QUALITY in TEACHING and LEARNING

20 October 2006

Greater emphasis on quality issues in education.

Cultural issues control of the classroom Role of teachers as Learning Managers Students are identified as consumers

Expectations of a Learning Manager

-Ensure acceptable attendance and punctuality -Have a Scheme of Work and Lesson Plans -Use a variety of delivery modes -Structure lessons -Devise appropriate assignments/learning checks -Monitor and feedback learning progress to students -Attendance and participation in `course/subject meetings -Differentiated learning -Concern for social wellbeing of learner -Staff appraisal, including lesson observation -Evaluate examination results

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Appreciation of external influences

-Exam/professional body requirements

-Benchmarking/recruitment and retention

-Deadlines -External quality requirements e.g.

external verifiers/moderators and examiners -The Market student origins -Strategic Political decisions

Internal verification - expectation of awarding bodies

Role of the internal verifier: comment on design of assignments before issue to learner comment on marking/criteria awarded on student scripts sample a prescribed number of assignments after annotation to monitor consistency agree to any second attempts to improve grades

Internal policies of College

-Role of Quality Nominee -Staff recruitment, qualifications and development -Support facilities within centre

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