Saturday, 24 May 2014

Different Aspects Of The Instructional Rounds

By Marci Glover


The culture of collaboration in the teaching industry calls for the combined efforts between the different players within the industry. On one hand, we have the teachers, supervisors and the students while on the other hand there are the policy makers and those entrusted with the key role of implementation of these policies. The bridging of gaps between two groups of players is very important. The policy makers can be carrying continuous reviews on the various matters affecting the students and the teachers. This creates harmony within the teaching industry.

The teaching fraternity heavily relies on the instructions as well learning as the collaboration efforts between the various players within this industry. The learning curves and the instructional rounds form a very important part of the teaching industry. The learning processes and the instructions are issued by the policy makers. This is done after collection of views from the students and the teachers. The views collected forms the framework of formulation of the learning programs.

This is then followed by a step-wise development of an expensive program depending on the feedback from the students and teachers. The program draws different approaches from which learning can be tackled. The implementation schedule is drawn up after the learning approaches have been reviewed. Convergence criteria between the actual opinions from the students, education program and the implementation schedule ought to be in place.

Supervision is very important during teaching. It is mostly done for the new teachers. The supervisors do the supervising to assess the improvement being made these teachers. In most cases, this is done daily or a couple of times in a week. The improvement in teaching is measured and gauged against a number of progress tools such as the learning curve. Where little progress is shown, the mentors may help out the new teachers with some relevant teaching lessons on how to improve their delivery.

New professionals in the teaching sector require supervision than the experienced teachers. The supervision session are used to gauge the progress they have made in teaching. The sessions also assess how the teachers are relating with their new students. Special learning tools such the use of learning curves are used to establish the progress that has been made. Mentors may opt to help the new professionals in the event that they are making slow progress in teaching.

Some of the mentors and the supervisors may opt to use groups instead on concentrating on individuals. These groups should be kept small. Small groups are easier to assess. This also ensures that the individuals within the group contribute maximally. The free riding spirit is reduced with smaller groups of teachers. The scope of interaction is also relatively larger in small groups.

Some benefits are realized by undertaking the process of mentoring. The teachers are able to expand their knowledge scope about various items in education and teaching. Continuous training also means that the teachers remain relevant. This is mainly in the face of changing technology. As result, they are equipped with more teaching skills which they are able to pass over to the students.

Teachers are also introduced to various aspects of technology during mentoring. Continuous training of technological aspects focuses on improving their skills to handle various technical tools. This comes at a time when most schools are incorporating the technological devices in the learning environment.




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