This document outlines the details and requirements for the first session of a part-time Diploma/PGCE course. It introduces the tutor and provides an overview of the session, which will include icebreakers, a module outline, assessment requirements, lesson observation procedures, reflection, and study skills. Students are asked to email the tutor with learning preferences, barriers, and their mentor's details. The session will cover topics like planning teaching, addressing student needs, paperwork, and quality assurance processes. Assessment includes a dry run, presentation, microteach, assignment, and observations. Resources like Moodle and recommended reading are also introduced.

1. Diploma/PGCE Part Time year
1.
Session 1
Tutor: Geoff Hughes
ghughes@lec.ac.uk
Twitter: @tedu4411
By Friday could you please
email me;
how you prefer to learn,
any barriers to learning
and your mentors name
and contact details.

2. Session outline.
Ice breaker.
Module
outline
Assessment
requirements
DMU
Lesson
observation
requirements
ETF
Professional
Standards
Moodle
Reflection
Study skills

3. Tutor: Geoff Hughes
• Left school 6 GCSE F – G
• NVQ level 3 P&D
• Cert/Ed (University of
Bedford).
• MA Educational Practice (De
Montfort University)
• Been practicing in F.E since
2002
• Full lecturing post since 2008.
• Moved to TEDU 2012.
• Currently working as a CDC
alongside TEDU.
• Recently made PAM for
TEDU.

4. Ice breaker.
• You have 1 minute to find your peers by
linking the allocated picture together.
• Once together you have 4 minutes to
establish each others names, and discuss
your hopes and aspirations for the course.
• Where do you see this course taking you?

5. Planning and preparing
for teaching, learning
and assessment
Equality, Diversity
and Inclusivity.
Addressing students
needs.
Paperwork.
Challenge.Observations
and Quality
Assurance.
Planning and
preparing for
inclusive teaching
and learning.
Roles and
responsibilities.
Behaviour
management. Embedding
English and
math.
Addressing students
needs.
Challenge.
Addressing
students needs.
Challenge.

6. Assessment requirements.
• Dry Run
• Presentation
• Micro teach (Contributing to module 4)
• Assignment
• Observation (2 x Tutor, 2 x Mentor)
• Blog, use google, weebly or wordpress.
This will only be seen by the teaching staff
on the programme and never shared.

7. Moodle
VLE is the first point
of call for session
hand-outs,
resources, course
handbook, journals
and guidance.
Here you’ll find
‘tunitin’ in which all
assignments must
be submitted.
Feel free to offer
any signposting to
interesting sites,
resources or
journals to assist
your peers.

8. Micro-teach
Fun
Engaging
MotivatingCaptivating
Enthusiastic
My pledge
that my
teaching will
be…

9. Documents for observation
• Lesson plan (Essential)
• SOW
• GP
• Syllabus

10. Requirements from you
• Be prepared,
• Never assume,
• Be honest,
• Don’t be needy,
• Have an open mind,
• Don’t be negative,
• Manage your time,
• Protect yourself.

11. Recommended reading.
• FE Week
• Guardian FE
• TES
• BBC News
• NIACE
• Twitter (follow us @tedu4411)

12. Professional Standards
• How are you meeting the standards?
• Are these a realistic requirement?
• What are the pro’s and con’s?
• 6 minutes, in your groups

13. DMU Forms
• Award aim: Diploma/PGCE
• Study: Part time
• Campus code: C0
• 20+ = mature learner
• P number on the back of photo, DOB, full
name.
• ID: Passport, driving licence or birth
certificate.

14. Task 1
• Your Task:
• In your groups, 5 minutes.......
• Define what ‘we’ mean by the term
‘Education’?

15. Task 2
• Your task:
• In your groups,10 minutes, discuss your
views on;
• What is ‘education’ for?
• Who is education for?

16. Education as a subject.
Education
Psychology
History
Sociology
Philosophy

17. Roles and Responsibilities
• As a tutor, what are you roles and
responsibilities?
• Define what is meant by referral?

18. Home readings
• Critically analyse the Knud Illeris article.
• What is the type of:
Writing style, conversation and opinion?
• Do you agree with the thoughts of the
author?
• Provide a argument for or against to
support your views.
• Can you decipher the key messages from
the article?

19. This weeks viewing.
• Watch episode 1 of ‘Educating Cardiff’ via
4od.
• Come prepared next week with your
thoughts, reflections and analysis of the
program.