Trainees are expected to prepare for the weekly Talk-through and be able to present supporting evidence during the meeting. Afterwards, they should complete their weekly reflection, which should be linked to the area covered in the Talk-through, using Brookfield’s model to structure their writing.
The Talk-throughs are organised according to the five areas of our ITE curriculum. They are as follows:
High Expectations
- Talk through how you have developed your own behaviour management skills during this year. What have you learned and how will you use this with your own class?
- Talk through how you have set goals and challenges for all children in your class, particularly higher attainers.
Pedagogy
- Provide an example of when you adapted your teaching to ensure all pupils, including any with SEND or EAL, could fully access the learning.
- Talk through an example of how you encourage the children to think metacognitively.
- Describe how you respond proactively (in your planning) and reactively (in the moment) to children’s responses to hinge questions by adapting your teaching.
Subject and curriculum
- Talk through how you have promoted pupils’ interest and motivation within any curriculum subject.
Assessment
- Talk through your understanding of how summative assessment contributes to securing pupil progress.
- Having spoken to a subject lead and children, demonstrate your understanding of progression in one foundation subject (link this to Assessment ITP).
Professional behaviours
- Talk through why capturing pupil voice is important and how this might be achieved within a school.