1. New Professional Mentor Training Faculty of Education, Department of Secondary Education
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2. Placements update
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3. Secondary Partnership Team
Karen Duffy Head of Partnerships
Jane Martindale Partnership Coordinator
Majella Dalton-Bartley Partnership Coordinator
Gill Burgess – Partnership Tutor
Aileen Thom – Partnership Tutor
Cheryl Wilberforce – Partnership Tutor
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4. Secondary Partnership Website
Links to resources, advertising posts, CPD
Latest news
What’s happening in university
Training materials including podcasts
Handbooks
Events announcements
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5. Changes to the PGCE
Calendar-
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6. Language and Documentation
Meeting the standards at a Minimum - MSM
Meeting the standards at Good- MSG
Meeting the standards at Outstanding- MSO
Unsatisfactory Progress- UP
Intervention and Support Plan -ISP
Cause for Concern -CFC
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7. Award Lead (subject)- AL University Personal Tutor- UPT
University Visiting Tutor- UVT
Placement A
Placement B
Please visit the website for all updated documentation and information. The PM Handbook contains all the information you will need.
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8. What is the role of the Professional Mentor ?
In groups consider
The roles and responsibility of the PM
The key tasks throughout the placement
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9. The PM Role: An Overview Oversee, support, facilitate, provide, assess and Quality Assure provision.
Quality assure your school provision and engage in FoE QD process
Be able to provide evidence of how you QA your ITE provision
Oversee students’ entire SBT experience
Play a key role in support package for both Students and mentors
Ensure Student entitlement met
Identify suitable Subject Mentors
Support the team of SMs
Ensure updates/communications from university are sent to SMs
Ensure SMs are trained
shadowing
through Partnership
in-house training opportunities – meeting at start of Placement, sharing good practice, joint obs with other SMs, observing other Students
external course
Provide a Professional Issues programme
Monitor Student progress throughout placement AND their mental health well-being
Assume responsibility for the moderation of assessment
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10. Key Tasks: Arrange induction programme for Students
Liaise with SMs regarding timetables –range/balance/opportunities to observe
Organise Professional Issues sessions Monitor SMs
Central record keeping
Monitor SM files – quality of SM meetings and lesson observation feedback
Monitor SMART target setting
Select and confirm dates for PM (joint) observations - 1 joint observation (minimum entitlement)
Ensure Student entitlement is met (on-going)
Monitor Student progression AND well-being and moderate decisions
Support Students and SMs with the completion of their sections of the Review 2a/b, 4 and 5.
Meet with Students – tutorials, mentoring and coaching
Engage with the Quality Development process through MMU Partnership Tutor
Complete all review documents and return (on time) to Partnership Office as per Partnership calendar.
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11. What makes a good induction programme?
In groups consider
What an induction programme should aim to achieve
The features and activities a purposeful, well-structured induction programme would have
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12. Induction Programme should….
Be well-structured
Help Students feel welcomed into the school
Help Students to understand the ethos of the school
Enable Students to find their way around school
Introduce Students to the policies and practices of the school
Share with Students the expectations - professionalism
Facilitate Student access to resources
Allow Students to observe good and outstanding teaching and learning in a wide range of subjects AND understand what they are seeing.
Allow Students to meet and observe classes on timetables
Enable Students to make a confident GRADUAL start to their teaching after induction.
See PM Handbook for the INDUCTION section, this will provide specific details of what is to be included.
Expectations
Policies & procedures
IT & Online access
Departments
Observation timetable
Expectations set – time-keeping, dress, behaviour etc. Professionalism
Procedures – staff briefing, photocopying, contacting parents, safeguarding etc.
Arrange opportunities to see a range of other departments at work.
Arrange opportunities to see examples of good practice in teaching and learning.
Support SMs in the use of review docs to create a gradualised timetable.
Ensure Students’ are able to work with the department and observe the classes they will have on their timetable.
Ensure SMs are aware of Student entitlement and have read their handbooks.
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13. Induction programme activities- detailed in the PM Handbook
Timetable for induction phase
Welcome meeting and info pack
School overview
Key staff list – introductions if possible
IT access/ID badge/keys etc
Safeguarding
Professional expectations
Policies
Etc…..
SM meeting
School tour
Track day(s)
pupil(s) – different key stages
TA/ EAL/SEND
Observations
Timetable
Learning walk
Joint obs with SM/PM/experienced teacher
Structured time for engaging with information, researching resources, planning..
SENCO meeting
Anything else important to your particular setting
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14. How do you construct an effective Professional Issues programme ?
Share your ideas with the people on your table.
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15. Professional Issues Programme
Weekly, school based PP session* - entitlement
Can be run alongside an NQT programme
Specialist input
SENCO/TA/SLT/Outside agency/governor/bursar
You may lead some, but your main role is to organise
Provide a timetable of sessions in advance, remind Students and follow up on absentee Students
Sessions should be pertinent to stage of course
Ensure there is an ongoing focus on well-being and managing the workload
Consider including a slot towards end of placement when Students can ‘request’ particular focus
Evaluate sessions
In moment
Impact on practice
Use this to adapt future sessions and ensure relevance. *
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16. How do you as the PM oversee and monitor Student progress?
SM Files
Monitor quality of target setting, feedback and REGULAR use of progress indicators
Observation
All Students must be observed formally by their PM at least once during each placement.
The observation should be joint (with either SM or UVT) to ensure moderation of outcomes.
Formal written feedback and verbal feedback should be given as early as possible and discussed with both Student and SM.
Use of agreed lesson observation proforma and Progress Indicator document
After the visit the UVT will a copy of the report of their visit to you.
Reviews
Milestone assessments
No surprises; all involved; communication
Formative: opportunity to identify strengths and weaknesses
ISP/CFC Procedures
MSM-MSG or MSG-MSO procedures at Review 4
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17. Student Well Being – supporting Students through a demanding and often very stressful course
What might cause a Student to struggle on the PGCE programme? How do you know if a Student is struggling? What are the signs? What barriers might prevent a Student from sharing their concerns? How do you overcome these? What strategies can you use to support struggling Students? What advice can you give Students about managing their workload? At what point should you inform the university Personal Tutor? Discuss your ideas in your groups Don’t forget that as a PM you need to ensure your SMs understand how to support Student well-being – consider how you might do this. Ensure you address well-being as part of your Professional Issues programme and make sure the Students are able to share any concerns safely.
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18. On-going Considerations
How will you manage your time / workload most effectively?
Try to balance time between Students and SM team
Read the Handbook and familiarise yourself with it – in particular make yourself aware of timescales and deadlines
Use the resources on the Partnership website – podcasts covering lots of procedural information
Students making Unsatisfactory Progress – ensure you know the procedures – they need to be followed exactly and it is easier to familiarise yourself with it early on
Ensure that you read Partnership Mailings and attend Professional Mentor CPD meetings and Partnership events
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19. Key Meetings and Dates-
SMT
Wednesday 18th September :30
MCPD
Wednesday 2nd October Afternoon
SPSG
Wednesday 20th November Afternoon
PMT
Wednesday 22nd January :30
PSG
Wednesday 22nd January All Day
Wednesday 29th January :30
Wednesday 4th March Afternoon
Thursday 14th May All Day
SPSG/MCPD
Wednesday 10th June Afternoon
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20. Key contacts
Karen Duffy Head of Partnerships or Jane Martindale Secondary Partnerships Coordinator or Majella Dalton-Bartley Secondary Partnerships Coordinator or Beverley Ingham and Danielle Rose- Core /3655 Salma Qurashi- School Direct
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