Roles, Responsibilities and relationship in education training

As a teacher in the training environment, I feel it is very important to meet

the requirement and the needs of the students. It is the teachers
responsibility to ensure that the students feel that they can express
themselves and self-realise their potential. The single most important
attributes of a good teacher is that they are approachable in all aspects of
the training. You are responsible for the guiding, developing and the
overall safeguarding of the learner. As thee mentor flexibility and diversity
and useful and key tools in your approach to the academic enrolment.
Although the roles and responsibilities in education are varied, as a
teacher you should standardise your practice with others and prepare
delivery material. Following SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
Realistic and Timely) teaching theory is a great aid to preparing your
lesson. The purpose of setting goals in for those goals to be achieved;
using SMART criteria helps ensure that the goals are within the attainable.

Setting objectives will empower the learner to address certain issues

pertaining to any goals that is not being achieved. A well detailed, well-
setup goal has the best chance of being achieved. Having the ability to
listen, support and guide, be inspiring, clear communication with your
students, other professionals and stakeholders, promote appropriate
behaviour, being reflective, which means learning from success as well as
mistakes, and being aware of support mechanism (thecriticalblog, 2013).
As a teacher, you are also responsible for identifying learner specific
needs, this is critical because if these are not identified the training will
not achieve the intended outcome.

There are many method in which you can use to determine the level of
our learner such as using assessments to determine where our learner is
educationally. Having an understanding of the role learners emotional and
practical needs and what methods are adequate for the learner. There are
many different methods you could to determine this such as using
Blooms Taxonomy (Geoff Petty, 2004) institute
The method in which I like to use is VARK learning Style (Geoff Petty,
2004)

Knowing and understanding the learning style will enable the use of
different modalities to receive and understanding new information. The
students may have more than one learning style. It is important to include
a variety of modalities in your lesson. Being able to do this will give all the
students equal opportunities to understand the lesson that you teach.
Assessment are another great tool that can be carried out periodically
throughout the teaching period, enabling the progress of the learners to
be monitored. It is also very important to remember the teachers role as
a role model/mentor and that you only get one opportunity to create a
first impression. As a teacher, it is imperative that you are punctual,
dressed appropriately and you give feedback when necessary. It is
essential that you portray a professional image and you work within the
boundaries of the law, professional codes and ethics. As a teacher/trainer
you will work with various professionals such as Teaching Assistants,
Administrative Staff, outside agencies (OFSTED).

Teaching Assistance have a very important role to play in the success of

your lesson. They will provide you with invaluable support, so it is crucial
that you build a good relationship with them. Involve your Teaching
assistant in as much planning, preparation and assessment as possible.
Teachers also need to have a god relationship with other practitioners
such as social workers, nurses, GPs and other Educational Professionals.
When working with students it is paramount to maintain professionals
boundaries that stay within the job description and conform to policies
and regulatory codes of practice. The use of Teacher Cycle model helps
to generalise the roles of a teacher in regards to facilitating learning to the
student (Geoff Pretty, 2004).

Before we could summarise key aspects of legislation, regulatory

requirement and codes of practice we need to understand what these
terms mean. Legislation, regulatory requirement is a duty to act according
to the law as defined in an Act of Parliament and enforceable through a
court of law. Codes of practice are rules outlining how a person in a
profession or a situation is expected to behave. There are several laws,
directives and codes of practice of practice that teachers should be made
of made aware of and implement in their role. The main act which I feel is
immensely important is the childrens Act (2004) this act emphasise the
importance of safeguarding children and young people within their
educational setting.

The Equality Act (2010) this supports professionals who may be

discriminated against age, disability, race, religion, belief, gender and
sexual orientation. Teacher is cos must also be aware and understand the
importance of Health and Safety Act 1974 mandates that both teacher
and trainer should work in a safe environment where risk is correctly
identified and mitigated against.

Reflective Accounts

It is vitally important to have a good relationship within a setting because

it reflects and promotes a positive environment. It is important to set
ground rules as this is a strategy that will help to set expectations of the
students, and enable them to achieve a cohesive and harmonious
approach when working together. When the ground rules have been
established and agreed with the learners this will the promote a frame for
future reference. It is also a good idea to allow the student to establish
and agree on ground rules within the settings, this will make them feel
included and give them sense of ownership. Explain to the students why it
is important to establish grounds rules and why they need to respect the
learning environment, other members of the group and the teacher.

Taking into account that not all students have been involved in working on
ground rules in the past and that there may be some learning/behavioural
issues. I would therefore encompass different method which would involve
the said student what is important., is whatever method chosen the
teacher establish the ground rules at the start of their first session. A way
of promoting appropriate behaviour and respect is to positively
reinforcement of appropriate behaviour, and praise and encouragement
were necessary.

when teaching, I have to consider the importance in treating all students

equally with respect and dignity, regardless of their age, disability, race,
gender, ethnicity or social class. Being aware that some of these factors
may play a part in how the student will learn and it is important for me to
consider this when planning lessons. It is important when I teach I help my
student by organising the learning environment to enable ease of access,
use pictures and overlays in handout and presentations, which will reflect
the different learning abilities. As a teacher it is essential that you identify
and meet the needs of your students. Understand that student have
different needs, learning styles and difficulties. My role in respect of this
will be to ensure that all classroom needs are met such as wheelchair
access, can the person navigate easily round the classroom. Can my
classroom be easily altered to suit other students with disabilities.

Have I prepared suitably for my lesson? Will I be able to return marked

work in the agreed timescale and I must also adhere to policies and
legislations. It is important that I reflect and review my own teaching
techniques and methods. Identify areas of improvement to ensure that I
meet the needs of my students. A good method in which I have learnt is to
keep a Reflective journal that way you are able to keep record of what has
gone well and what hasnt gone so well in your lessons. Should any of my
students show lack of understanding I will then be required to prepare
alternative ways to impact their knowledge.