Resources for Today's Teacher

My aim with this entry is to reflect on my experience of this module and examine my own strengths and weaknesses in design and use of resources both at college and in private companies.
When I first began my role as an engineer trainer I felt quite vulnerable and isolated due to my naïve belief that every teaching session relied totally on my personal spoken words, actions and practical demonstrations. I felt uncomfortable with...

There is an old saying often quoted which says "the customer is King". In my opinion we need to see and treat our students as customers and give them the best service that we can. All our students have travelled a journey through some degree of education...

It is our college practice to observe all teaching staff on an annual basis and our department observation window was booked as the first two weeks after the Christmas break. The general feeling amongst the team was this put us at a disadvantage due...

This entry will hopefully demonstrate a significant contrast in personal experiences in observing other teacher’s sessions. These two sessions were approximately ten months apart but they both made long lasting impressions on me for very different...