Induction
All trainees require an induction to the school to ensure that they know the schools procedures and policies. This is particularly important for safeguarding, health and safety, behaviour management and critical incidents (e.g. fire).
Please can the member of staff who conducts the induction complete the following short online survey:
Phase 3 Trainee Induction Survey 2024-5
Preliminary Days
The following guidance is to ensure that trainees and Teacher Mentors make a smooth transition into the placement and ensure that trainees know and understand the school policies and procedures whilst also building positive and professional relationships with the school staff and children.
Trainee
Provide your Teacher Mentor with:
– a copy of your End of Phase 2 CARD including responses to areas for development
Read key policies and documents:
- Safeguarding, Health and Safety and Critical Incidents Arrangements (e.g. fire procedures)
- School policies:
- – Behaviour Management
- – E-safety
- – Teaching and Learning
- – Inclusion (equality and diversity)
- – Marking and feedback
- – Any other polices you are provided with
Familiarise yourself with the school:
- Learn to navigate your way around the school
- Find out where shared resources are stored and the procedure to use these
- Begin to learn the names and responsibilities of staff in the school
- Find out how to use the photocopier and computer
Gather information on:
- School and class timetables
- Dates for any outings or visits that will happen during the placement
- Procedures for receiving children in the morning and releasing at the end of the day
- Procedures for registration, playtimes, lunchtime and snacks
- Class information (including needs of individual children and groupings)
- Class routines and behaviour management strategies
- Phonics approach/programme used by the school
- Medium term planning for the placement and which aspects of this you will be teaching. Familiarise yourself with any resources you may need
- Role of other adults
Conduct Observations:
- Focused in relation to your P3 targets
- Class routines
- Behaviour Management
- You need at least five observations of your Teacher Mentor during the preliminary days
Ensure the induction survey is completed
Teacher Mentor
Provide the trainee with:
- school and class timetables
- dates for any outings or visits that will happen during the placement
- medium term plans for the summer term and which part of this the student will be teaching
- procedures for receiving children in the morning and releasing at the end of the day
- procedures for registration, playtimes, lunchtime and snacks
- class information (including needs of individual children and groupings)
- information about class routines and behaviour management strategies
- staff list with responsibilities
Support the trainee with:
- finding their way around the school
- location of key areas e.g. staffroom, toilets
- how to use the photocopier and computers
- where resources are stored in the school and classroom
- introduction to staff including Head Teacher(s)
Talk through:
- the expectations of the school with regards to the trainee’s professionalism
- the planning process
Provide opportunities:
- to discuss trainees’ observations of teaching
- to discuss the rationale for the curriculum in the school
- to discuss emerging understanding of the needs of the cohort
Ensure the induction survey is completed