Boundaries Between Teachingrole and Other Professional Bodies

Explains the boundaries between the teaching role and other professioinal roles and own responsibilities in relation to other professionals.
(2.1 & 2.2)

Within this assignment i will explain what i

believe the roles and responsibilities of a

teacher and possible boundaries which i may

come up against.Where possible I will link

it to my own personal experiencesand knowledge.

I will attempt to describe teaching roles both

related and non related as much as i can, i will

also make references to the 6 areas contained

within the professional standards for teachers

tutors and trainers in the life long learning

sector and also to the teaching and learning

cycle.

I believe further education teaching can be

split into two sections,a teachers role and the

teacher related roles. From my experience teaching

roles will be taken on by assessors and Tutors

where as the teacher related roles will mainly be

handled by administration staff, and senior

management. A teachers role can be referred to as

“a role which contains limitied teaching

responsibilities and a role which represents the

full range of responsibilities performed by those

who are expected to attain the status of a

qualified teacher” In my opinion the

responsibility of a teacher/tutor isto nurture any

person from someone who knows nothing about the

trade and turning them into someone who has both

the practicaland theoretical skills to be a

bricklayer with a National Vocational Qualification

(NVQ) level 3 atthe end of their apprenticeship.

But the responsibility of staff who occupy the

teacher related role will be taking care of things

like filing,ensuring paperwork is upto date

and correct thus complying with the data protection

act 1998,and making sure there are no complications

with regards toplacements/funding for learners.

Entry Requirements a teacher/trainer will be

required to work a range of information sources

Therefore,during the selection process you may be

required to undertake an initial assessment in

Numeracy and an initial assessment in Literacy.

To be accepted onto an Apprenticeship programme

at level 2 you will have to achieve Numeracy Level

1, and Literacy Level 1 to start with.You will

also be required to attend an interview, during

which your suitability,commitment and interest

will be determined.You should bring with you to

theinterview any evidence you have of previous

academic achievement.You may also wish to present

other documentation that supports your application

This can include evidence of other activities that

you have participated in, sports, hobbies, work

experience etc.To me different levels your learners

may be at and you can hopefully you can then get a

better idea as to what stage you should start your

teachings from, These assessments should be

continuous throughout the apprenticeship so you

can check that learners are progressing in the

areas thatthey should be. If not the correct

measures can then be put into place to help them

catch up with others I understand that every

teacher/tutor has contractual obligations to abide

by in regards to what ever the programme they are

teaching, these will be a guideline from your

employer but also you have a rather strict code to

work to from awarding body such as Constructive

Awards Alliance (CAA) or City and Guilds (C&G).

Every tutor/teacher will have the same contractual

obligations to abide with these but they may vary

with your employer as everyone likes to put there

own mark on apprenticeshipsThe teacher related

roles are to include things like checking all

documentation and information on students is

correct and upto date,ensuring students are

registered with the correct learning bodies so

there are no complications when starting/

completing apprenticeships.Providing

statistics/schedules of a learners attendance,

achievements,and time keeping.in my opinion

many of the teacher/tutor related roles can be

under took by either the teacher/tutor or

admin staff as there is not a set rule book as

to who can do what.Further to this there is

the contractual obligation of completing

regular assessments and reviews with both

learner and employer as it is imperitive the

employer knows what stage alearner is at. I

shall now try toexplain the roles and

responsibilities by reading and extracting

information from page 73 /74 of the work

booklet. I believe the key purpose of being a

teacheris to be able to create a safe, fun

yet hard working environment to give all

students the oppertunity to excel in there

individual learning programme

1)“ Professional values and practice” this explains

the values which teachers in the lifelong learning

sector should meet or exceed in to achieve their

responsibility to me the following value shows how

a teacher has the responsibility to ensure all

learners are learning as a whole thus ensuring

all are learning at the same pace knowing all they

need to know to succeed.

2)“learning and teaching” to me there are so many

different responsibilities with regards to learning

and teaching forexample progression, development,

goals and aspirations of all which will endeavour

to enhance the experiences they bring to learning.

3) “specialist learning and teaching” when

completing an Apprenticeship a strict framework is

to be adhered to, we as teachers must ensure all

aspects of the framework are to be covered and to

achieve this I believe I must ensure I am upto date

with the current teachings in my trade in order to

be current and thus making up part of my continous

planned development

4) “planning for learning” which to me is an

imperitive part of teaching which in my profession

is very important as one wrong learning or

misunderstanding can lead to serious harm or even

death but I understand that these teachings may

require special attention to detail and covering

equality and diversity effectively

5) “assessment for learning” I believe you must be

willing to carry out consecutive assessments so as

to see where learners are and where they should/

could be in future months thus ensuring everyone

within the organisation can see the progress of

students

6) “ access and progression” this to me says we

must have sufficient information and advice/

guidance to support a learners needs and also make

learners aware of various in house services which

may be available to them

summarising: I believe there are many factors which

lead to being a successful teacher, you need to be

a very broad minded and self sufficient person,

who needs to be patient and understanding to

whatever task/obstacle is put in front of them you

need to be aware of constantly changing rules,

regulations and criteria surrounding your

specialist subject. You need to be honest, have a

positive mental attitude and have very high

expectations of your learners,but also need to be

aware that there are going to be students who need

the extra help and support from you to complete

the course. I need to be able to provide easy yet

still challenging lesson plans. As a good teacher

I need to make myself very approachable to all who

require my attention, this will include learners,

other tutors,office staff and management but also

internal and external verifiers. I was always

treated with the utmost respect whilst completing

my apprenticeship and my tutors were always honest

with me, sometimes honest but that gave me reason

to believe in what I was doing and made me want to

further my skills even more so to impress my tutor

but also gain my qualification at the end of my

apprenticeship. I understand there may be certain

aspects of the courses I’m going to teach which I

am going to have to re-teach myself so students

will grasp things first time and i’ll have to

relive my days as a student to gain all the pros

and cons from the way I was taught therefore

gaining an understanding of how to make my lessons

as effective as they can be. I believe the role

of teaching requires my personality and character

to be the vehicle of knowledge. I know things will

be hard and at sometimes baffling but that is what

life is all about, knowing what you want and having

the will to reach your goal. I believe there are

many factors with regards to striving towards being

a successful Teacher in my profession but I believe

I have everything it takes to succeed.