Marwood Church of England Infant School has an outstanding reputation, offering a caring, nurturing environment for its pupils. This, coupled with the fact that the local authority supports and develops its teachers, makes it a privilege to apply for this post. My initial priority when working with a class is to establish a positive learning environment. Tasks that I have devised range from a farm role play area to den building. All have been planned to build relationships, create a ‘can do’ culture of experimentation, resilience and peer support. Through these, I encourage enquiry and collaboration, where successes and mistakes aid progress and achievement. To initiate new themes, I develop engaging introductory activities. For example, to support poetry based on the picture book ‘Commotion in the Ocean’, I created an activity where children could interact in a ‘touch and feel’ area with real fish to develop …show more content…
I have developed individualised sensory programmes to make learning accessible. This means the tasks I devise may be very visual for EAL children, or kinaesthetic for those with sensory needs. Visual timetables are essential for children with attention deficit or in need of structure. My planning has allowed higher ability children to investigate topics in greater depth and with increased independence. I believe children should have control over their learning and I have worked with pupils to express their own views. For instance, I produced a film with SEN children to allow them to share their own interests: they dressed up as their favourite character and performed their own scene. This was then followed up with a very moving ‘Oscar’ awards ceremony. I have created flexible, fun but purposeful activities. For example, hot seating from ‘The Tiger who came to Tea’ and ‘crime scenes’ in a simulated burglary mystery. These provided rich opportunities for writing and speaking and
14.01.16 – 21.01.16 During this block I was given the opportunity to take floor book for the first time. As previously mentioned, I had difficulties communicating with some of the children in the nursery. I strongly believe my communication have come a long way since reflecting on them and this improvement was presented during floor book. I was able to quickly identify that the children had a mixture of abilities when it came to understanding and answering questions.
We create a positive and secure environment, working to ensure all children feel safe, appreciated and important. We do this by being inclusive, treating each child as an individual and promoting mutual respect. One of the most natural factors of being an Early Years Practitioner is nurturing the children in our care, this is salient in creating healthy attachments in children. We show this by using positive body language when interacting with children, we show them we are interested to help develop their sense of attachment and security. We are sensitive and attend to their needs, children
The prepared environment is also a social environment allowing the children freedom to interact through work and play with others, developing empathy and compassion, and becoming socially aware. The children soon learn that this classroom belongs to them and they gladly accept responsibility for the orderly care and maintenance of the prepared environment. A keen sense of community life emerges as children take responsibility for their own behavior through the sharing of Grace and Courtesy Lessons and through their imitation of the behavior of their older, normalized peers and of the
Staff encourages all the children. We find lots of the girls like to play with the train set and dinosaurs. An explanation how involving children in decisions can promote positive outcomes Involving children in their own learning is an important part of supporting their progress. This is an effective way of tackling subjects such as bullying, racism, different cultures and different backgrounds. Encourage children to be open and to accept that not all children are the same as them.
Demonstrated use of current and innovative teaching practices that demonstrate high level understanding and application of differentiation for all learners across literacy and numeracy programs. Throughout my educational career I have consistently used current and innovative teaching practices acquired through professional development, enabling me to successfully differentiate for learners across all six KLA’ including literacy and numeracy. Implementing these innovative teaching practices ensures a high standard of student outcomes. I have achieved this by: • Implementing NearPod lessons, in conjunction with BYOD school programs to understand, review learning experiences and provide feedback for all learners.
Multi-sensory rooms are beneficial to children with vision impairment, allowing a child to gain a greater awareness of the world around them and providing stimulating activities for them 16. The multi-sensory area contains coloured lights, a variety of sounds, different textures and contrasting colours 17. The multi-sensory room also provides a quiet space when Kemal gets tired. SENCO: Our SENCO is responsible for co-ordinating provision for students with SEN and works in conjunction with other support staff to assist Kemal with his learning (with reference to his IEP).
Provide staff with professional learning and development opportunities in order to explore varied theories approach to children’s learning. maintains a regular
Unit 1, served to introduce the multiple roles of an Early Childhood teacher and the ability to function effectively in these capacities; in order to meet the holistic needs of children in the field. Emphasis was placed also, on various factors that affect the early childhood practice and there importance, as it relates to the overall responsibility for child development. As we delved further into the topics surrounding this unit, valuable group and class discussions were sparked and meaningful content extracted. Such content sought to highlight the importance of early childhood teachers in creating an integrated teaching and learning environment to assist students with making connections and finding meaning through educational processes.
Over the past 20 years, the workforce identity of the early years setting has changed dramatically. Policy and governmental changes have inspired children led improvements and this has affected the identity of the Early Years Teacher. In 1997 the Labour Government outlined their commitment to improving quality within the early years setting and one of the main areas they concentrated on was the quality of staff within the settings. This resulted in the view that 'quality' was qualified. In 2007, Labour introduced the graduate role of the Early Years Practitioner, which aimed to raise the falling standards within the early year’s settings.
The room was calm and the children all seemed happy and content with their new key workers. Charmaine and Joyce will be closing monitoring and supporting the staff to ensure this transition period is a smooth as possible for parents and children. 2-3 The environment has much improved offering children a wide variety of learning experiences that are allowing the children to explore paint water and sand and cosy areas for relaxation that also have a wide variety of books for the children to look at and mark making resources. Staff are continuing to develop their planning to ensure it is responsive and relevant.
Entry #6 Some aspects that contribute to a positive culture in the classroom is that the students value each other’s culture background and ideas, and also, the students understand each other’s concern. In other words, they support one another. However, the most challenge that I or the teachers in the classroom face in maintaining a positive culture in the classroom is that the students, but not all, do not know how to communicate effectively about race, culture, and traditions of others.
As an early childhood educator, I believe that children are a product of their environment and experiences. Children need to feel safe and important, be provided with guidance and supports, and most of all children need to have the freedom to be just that, children. I believe that in my classroom all children will feel important, comfortable, and safe. Therefore, I will build positive relationships with each child; engaging in interactions that allow me to understand who they are as an individual.
My dissatisfaction with the unpropitious consistency in teaching methods propelled me to join Kangaroo Kids Preschool, for a period of six months upon graduation. As a personal study of the two schools, I again worked as an Assistant Teacher in Sr. Kindergarten. Comparatively, this school utilized a myriad of teaching methods marked by technological advancements. Also, imbibing the international culture of the school was immensely enriching. The innovative and creative methodologies of teaching as well as provision of independent learning opportunities highly appealed to me.
Classroom Observation Reflection Abrar Hilal University of Oklahoma Tuesday, February 12 Classroom Observation Reflection Special Education Classroom Report The special education classroom that I observed, included the main teacher, two teacher assistants, and ten students with Developmental Delays. The main teacher uses technology to aid the students to learn easy and faster. A smart board is present in the classroom, but the teacher doesn 't use it often as she prefers to use her own handouts and her specially created activities. I think this is effective as she can modify activities better and so that the students benefit from that personalized touch.
Element 1.1.1 - 1.1.3 As a school community, we promote heritage and culture in our school through assemblies and educational presentations to preserve our culture. A huge celebration that takes place is National day where the triad of parent, school and community come together to celebrate our country. Element 1.2.1 - 1.2.3 As a teacher, we are role models to our students, therefore we need to demonstrate punctuality, attendance and proper dress code. Showing integrity in the workplace transfers into modeling a positive work ethic which is reflective of the teacher and school.