TASK 8: Interview your mentor on the roles and responsibilities of a teacher

TASK 8: Interview your mentor on the roles and responsibilities of a teacher

Roles & responsibilities	Questions to ask mentor	Comments
Planning	1-How do you plan your lessons? 2-Do you differentiate your plans? 3-Do you plan weekly or daily? 4-Do you plan individually or in a group?	1-I take my term planner to see which outcomes must be covered for the week.  Then I view my outcomes to see what is expected from the different groups, E,D &M. I then plan my lesson according to the resources available and activities which would be suitable. 2- Yes we differentiate.  We put the names of the students in the different groups.  We refer to their text books and other activities to suit the level of each group. 3- Planning is done on a weekly basis. 4-  Yes.  Before the Arabic and English teachers would sit together.  Now it is only the English teachers from the particular sections.
Pastoral	5- How often do you meet parents? 6- What does your pastoral work involve?	5- When the need arises according to the students' academic progress and behavior.  We now allocated a day each week for parents to be free to come and meet us.  6- Taking care of each student in my class, trying to meet their needs as far as possible.  I'm in the safety group where students are prepared for their safety in different circumstances, eg.  Fire drills – what they have to do.  The need of cleanliness to be made aware of germs – health and safety.
Professional Development	7-What PD do you do?  8- How often do you have PD?	7- Behavior management.  How to be an effective teacher.  Critical thinking.  PDs will be according to the school's need. 8-  Once a week.
Class Management	9-What do you need to manage your class? 10-How do you manage your class?   11-Do you have any problems with class management?  12- Which classroom rules do you use? Why?	9- Different strategies which would suit the students in your class. 10- Make them aware of classroom rules.  I use a variety of hand signs which they must follow.  I change my voice in different situations.  We use the traffic light system and make them aware of consequences when they are in a particular color. 11- Not really but I have to be alert at all times because many students seek personal attention. 12-I have a set of written classroom rules on the wall and children are referred to it all the time.  Raise your hand to speak – Follow instructions – They not allow to go to the bathroom all the time because this is a way of avoiding class work.
Teaching Strategies	13-What is your favourite teaching strategy? 14- What important strategies should we follow?	13- To have them on the carpet when I teach whole class lessons and send them off to their seats to work cooperatively in groups. 14- Settle the students and make sure you have their attention when you teach.  Let them be aware of your eye contact.  Work in groups as this makes it easier to control the different levels.  Allow students to be involved in lessons all the time.