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The main teaching roles as defined by the teaching training cycle are:
- To plan one's lessons and maintain up-to-date Quality Assurance forms, such as scheme of work and lesson plans
- to prepare appropriate material and resources for each lesson
- to teach the subject agreed on the required number of hours per week
- to provide educational support and guidance and act as academic student consultant
- to undergo regular training, and maintain continuous professional development
Additional responsibilities in terms of my teaching role are:
- to act as a role model of appropriate behaviour, hygiene, dress code, and use of language
- to be aware of and committed to equality and health and safety policies
- to assist students with learning difficulties and disabilities
- to maintain professionalism by aiming at competence, updating one's knowledge of subject and teaching methods, be ethical and sensitive to students’ needs and prioritise their progress, and be confidential and respectful
The main boundaries in my teaching role would be:
- to keep one's relationships focused only on pedagogical goals and not to show favouritism or prejudice
- to keep expectations from students only regarding their commitment to their studies or their appropriate class behaviour
- to maintain a safe, healthy and enjoyable learning environment and not use power in an authoritative way in order to manipulate or to impose own personal beliefs
Bibliography:
Danes C and Graham B. Adult Teaching Adult Learning (Continuing Education Press, University of Nottingham, 1997)
Hall L. and Marsh K. Professionalism, Policies and Values (University of Greenwich Press, London, 2005)
