TASK 8: Interview your mentor on the roles and responsibilities of a teacher (Teaching Practice year1 semester2)

Roles & responsibilities	Questions to ask mentor	Comments
Planning	How do you plan your lessons? Do you differentiate your plans? Do you plan weekly or daily? Do you plan individually or in a group?	She look at the objectives and search for activities linked to the objectives.  She then begins writing the plans.  Whilst looking for activities, she ensures the work is differentiated to suit the students.  She plans at grade level on a weekly basis.
Pastoral	How often do you meet parents? What does your pastoral work involve?	Generally she meets parents once a term or when there is a concern about a child.   Any concerns regarding the child are passed on to the social workers.
Professional Development	What PD do you do?  How often do you have PD?	She has PD twice a week.  It is related to aspects related to the whole school, for example, whole school behavior management, SIP goals, 21st-century skill ideas, professional conduct.
Class Management	What do you need to manage your class? How do you manage your class?  Do you have any problems with class management?  Which classroom rules do you use? Why?	Class dojo is an effective behavior management system which is used widely in our school.  She set clear expectations and rules so the child can follow and know what the consequences are if rules are not followed.  The children are often very excited to answer questions and will call out answers.  At times, this can become an issue especially if they all want to say something and you can’t hear what they are saying.  In order to manage this effectively she count down from 5 or shake a musical instrument which instantly tells them to quiet down.  Reminding children to raise their hands is a constant battle but reward them for doing so reminds them of doing the right thing.
Teaching Strategies	What is your favorite teaching strategy? What important strategies should we follow?	She appreciates small group teaching which focuses on specific needs of a group.  Whilst she with that group, the other groups are getting on independently with other activities suited to their needs.  She would suggest that you find a strategy that suits you and the students you work with.  In some cases, children in her class can work independently whilst in some cases they simply get distracted and, therefore, whole class teaching with differentiated work works well.

TASK 7: Scientific resources in the Classroom (Teaching Practice year1 semester2)

Resources for Science teaching classroom:	Scientific Skill(s) / Concept(s) that can be developed with it.	Exploring on possible activities to develop Scientific skills and concepts using these materials
Planets ball	These balls are the planets that the students will color to make the solar system	They will color the balls with the same color as the planets and they will stick the planet in order at a line hanging on the classroom
Planetary path	A4 black paper with a circle drawing at it, picture of the planets on worksheet so the students can cut the planets	They will develop the understanding of organizing the planets, they will say why the nearest planet is very hot and why is the farthest planet is cold

TASK 6: Mathematical resources in the Classroom (Teaching Practice year1 semester2)

Mathematical Resources found in the preschool classroom:	Mathematics Skill / Concept that can be developed with it.	Exploring on possible activities to develop mathematical skills and concepts using these materials
cubes	Counting, adding, minus, creating patterns ( the teacher give them two colors red and blue and then she ask them to create pattern using these two color so the students put one red and blue)	There is activity that is simple and that the teacher writes a number in a plastic cup and the students put cubes on the number that on the cup ( if the teacher wrote 12 on the cup they will count 12 cubes and put them inside the cup)
Abacus	Counting, calculating including ‘more / less than;’ addition, subtraction	The students will have a paper and then they will do what in the paper like if Hamad moved 3 blue circle to another side(side 1) how many circle will he have side 2

TASK 5: Learning styles (Teaching Practice year1 semester2)

	Math	Science	Reading	Writing
Auditory	The teacher says the numbers and asks if we can double this numbers and the students hear the numbers and answer the teacher.	the students hear other students that record their sentence that says the sun is hot and after that they also record their own sentence	hear the sound of letters from the big cat phonics and they repeat after her	hear a video about (the) and the sound of each letter in the word (the)
Visual	watch a video about the numbers that we can double.	watch a video about the sun how it is hot and big and why the sun is important to plants and to the people	they see the story in the PowerPoint and then they read together with the teacher	watch a video about the word (the)
Kinesthetic	read a story and count how many cats in the first page and how many dogs in the second page and they write the numbers and then they color the picture and cut the paper so they could create their own story that about counting	the students did the sun using the color red and yellow in a black paper and then they did another sun using a paper plate and they stick triangle on the paper plate to make the rays	the students take their whiteboard and they write the words that in the big cat phonics	the teacher writes the word (the) at the whiteboard and then the students write it at their whiteboard and then at the notebook

·         Which learning styles did all the children seem to enjoy and why?

(Kinesthetic) the children were engaging in what they were doing as kinesthetic style let the children create something, draw, and cut so the students like these things so they achieve more if the teacher uses this style of learning.

·         Why do you think the teacher incorporates a variety of learning styles for the children?

Will I think the first reason is so the students will not be bored in the classroom and the other reason is that maybe some students will not understand from the first time so he will maybe understand at the second time or third time so using different learning style is important.

·         Notice which activities are repeated with a variety of learning styles e.g. read a story, listen to a story, act the story, draw the story. Can you find other examples e.g. math or science?

in science they are learning about the sun so the teacher explains the sun by using vocabulary at the whiteboard and that the sun is hot and a big star and after that the students made the sun using colors and after that they did the sun with rays using paper plate and yellow paper and they also made the sun using play dough and finally they watched a video about the sun

·         How can teachers improve student learning by using a range of learning styles?

if the teacher uses auditory it will help the students to know the sounds of the words and visual help students in reading as they will know how each word look and kinesthetic combine these two so the students will know how to think and solve problems

TASK 4: Reframing Behavioural Characteristics (Teaching Practice year1 semester2)

Table 3: Example ‘Reframing Behavioural Characteristics’ Record Sheet

	Name of child	General behavioural characteristics	Reframed	Suggestions to help improve behaviour?
1	Mayah	He was moving around and distracting another students by talking with them	maybe he was moving because he was excited to play with the computer	make sure that the teacher tells him that he first has to finished his work and sit quietly and then the teacher will tell him when he will go to play with computer
2	Marwan	he was hitting the boy that was in front of him in the lineup and he was talking	maybe he just wanted to go to the break really fast	explain for him the rules for lining up and that no talking ( use your quiet voices) and hands at your side
3	Salem	the students were doing phonics and he did not write any words in the whiteboard	maybe because he is in the low level so he didn't know the words or maybe its was going to fast for him	give more paper or activity to  practice or maybe give him more time so he could write the words
4	Ahmad	the teacher was doing the sound song and he took the pen for the whiteboard before the teacher asked him to do and she even did not finish the song	because he knows the words so he wanted to write the words	explain for him when it's the time to take the pen

TASK 3: Discover and learn how students think and learn (Teaching Practice year1 semester2)

Class List for Class: 2A (3,4,5) \ 1C (1,2)          MENTOR Name: Ms. Sarah
	Name / Photo of Child / Age	Student profile (Learning styles, interests and areas of concern)
1	Rashid (7 years old)	He likes to watch television and his favorite subject is Arabic and English because when he became older he will know many words. He hates the school when it is time for holiday and he love school when he is in the school. He likes to read more than writing.
2	Abdullah (7 years old)	He likes to eat pizza every day, his favorite subjects is Arabic, English, computer, and sports. He likes to learn through songs and he loves to write and read stories. And he likes red and yellow colors because it makes fire.
3	Hamad (8 years old)	he loves Arabic because his teacher makes the subject easier to understand, he like English lesson because he like the song that the teacher sing in the classroom but he doesn't like writing because it's hard, but I think he is very good at writing.
4	Saif (8 years old)	He likes to play with the phone and he likes computer class and English class because it is fun, but he doesn't like Arabic class because he is always copying the lessons in his notebook to memorize.
5	Mayah (8 years old)	He likes to study Math because he likes to hard things so he likes to solve the difficult formulas at Math class. He doesn't like to cut the shapes or the characters that on the papers.

TASK 2: Classroom rules (Teaching Practice year1 semester2)

Table 3: Example ‘Reframing Classroom Reframing Rules’ Record Sheet

Classroom rules	Reframe using positive language	Opportunities to teach these rules (both observed and ideas of your own)
1.       Sit quietly		picture showing the student how could they sit perfectly in the classroom
2.       Work and listen		teacher praises the children by saying I like the way Ahmad is working and listening to what I am saying
3.       Raise your hands		the teacher will ask the student to raise their hand if they want to answer and she will not pick the student who says me.
4.       Line up rules: No talking, face forward, straight in a row, hands at your side	Use your quiet voice	teacher will use her quiet voice to show the kids that they have to talk this way

classroom rules 

TASK 1: School Profile (Teaching Practice year1 semester2)

Name of school: Ibn Khaldoon                            Location: AL Sarooj

Principal: Amna Saeed Al Shamsi                                                                                                             

Tel: -                                                                     Fax:  -   

Address: beside city center market                     PO Box: Email

Teachers’ Starting Time: 6:45                          Finishing Time:on Sun,Mon,Tues 3:00 \ other days 1:30                                    

Students’ Starting Time: 7:15                          Finishing Time: 1:15     

Total Number of Children in the Preschool Section: 60

Teacher / student ratio: 63 teacher’s \ 288 students

Number of Classrooms: 16

Facilities available to student teachers:

• ADEC resources
• ICT facilities
• Books 

Class for this Practicum: G1C \ G2A

Mentoring Classroom Teacher:  Ms. Sarah                                          

Classroom Teaching Assistant: Ms. Moza

Number of children in this class: 1C: 15 \ 2A: 16

Number of children identified as having SEN in this class: 1C: one boy \ 2A: two boys

Additional information: e.g. English, Arabic, Islamic Studies teachers

• Arabic\Islamic : Ms. Bakhith
• English\Math\Science: Ms. Sarah
• Music: Ms.Azzah

School Nurse:    Reda                                                             School TP Coordinator:  Ms. Rau

Librarian: Aysha Salam

Resource Room Manager: Ms. Jane