You should have 3 copies of this form 1 - For your records 2 - Copy for your Academic Tutor at university 3 - Copy to your Induction Mentor in your NQT year to inform your first meeting
Name
Owen Doherty
Name and address of employing school (if known)
if not yet known please email your AT when you do know
Thomas Telford School, Old Park, Telford, TF3 4NW Your contact number
075 9437 3729 Your email address
owen-doherty@hotmail.com Academic Tutor at SHU
Les Porter Brief overview of background/experience prior to starting course
Bachelor of Science Ordinary Degree in Construction and Fire Technology in Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland. (2008-2011)
Bachelor of Science Higher Degree in Construction Project Management in Sligo Institute of Technology, Ballinode Road, Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland. (2011-2012)
Key strengths and achievements as you complete your initial training: (Where have you made the most progress from your starting points? What are your strengths as you begin your first year of teaching?)
Consistently planned and delivered lessons at an outstanding level. These lessons embraced all learning styles and allowed for all students in the class to progress. Excellent classroom management. All students are kept on track with interesting tasks and any low level disruption is dealt with effectively. Owen has excellent working relationships with both students and staff. He is well respected and a highly valued member of the faculty. Developed work for the mentor group on behaviour. Marked and moderated the GCSE Product Design controlled assessment with the relevant members of staff and made positive contributions. Developed and delivered an electronics lesson/day to Y4 students who visited the school for the day. (Primary Lesson). Owen has used whole school and faculty assessment criteria when marking students work. Owen has taken on board comments made in lesson observations and used these to inform his planning of future lessons. Owen has attended a Y9 Resistant Materials Parents Evening and made positive contributions to this. He has also taken a positive role as a mentor for a tutor group and has a break time duty. Owens teaching has gone from strength to strength with him taking on board comments/criticisms and acting on them. Resources have been produced regularly and are improving all of the time. Owen has written reports attended parents evenings and marked work effectively and has done a lunch duty. Owen has co-mentored a Y9 form, interviewing pupils and setting realistic and achievable targets. Excellent progress made with regard to subject knowledge. Owen has involved himself fully with extra-curricular activities and has been a great help. Owen has taken on board advice and acted on it.
Current areas which you have identified as requiring development or enhancement: (This could link to CPD needs in NQT year)
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To work on preparing and delivering a greater range of differentiated work to meet the needs of the pupils who may require assistance. To involve myself in extra-curricular activities as a means of generating and improving student and staff relations. To attend courses as a means of subject knowledge development and furthering my future career prospects.
Key actions which will help you to make progress from this point: (These could be personal actions or professional actions which could be supported in your first school.)
To attend middle leadership courses with a view to possibly becoming assistant or department leader. To attend courses relating to systems and control as a means of developing subject knowledge leading to the delivery of Systems and Control at Key Stage 4. To become more involved in whole school extra-curricular activities. To be given the opportunity to observe and support in lessons at post 16 to gain the necessary experience to deliver said lessons.
Ways in which SHU can provide ongoing training into your NQT year: (We will be providing further training as part of our commitment to your development. Please help us to identify where you would like further input from us in the first part of your NQT year, this will help us to plan our NQT conferences.)
Please add further comments below/on additional sheets to support any of your responses above. Please do keep in touch with your Academic Tutor as you move into your career, we always value hearing how you are getting on
Signed (trainee)____________________________
Signed (academic tutor)____________________________
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