks at how teachers balance their personal lives with their professional identity.
- Think And Challenge
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