Trainees are expected to be provided with/gather/have access to the following information when starting a new placement school:
A physical plan/map of the school. You may even get a guided tour!
Information on the organisation of classes/tutor groups and the rationale for these. You should be assigned to a tutor group in each school.
Times of the school day and your personal timetable.
School OFSTED report.
Health and safety policies, including those relating to the safeguarding and well-being of children.
Dates and times of meetings you are expected to attend.
Professional protocols in the school e.g. dress code, where not to sit in the staff room, procedures for photocopying, who to contact and give cover work to if you are absent etc.
ICT access and log in information.
School rules for unauthorised absence of pupils, anti-social behaviour, bullying etc.
Routines and procedures (i.e. absence from a lesson, punctuality, school uniform, homework, registration etc.)
Systems for rewards and sanctions, including support for teachers in the classroom facing behavioural problems.
The role of the teacher at change of lessons, break time, lunchtime and after school. What happens in bad weather?
How the school makes provision for the inclusion of all of its pupils e.g. gifted and talented, SEND, EAL etc.
How the school promotes learners' understanding and appreciation of social and cultural diversity.
From September 2021 trainees will be working on a new range of School-based Training Tasks with their mentor which reflect the 'Learn how to...' statements from the ITT Core Content Framework.
Please click the link below to access these tasks, and then watch the video which explains how expert colleagues should work with trainees to ensure they are completed over the course of each phase:
School-based Training Tasks - Secondary ITT
How to use the school-based training tasks (click video link below):
https://port.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=45a15664-d79c-43b5-977d-ada3010bfc53