M105 - IFE

M105
Award in Lesson Observation and Educational Mentoring

MQF Level: 7

ECTS Value: 5 ECTS

Duration: 5 Weeks

Contact Hours: 25

Self Study Hours: 60

Assessment Hours: 40

Overall Objectives and Outcomes

This module sets to help Education Leaders to reflect on the purpose of lesson observations and on different manners how these can be conducted. It will also focus on the use of mentorship in schools. Thus, various issues and debates related to lesson observation and educational mentorship will be tackled.

By the end of this module, the learner will be able to:

Entry Requirements

Applicants interested in following this programme are to satisfy one of the minimum eligibility criteria:

1. A Bachelor of Education (MQF Level 6 with a minimum of 180 ECTS, or equivalent) and five (5) years teaching experience in a licensed school; OR

2. A Bachelor’s degree (MQF Level 6 with a minimum of 180 ECTS, or equivalent) and PGCE (or equivalent) and five (5) years teaching experience in a licensed school; OR

3. A Master Degree (MQF Level 7 with a minimum of 90 ECTS, or equivalent) and a Permanent Teacher’s Warrant together with evidence of five (5) years teaching experience in a licensed school.

Competences

a) Plan effective and consequently evaluate strategies with which, as education leaders, they inform, encourage and empower the educators in their institution to perform peer-to-peer observation sessions;

b) Systematically develop a lesson observation report which include effective and constructive feedback as a tool for reflective practice;

c) Implement and bring about meaningful and sustained improvements in teaching and learning across the educational organization, s/he works in, through the vehicle of lesson observation and educational mentorship;

d) Set high expectations which inspire motivate and challenge pupils

e) Manage the information acquired in a way to ensure that learning is enjoyable, reachable and accessible to all, while leading teachers to ensure that the develop their cognitive and non-cognitive behaviour for learning to take place;

f) Ensure a secure environment to develop self-efficacy and self-belief;

g) Lead in the creation a socially just environment where all learners and all learning is valued;

h) Lead educators to be responsible for the holistic well-being of each learner

i) Guide teachers on achieving best practices of collaboration with the Learning Support Educators to create an environment conducive to learning;

j) Collaborate closely with all the school staff to enhance the daily learning experience of each learner.

Knowledge

a) Comprehend that lesson observation can have an evaluative or developmental e purpose;

b) Achieve a good understanding of the crucial elements for effective educational mentorship.

c) Demonstrate a critical awareness of power relationships involved in different lesson observation strategies and mentorship.

d) Demonstrate critical awareness of innovative strategies of conducting a lesson observation which promote good progress and outcomes by pupils;

e) Demonstrate an awareness of ethical considerations when conducting lesson observation.

f) Demonstrate good subject and curricular knowledge.

Skills

a) Select high-level readings – literature written in a critical and nuanced way, underpinned by solid, convincing arguments built on a critical analysis of robust data;

b) systematically understand key concepts related to lesson observation and educational mentorship;

c) systematically and creatively deal with complex issues related to lesson observation and educational mentorship.

d) Draft SMART action plans for the introduction of educational mentorship and power balanced lesson observation strategies.

Assessment Methods

This module will be assessed through: Case Study, Presentation and Assignment