As a trainee teacher I will be conducting shadowing for the next few weeks before I have formal and informal observations of my teaching practice.
I will be taking warm-ups to start and then work on unit specifications and sessions on those units on my placement with BTEC Acting Year 1 and 2 students in these modules.
* Film and TV Acting ( Year 1 Students)
* Study Skills ( Year 1 Students)
* Classical/Devised Theatre ( Year 2 Students)
What is shadowing?
Shadowing is a powerful strategy that benefits everyone involved. It can be used by teachers and leaders for induction, professional development and to analyse current practice and consider new ways of working. It can be used in conjunction with other work based learning strategies such as mentoring.Current research within the NSW Department of Education and Training and internationally emphasises the importance of learning from each other.Shadowing can occur in your own workplace, while you are doing your normal work and in time that is currently free from timetabled lessons.In practice, shadowing is a number of things including:A powerful professional learning tool where one person, staying close and unobtrusive (like a shadow), observes another (a host) over a period of timeA strategy for observing the components of another person’s job A process that results in the creating of an objective record of what is occurring. This is a non-evaluative description (behavioural account) of the observed person’s activities throughout that period of time.An opportunity for the observer to reflect and then when appropriate to ask questions that explore what has been observed.Thus shadowing is an ideal vehicle to support the implementation of a new teaching practices and development on your own personal teaching and future sessions you take.
Examples of Shadowing I have taken in the last few weeks:
I will be taking warm-ups to start and then work on unit specifications and sessions on those units on my placement with BTEC Acting Year 1 and 2 students in these modules.
* Film and TV Acting ( Year 1 Students)
* Study Skills ( Year 1 Students)
* Classical/Devised Theatre ( Year 2 Students)
What is shadowing?
Shadowing is a powerful strategy that benefits everyone involved. It can be used by teachers and leaders for induction, professional development and to analyse current practice and consider new ways of working. It can be used in conjunction with other work based learning strategies such as mentoring.Current research within the NSW Department of Education and Training and internationally emphasises the importance of learning from each other.Shadowing can occur in your own workplace, while you are doing your normal work and in time that is currently free from timetabled lessons.In practice, shadowing is a number of things including:A powerful professional learning tool where one person, staying close and unobtrusive (like a shadow), observes another (a host) over a period of timeA strategy for observing the components of another person’s job A process that results in the creating of an objective record of what is occurring. This is a non-evaluative description (behavioural account) of the observed person’s activities throughout that period of time.An opportunity for the observer to reflect and then when appropriate to ask questions that explore what has been observed.Thus shadowing is an ideal vehicle to support the implementation of a new teaching practices and development on your own personal teaching and future sessions you take.
Examples of Shadowing I have taken in the last few weeks: