EPF134 Roles And Responsibilities
EPF134: Roles and Responsibilities
Jo-anne Rutherford
In the teaching profession, there are roles, responsibilities and boundaries that are set in place, in order to divide the line between, what is acceptable for a teacher and what is not. These boundaries are to protect the students but to also protect the teachers. Roles and responsibilities are very important because they would assist order in any structured workplace which have objectives to be met and those with roles will be responsible to there duty. Actions and activities assigned to required or expected of a person or a group are referred to as “roles” while the obligations to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion are referred to as “responsibilities”. All learning institutions are subject to rules and regulations.
The roles of a teacher include day to day paper work including the class register and the marking of students work. There is also the conduct of initial assessments which will help to identify learner’s needs, knowledge and skill, this will help keep a record of which students are doing well and also which students that are not doing as well as they should be, then those students can have the help they need to get there. As a teacher it is imperative to act like a good role model for your students, for example; Time management, always be on time for your lessons, by doing this you are already teaching your students that time keeping is important, this helps set them up with the right skills ready for further education studies or employment. Always be respectful and speak in a good manner to your students, this will show them that having a good attitude is an important part of life and its good to treat and respect people in the same way you would expect to be treat. You can be friendly with your students but make sure you never cross the professional line! Teachers are also reminded not to go beyond their role by going to learner’s home; all teaching must take place
Jo-anne Rutherford
In the teaching profession, there are roles, responsibilities and boundaries that are set in place, in order to divide the line between, what is acceptable for a teacher and what is not. These boundaries are to protect the students but to also protect the teachers. Roles and responsibilities are very important because they would assist order in any structured workplace which have objectives to be met and those with roles will be responsible to there duty. Actions and activities assigned to required or expected of a person or a group are referred to as “roles” while the obligations to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion are referred to as “responsibilities”. All learning institutions are subject to rules and regulations.
The roles of a teacher include day to day paper work including the class register and the marking of students work. There is also the conduct of initial assessments which will help to identify learner’s needs, knowledge and skill, this will help keep a record of which students are doing well and also which students that are not doing as well as they should be, then those students can have the help they need to get there. As a teacher it is imperative to act like a good role model for your students, for example; Time management, always be on time for your lessons, by doing this you are already teaching your students that time keeping is important, this helps set them up with the right skills ready for further education studies or employment. Always be respectful and speak in a good manner to your students, this will show them that having a good attitude is an important part of life and its good to treat and respect people in the same way you would expect to be treat. You can be friendly with your students but make sure you never cross the professional line! Teachers are also reminded not to go beyond their role by going to learner’s home; all teaching must take place
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