Explain own role, responsibilities and boundaries of own roles as a teacher
The main role of a tutor is to equip students with the information they require in a way all the students identify with to enable them to understand and complete the qualification/course. To do this the tutor has to identify needs, plan & design the course accordingly, deliver correctly, asses students to ensure comprehension and evaluate teaching methods and effectiveness of the material delivered. The tutor is responsible for promoting inclusion, equality and diversity and ensuring the course is delivered in a way to encompass all this whilst meeting all learners’ needs.
Identifying needs
Role responsibilities:
To identify the needs of individual learners, through such methods as …show more content…
There are numerous factors to consider such as; student needs, time restrains, class sizes, resource availabilities, essential information to be included, assessment methods, teaching methods and environment to teach in etc… ILP’s or questionnaires that have identified learners are imperative tools in designing a course as they identify the teaching methods which will be required to ensure all students are learning appropriately. (Such as the ILP’s we completed for each other in a session)
Boundaries:
Each awarding body and company will have different requirements that will need to be adhered to which could include cost, room/ time restraint or teaching methods. There are also other things to be taken in to consideration, such as Health & Safety requirements, equality & diversity policies and inclusive learning policies etc - these are all covered by various pieces of legislation and govern the way we keep, use and deliver information.
Deliver
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