Professional Professional EnrichmentEnrichment

Mike CooperMike Cooper

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How was I hoping to be How was I hoping to be enriched?enriched?

• Improving further my FrenchImproving further my French• Meeting classes I will be teachingMeeting classes I will be teaching• Seeing the school from a new Seeing the school from a new

perspectiveperspective• Experiencing the Autism UnitExperiencing the Autism Unit• Observing other Curriculum areas Observing other Curriculum areas

with a view to integrating these into with a view to integrating these into MFL lessonsMFL lessons

• Understanding the SoW & MTPUnderstanding the SoW & MTP

How did I do?How did I do?

• Improving further my FrenchImproving further my French– Discovered that my French is more Discovered that my French is more

than good enough for KS3 teaching than good enough for KS3 teaching but I need to expand my vocabulary but I need to expand my vocabulary or I will go mad!or I will go mad!

– I can say the same for KS4 but I I can say the same for KS4 but I also need to relearn some of the also need to relearn some of the more complex grammatical more complex grammatical constructions! (conditional, constructions! (conditional, subjunctive, prepositions etc) subjunctive, prepositions etc)

How did I do?How did I do?

• Meeting classes I will be Meeting classes I will be teachingteaching– I met a lot of the KS3 students I will I met a lot of the KS3 students I will

be teaching and the group of KS4 be teaching and the group of KS4 students I will have for German in students I will have for German in their year 11.their year 11.

– What do I think? Students need to What do I think? Students need to start learning to think for start learning to think for themselves again!themselves again!

How did I do?How did I do?• Seeing the school from a new Seeing the school from a new

perspective…perspective…– I’ll come back to this one……….I’ll come back to this one……….

How did I do?How did I do?

• Experiencing the Autism UnitExperiencing the Autism Unit– This was a highlight! I shadowed This was a highlight! I shadowed

three autistic boys for a day. What three autistic boys for a day. What did I notice? “Arts” teachers appear did I notice? “Arts” teachers appear to differentiate more effectively to differentiate more effectively than maths or science when it than maths or science when it comes to the “softer skills” of comes to the “softer skills” of engaging these students.engaging these students.

– Support staff attached to the Support staff attached to the “centre” care deeply about their “centre” care deeply about their students.students.

How did I do?How did I do?• Observing other Curriculum Observing other Curriculum

areas with a view to integrating areas with a view to integrating these into MFL lessons.these into MFL lessons.– Geography, Music & History lend Geography, Music & History lend

themselves to a CLIL approach but I themselves to a CLIL approach but I will need the buy-in of those will need the buy-in of those subject areas..subject areas..

How did I do?How did I do?• Understanding the SoW & MTPUnderstanding the SoW & MTP

– I have the SoW and the MTP plans I have the SoW and the MTP plans that relate to what I will be that relate to what I will be teaching. My task is to study, teaching. My task is to study, rewrite where appropriate and rewrite where appropriate and make them as interesting as make them as interesting as possible in line with the school possible in line with the school approach.approach.

How did I do?How did I do?• Seeing the school from a new Seeing the school from a new

perspective…perspective…– What about this one then…….?What about this one then…….?

•School sanctions policies need to be followed consistently if they are to have any effect

•Some teachers appeared to have given up on certain students!

SummarySummary