This section of the website contains information for CMs to help support them in mentoring Trainees. As well as advice on mentoring strategies, slides from Briefing meetings and Training sessions are included. The pages of information can be accessed via the main menu above or by following these links:
The Principles of the PGCE (Primary) Programme
The nine Principles of Practice are included here for reference. Further details can be found in the Level 1 Class Mentor Training handbook.
The Phases of the Programme
Phase 1: Learning about teaching 1 (11 Sept.-17 Nov. 2023)
- introducing the principles
- challenging beliefs and attitudes about teaching
- instilling the social purpose of teaching
- building positive relationships with peers and university tutors
- learning the foundations of effective teaching
- starting to develop subject knowledge
- starting to develop pedagogical knowledge
- developing habits of learning through research, reflection and collaboration
Phase 2: Beginning to be a teacher (20 Nov.-15 Dec. 2023)
- building positive relationships with children and mentors
- beginning to see practice from the perspective of the learner
- working with school-based experts as well as university tutors
- beginning to put the foundations of effective teaching into practice
- observing, discussing and analysing the practice of expert others and their own in order to see into the thinking of a teacher
Phase 3: Practising being a teacher (02 Jan.-23 Feb. 2024)
- developing practice through planning and teaching sequences of lessons
- moving the focus from teaching to learning
- becoming more independent in decision making
Phase 4: Learning about teaching 2 (04 Mar.-08 Mar. 2024)
- broadening subject and pedagogical knowledge across the curriculum
Phase 5: Developing as a teacher (11 Mar.-14 Jun. 2024)
- broadening subject and pedagogical knowledge through the experience of a different context and KS
- demonstrating that the learner is at the heart of the curriculum in planning and teaching
- developing effective practice through taking greater responsibility for planning and teaching and increasingly adopting the role of a teacher
- demonstrating that the TS are fully met by the end of this phase
Enhancement Weeks: Enhancing practice (26 Feb.-01 Mar. and 17 Jun.-21 Jun 2024)
- address individual emerging needs
- enriching subject and pedagogical knowledge through experience of different contexts and/or phases