1. Tutor briefing: PGCE programmes Summer 2015

2. Early Years PGCE Caroline Lundy Primary PGCE Charlotte Garbutt

3. The university placement tutor’s role o keep in touch with the trainee (trainee to contact you initially); o three lesson observations; o two of these to be with the school mentor; o QA checklist with the mentor; o arrange for additional visits to those causing concern; o agree Review Point and final grades with the mentor; o attend the Partnership Meeting; o complete the relevant TDP sections at the end of the placement.

4. Documentation The documents you will need to complete are o Lesson observation forms o Mentor checklist o TDP Part 2c

5. Trainees’ teaching commitment Typically: Weeks 1 & 2:70 – 75% teaching load Weeks 3 onwards: 70 – 75% Further guidance in the handbooks.

6. Observations o one per week (mostly by school); o three by placement tutors; o two of these are joint with mentors; o mentors should take the lead; o first joint observation – around Review Point A (agree Review Point grades & complete the QA checklist); o middle observation around Review Point B; o second joint observation – in the final week (agree final grades; discuss outcomes with trainee).

7. Trainee files o University file (blue) o Teaching file o Monitoring & assessment file Further information in the handbooks. May be minor differences between programmes.

8. Weekly meeting and review Mentor & trainee agree when and where at start. Should be private, uninterrupted & an appropriate length of time. Trainee to fill in before the meeting. Basis for discussion with the mentor so targets & ways forward can be agreed. Trainee should draft a copy of the TDP and bring to the meeting to be discussed with and confirmed by the mentor.

9. Brief review of spring placement o Think about one thing that went well in relation to the spring placement. o Think about one thing that didn’t work as well / go as well as it could have. What best practice in mentoring have you seen that you could pass on to other mentors? What best practice from trainees have you seen that you could share iwth other trainees?

10. Problems o Guidance in the handbooks. o If in doubt, alert us. o Cause for concern. c.lundy@hull.ac.uk c.garbutt@hull.ac.uk

11. Information Further information on the PGCE summer placements can be found in o the placement handbooks (see website); o the placement overview / briefing document (see website); o the Teaching Development Profile (TDP) (see website); o the Hull Primary Partnership website (google ‘Hull Primary Partnership’);