5.2 Supporting Professional Development

Recap

Modules 1 and 2 highlighted the role Support teachers have in providing professional learning opportunities to their colleagues within their learning community.

Module 2 section 6.2 [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] asked you to reflect on your engagement with the 5 roles which support teachers have.

The role of a support for learning teacher/pupil support teacher involves contributing towards professional learning within the school community. This is a very important aspect of the role because it provides opportunities to support class teachers, management and support staff with up-to-date relevant information and guidance on inclusive approaches and additional support needs.

Activity 18 Reflective log task

  1. How can you support your school community to develop and improve their inclusivity, helping them to understand the connection between inclusion, meeting learner’s needs and raising learners attainment and achievements? This may be an area you wish to include within your Action plan.
  2. In your reflective log consider some ways you could contribute to, lead and deliver professional development sessions to support your school community develop and improve their inclusivity

Discussion

  • Parental/carer information sessions
  • Staff information sessions
  • School website
  • Blog
  • Set up and lead a collegiate /network group
  • Link with the schools in your management group/cluster
  • Engage with the development of school policies
  • Provide professional development session at in-service events
  • Leading collegiate sessions to share the information gained from this module collection
  • Provide peers support /mentoring for colleagues engaging with Module 1 and 2

Now go to 6 Learning for sustainability

5.1 School Community Awareness of Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice