UOP FET MENTOR SUPPORT COMMUNICATION 2023-2024

  Hi all I just wanted to share with you the importance of communicating absences and reiterate the procedure for absence reporting among the full time/pre service trainees you are supporting.  I know this is news from last year but it does shed a harrowing light on why we need to have joined up communication between us.  https://inews.co.uk/news/ education/my-brother-took-his- own-life-but-his-university- didnt-even-know-he-was-absent- things-must-change-1889629 Absence Procedure  (this is directly from the Course Handbook which is available on the Mentor Information Centre) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ----- University Days The days at university will be varied and contain key lectures, seminars and workshops for which attendance is mandatory. If you are unwell and therefore unable to attend you must email Jo.Elliott@port.ac.uk before 8.00am, and complete an ab...

And just like that, it is half term. I know for everyone this half term is the most challenging of all, settling into new routines, new students, new roles and generally everything new! This can cause huge overstimulation and overwhelm.  This is a really small post just to say, have a restful half term. I hope that you manage to find some downtime, time to relax and time to catch up with yourself. I will write again after half term, when observations will begin, trainee teaching practice really starts to step up, and we move into the next module phase.  I hope that the start to placement has been good, and that the PDR has been a helpful document to pin development and communication around. I will be looking at these next week to see how the trainees are getting on and to make sure they are on track with their paperwork  In case you want a reminder of the Mentor Training, and to make sure that you have completed the register and profile, I have included in this blog ...

  It is now the start of week three of placement. I hope that everything has been working well so far and that the trainees have been able to dabble in a little bit of teaching. Please ensure that you check the Teaching Hours Guide to check they are on track. Trainees should have done 1 hour last week and have 2 hours of teaching planned for this coming week.  It was lovely to meet the majority of you at one of the many mentor training sessions I have done over the last couple of weeks. As I stated in the training, please ensure that the PDR and respective meeting is the held as an important contact time and use the guidance document I produced to help you with this.  I just thought I would send a little update about where we are on the programme at university and what you need to focus on at placement this week:   University - Last Week Last week at university was our formatively assessed microteaches in which all trainees received feedback on their teaching ...