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Task 4. Expectations on In-School Placement

Task 4. Expectations on In-School Placement

Aim

Working with the Document Tool and discussing expectations on in-school placement

Tasks

For Student Teachers

Watch the videos on the Document Tool and the Shared Folders in the Document Tool.
Watch the video on how to Create and Share Folders and Documents.
Go to the Document Tool and click on “Shares”. Read the documents provided by your academic and school mentors in the folder "Documents for In-School Placement".
Watch the video on how to use the Chat Tool in a document and work collaboratively on a document in the Documents Tool.
Leave your comments and questions directly in the documents by using the Chat Tool.
Look at the Expectations Checklist and try to fill it in.

For Academic Mentors

Watch the videos on the Document Tool and the Shared Folders in the Document Tool.
Watch the video on how to Create and Share Folders and Documents.
Go to the Document Tool. Please, create a folder called "Documents for In-School Placement" and share it with your students and with the school mentors; upload the documents you would like the students to read and discuss prior to the in-school placement.

For School Mentors

Watch the videos on the Document Tool and the Shared Folders in the Document Tool.
Watch the video on how to Create and Share Folders and Documents.
Go to the Documents Tool, in Shares find the Folder "Documents for In-School Placement", upload the documents you want the students to read and discuss prior to the In-School Placement.

Note:

You will talk about the shared documents and discuss questions and concerns posed in the Chat Tool of the files in a video call.

Read more on the possible use of the Documents Tool

Preparation Phase

share the necessary guidelines, code of ethics, expectation checklists, school policies with student teachers;
sharing the necessary placement plans/programmes, expectation lists between the academic and school mentors;
sharing the necessary documentation between the university and school coordinators.

Immersion into School Practice and Professional Actions Phases

create/store/share school practice plan form;
create/store educational resources and sharing with and between student teachers;
sharing observation sheets and checklists with student teachers, and between the school and academic mentors;
storing/sharing/editing/discussing lesson plans.

Retrospective Analysis of Experience / Post-Placement Phase

store/share Placement Reports, Dissertations/Projects, Files exported from the ePortfolio Tool (more in Unit 2 and 3).

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