1. Why I love to teach!
Theresa Rowland

2. I often think I have the best job in the world! I
get to talk a plethora of interesting people
from every walk of life. As you will have
probably gather by the end of the session I
love to talk and I get paid to do so, what
more could I ask for.
Every day for me is different! I learn as much
from my students as they do from me.
I have worked for Adult Education for 15
years, mostly community based.

3. It is a privilege to mold and
shape future generations.
Debra Marech

4. At the moment I manage the BBC Open Learning
Centre in Hull. I work in partnership with the BBC to
develop community learning and the use of the Open
Centre. I also deliver PTLLS and TAQA teacher
training.
The BBC Open Centre is a fantastic place to work; we
get some very unusual characters popping in to use
the free internet access and watch radio going out live
from the centre.
Whilst teaching for Family Learning I attended
conferences in Nuremburg and Oslo.

5. I teach for so many reasons. I teach to educate the
future generation. I can only hope that my students
learn as much from me as I learned from my great
teachers. Rachel Garay

6. Students come in many shapes
& sizes…in pairs, write down
reasons people may have for
learning in post-compulsory
education.

7. It makes me feel good to
help my students to observe
the world around them and
to see things in a different
and creative way.
Tina Guarino

8. • 16 year old school leavers
• 19 year old developing work skills
• Mature students returning to learning
• Unemployed people wanting to re-train
• Adults gaining new skills
• People returning to work after a career break
• Older people keeping up with technology
• People learning for fun
• Any others?
How many did you get?

9. I hope the excitement and
passion for teaching that I
bring into the classroom
every day will inspire students
to try their best and continue
to challenge themselves.
Lizzie Hawk

10. What makes a good teacher?
• Think back to your experiences of
learning…
• Who can you remember? Why?
• And who would you rather forget?
• Why?

11. • Confidence
• Patience
• Compassion
• Understanding
• Sense of humour
• Wanting the best for your students
• Individual support
• Passion for your subject

12. I teach because it
keeps me young at
heart and I can’t
imagine doing
anything else that I
would love as much.
Carol Anne Allen

13. • GOOD TEACHING is about caring,
nurturing, and developing minds and
talents. It’s about devoting time, to every
student.
• It’s also about the thankless hours of
assessing, designing or redesigning
courses, and preparing material
• Seeing a learner grow and become more
confident is worth all the hard work.

14. We've discussed why individuals attend
community education:
•what type of people do you think attend?
•where do you think they are taught?

15. • Parents
• Teachers
• Environmental Health Officers
• Parent Support Advisors
• Other trainers
• NHS Staff
• Local Businesses
• Offenders/X-Offenders
• School Leavers
• The list is endless

16. • Prisons/probation/bail hostels
• Hospitals
• Factories
• Football Stadiums
• Shopping Centres
• Community Centres
• Health Centres
• Schools
• Mosque
• Youth Centres
Again it can be anywhere

17. I am an idea person – ideas strike like lightning hitting my brain. I love to
share them and to learn about other people’s ideas. There is no place for that
in other jobs, but there is in teaching.
Chrissy Harmon

18. So what are the challenges we
face?
There are men and women in the classes we teach
who have had an uphill struggle to get where they
want to be in life.
They have faced adversity and battled against
people telling them they will never achieve. Some
have lost jobs, but instead of feeling sorry for
themselves, they have signed up to courses to
challenge, motivate, develop and change their lives.

19. For these learners, walking through the door into an
educational organisation can be very difficult. They may
have had bad experiences in school or college in the past.
Low self esteem and previous bad experiences can
sometimes take years to overcome.
I have first hand experience of this being Dyslexic.
I was one of the lucky ones. After finally plucking up the
courage to sign up for a course, I had a fantastic tutor who
inspired me and changed my opinion on education.

20. I hated school with a vengeance!!
Especially Fridays when we would have spelling tests. I
still get feelings of dread if I think about it.
Last year I finally bit the bullet and completed my GCSE
in English which I had failed it at school. I was very
apprehensive on the first morning of the course and was
soon put at ease by my tutor. I really enjoyed the
course and passed.
I think having Dyslexia helps me to understand my
students and show them empathy.

21. Students with learning
difficulties have experienced
years of defeat and are often
afraid to take risks and make
mistakes. My job is to create a
healthy climate in the
classroom for each student
where risk taking is celebrated
and making mistakes is okay.
Marilee Gleason

22. IT my saviour!
A lot of people hate IT but for me it was a saviour - not
having to worry about spelling and grammar changed my
life! Without it I wouldn’t be where I am today.
I try to think out of the box with IT. Why only use it for
typing up your work or searching the internet.
We can use voting pads, interactive white boards,
cameras, mobile phones and digital voices recorders to
helps us enable and motivate our learners.
Why don’t we use them more?

23. Over the last ten years the use of IT in the classroom has
changed dramatically.
I originally started working with Yahoo groups, blogs and
Facebook to share resources and encourage discussion with
students out of the classroom.
For anyone who use IT within the classroom we are plagued
by systems that quickly go out of date, software that crashes
and intermittent Internet access.
This is starting to get better but the amount of money
organisations need to spend keeping things up to date can
be massive.

24. Every student is capable of learning and I
truly take pride in making my students feel
confident in themselves, and what they are
learning in class. It is my job to not only
teach social studies but to mold students into
young men and women with respect and
integrity.
Lucas Giguere

25. In the next six months I will be trying to alleviate the need for
expensive equipment by using students own laptops, tablets
and smart phones.
Students have been asking for courses such as using Twitter
and Facebook for business purposes, but they want to use
their own devices. Using students’ own equipment is good
for both parties, but relies on good internet access.
As an assessor using video and voice recording is a life
saver. I had a fantastic child care practitioner who had
Dyslexia and struggled to complete her course work. After
talking to her, we decided to complete more oral questioning
and observations and this eliminated a lot un-necessary
pressure and enabled her to complete the course.

26. Every day, teachers help students
learn how to learn. In so doing we
get them closer to reaching their
individual dreams and to realize
there are dreams yet to be dreamed.
Andrea Lambrecht

27. By passing on my experiences to other
teachers/trainers I hope to encourage an
enthusiasm and passion for teaching. Reflecting on
what good and bad experiences people have had
and drawing on the their passion is the first step to
becoming a good teacher.
I always tell my students that the day they stop
getting nervous when they teach a new class, or
meeting group of learners for the first time, is the
day they need to stop teaching. Teaching needs to
come from the heart.

28. My job never seems like a job. It
seems more like an adventure…
always new, challenging, rewarding,
sometimes disappointing, but most
of all fulfilling.
Donna Schleicher

29. Any questions?
Thank you for your time.