Unit 210 Support learning activities

As a practitioner it’s your duty to observe and maintain correct procedures to ensure that the children are offered a stimulating environment which will further allow optimum possibilities for development. All those who work with or amongst children and young people have a crucial role to play in helping not only to shape aspects of their lives, but to also aid in enhancing their future development. Therefore it can be stated that how we set up our own working practices can affect children and young people’s development, as will be identified by this essay; below are areas where one should concentrate in order to further

8 Explain how this relates to the role of a facilitator – the facilitator should have a good understanding of their role through training and procedures to follow.

Arrangements for individual learner needs can be monitored and any additional resources or support can be discussed.

Discussed data keeping and communication with paras and parents. I subbed for a para who was out sick. I did not have any lesson or behavior plans to work with. I requested to see lesson plans and she did not have anything prepared for the day.

A. Identify at least two points in the process where your issue seemed to “work.”

The district needs to create more time in the schedule for the students to work collaboratively on projects and activities. Grade level teams of teachers need to be created. These teams will have a common schedule and common planning times which will allow for greater flexibility when creating lessons and activities. The team will also have the ability to meet regularly to deal with common issues, planning, and creating learning that differentiated to individual student needs (Brown & Knowles p. 77).

Practitioners should understand and observe each child’s development and learning, assess their progress and plan their next steps. Practitioners should always support babies and children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture. Practitioners should identify any support needed for additional needs. Practitioners need to keep all children safe. Practitioners should help children learn mathematics and literacy as children learn through different stages. Practitioners need to observe children learning and create the right activities to support the stages as which each are at.

Professionals must develop plans for gathering and using assessment data. Select three of the strategies presented on pages 139–142 of Assessing and Guiding Young Children's Development and Learning, and explain how each strategy that you selected can be used to provide ongoing support for children's development and learning.

My current role of Training Support Officer has a heavy workload and demands that I remain organised and plan weeks ahead of schedule to ensure that all student materials are readily available. In this role I plan and organise all course bookings for in house courses including the preparation and issue of student workbooks, attendance list, feedback forms, arrange catering and stocking of supplies. Furthermore, I coordinate and set up the venue for classes, including trainers presentation materials and audio visual equipment along with maintaining the students record of attendance and competency through PowerPro student management system.

Although the teacher and aides are assigned a grade level, the groups they are with rotate so everyone gets to work with every grade level throughout the day. Mrs. Whaley however, provides math instruction for every grade level (at different times in the afternoon), while Mrs. Beaver and Mrs. Jordan provide additional math help. For example, Mrs. Jordan is able to sit in during 3rd grade math instruction, but once the 3rd graders are done they go to a different table to work on accelerated math with Mrs. Beaver and Mrs. Jordan goes to a different table to provide students with math one-on-one. Often times, Mrs. Jordan works with individuals to improve their math fact fluency. I was not surprised to know that the aides do not leave the resource room at all throughout the day. Unless it is a Jr. Achievement Day, the aides are to remain in the room with the students at all times. For a Jr. Achievement Day, the students we have in the resource room are able to spend the entire day with their peers learning about business and economics. During this time the aides and teachers are going from room to room to check up on the students and make sure they are understanding and able to do the material they are being

3.Determine the purpose of the activity, then develop the learning objectives to “close the gap.”

As a student teacher, my role and responsibilities with my focus learner is to assist with assessment and program planning. Implementing the IEP goals in the lesson plans. Participate in transition meeting and activities with the focus learner. Promote student’s development in the areas language and literacy, motor development and social emotional development. Submit weekly lesson plans and activities to support UPK standards. Displaying the classroom with appropriately with student’s art work at eye level.

If you were leading this service activity, how might you have done things differently? Why?

members teaching assistant could be there for them when needed, whether to help with a task, give

2. Reflect on design and implementation challenges experienced during the redesign of a prior coursework activity.