A part of the interview course of for the AO Path to QTS (Sunderland) is delivering a presentation. You do that through the stay interview. The presentation lasts roughly 20 minutes, and it’s recorded for moderation.
Through the interview you need to reply to those 5 questions:
So, you’ve bought 4 minutes per level for those who give equal weighting. I selected to frontload mine a bit. Right here’s how I approached it.
1a) What does a very good lesson appear to be?
I highlighted the instructing and studying rules we outlined in our EAL dept, as these had been particular to my fast context. I additionally highlighted what made them ‘good’ (i.e principled).
1b) Guaranteeing my studying surroundings is inclusive
I highlighted the 5 core rules of EAL provision outlined by the Bell Basis. I outlined basic elements of my observe that align to those.
I realise this may be a bit too on the nostril for some, however I additionally listed the instructing requirements that these elements of my observe showcased (see screenshots for examples). All of it comes again to the requirements – may as effectively make it specific.
2a) Clarify your taught curriculum
I used our parent-facing curriculum overviews for this, and talked via some ways in which we adapt these e.g. altering the curriculum sequence. I’ve since created a barely extra detailed long-term planning doc which hyperlinks to every unit of labor and related Bell descriptors – parent-facing doc a bit simpler to view for a snapshot in a 20 min interview although.
For departmental and group planning, I screenshot a part of our high quality assurance doc that confirmed how we share planning duties.
2b) Staying updated with topic information
I screenshot my sources for that. I understand how which may come throughout – I simply needed to make it a transparent that my roles except for instructing maintain my information up-to-date to an extent.
3) Evaluation and progress
For this I defined elements of our preliminary, formative, and periodic assessments. I defined our ‘thought of for exit’ ranges.
Then I talked via our information assortment for formative and periodic evaluation, and the way the Bell evaluation Framework is tailored to for setting future targets.
I additionally touched upon our reflection duties to assist learners set up subsequent steps, however solely briefly. I feel this was drawn out for dialogue by the assessor after the discuss truly.
4) Behaviour administration and behaviours for studying
I talked via a few of the typical behaviour administration instruments in our context (recognitions, trigger for concern, restorative approaches) however centered extra on behaviours for studying. I gave an instance about collective accountability for studying, with the entire class recording new vocabulary in our phrase envelopes. Little bit of a weak part for me tbh, however apparently this was coated effectively in my portfolio.
5) Adhering to skilled requirements and safeguarding
I screenshot CP certificates from TES, our insurance policies folders on G-Drive, and my attendance document, and talked them via. There’s one normal about upholding British values so I included screenshots of a lesson sequence we taught on civil rights, democratic values, and equality.
After the presentation…
The assessor adopted up with some questions on sure elements of the presentation. Mine was thinking about my planning – he requested me to speak via a lesson sequence and clarify how I used formative evaluation to tell future content material. Fortunately, he had chosen an instance lesson sequence from what I’d uploaded to the portfolio already – I’d have struggled to reply that off to cuff and below interview situations.
Recommendation
General, I discovered the presentation kinda daunting, but in addition a confidence enhance. The factors to cowl really feel a bit ‘aaargh’ at first, however they do show you how to to establish elements of your good observe and areas for improvement.
My prime tip could be to flag how all of your proof on the slides pertains to the requirements. This could maintain your presentation extra centered too. Additionally, I’d say that the assessor actually is in your facet. Mine was Ian Elliot, who was simply actually supportive and thinking about what I needed to say – completely put me comfy and I felt like he was actually advocating for us EALers truly!
Anyhow, good luck and be at liberty to ask any questions.
Classes: Basic, instructor improvement