BA Year 4 SBT Briefing for Class
Mentors
Wednesday, 1st October 2014
Chris Bentley Year 4 Cohort Leader - Crewe
c.bentley@mmu.ac.uk
Tel. 0161 247 5103
Chris Robson Year 4 SBT Cohort Leader – Manchester
c.robson@mmu.ac.uk
Tel. 0161 247 2399
Other contacts
 Your student
 Their University SBT Tutor (student will provide their
contact details)
 Placement Office – placements@crewe.mmu.ac.uk
 0161 247 5337/ 5065 / 5172
All SBT Information
All documentation electronically stored at
 http://www.ioe.mmu.ac.uk/partnerships/primary
Overview of Placement
 Handbook page 5
 Key Dates
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Day Visits – week beg. 29th September
Planning – week beg. 6th October
8 week block – 13th Oct to 12th December
Interim Report Visit – week beg. 10th November
Students return to university for PDR – Friday, 21st November
Senior Moderator Visits – week beg. 1st December
External Examiners – week beg. 8th December
Final Report Visit – week beg. 8th December
Assessment of student progress
 Regular verbal feedback to support weekly review
 Formal written feedback at least once per week
(RoLo)
 Grading in 6 key areas at Interim and Final Reports
 Student Profiles for Outstanding, Good, Requires
Improvement, At Risk / Fail
 Evidence from above is used by students to identify
targets for NQT year and by their Personal Tutor to
assist reference writing
Key Features of this Placement
 Note especially
 70% teaching timetable by Interim
 80% teaching for last two weeks for those students
graded as Outstanding or Good at Interim
 Phonics Handbook – tasks for all students to complete
 Complete a written report for 1 child
 The importance of the Grading Criteria to support
assessment of student
SBT Documentation
 Presented by Corinne Woodfine – Partnership Coordinator for Crewe campus
SBT Report
• Context section to provide tutors with information
for reference writing
• Indicate highlight colour used for each assessment
point, interim and final
• Targets need to have Standards referenced
• Early maths=primary age
Interim visit
University Tutor visit w/b 10th November 2014
• Joint observation by the University SBT Tutor and the School Tutor
(class teacher) or Mentor – usually about 20 mins of the lesson
followed by a discussion between the observers
• Review of the student’s files, Professional Training and Development
Handbooks and tasks
• Discussion of the draft Interim Report
• Agreeing grades for the student
• Feedback to the student by the SBT tutor
NB: Please ensure that the agreed Interim Report is emailed to the SBT Tutor and the
Placements Office as soon as possible after the Interim visit but no later than 14th November
‘14
Final visit
 University Tutor visit w/b 8th December 2014
• No observation at this visit
• Review of the student’s files, Professional Training and Development
Handbooks and tasks, with particular note of progress and evidence
of progression since the Interim
• Discussion of the draft Final Report
• Agreeing grades for the student
• Feedback to the student by the SBT tutor
• If student has not progressed in a section leave interim colour.
 NB: Please ensure that the agreed Final Report is emailed to the SBT tutor and the
Placements Office as soon as possible after the Final visit but no later than 12th
December ‘14
Requires improvement: Grade 3
• Proforma to be used (found on Partnership website)
to support students. Written by University Tutor and
mentor(s) at interim stage
• Clear SMART targets needed to indicate how the
student will be supported with improvement.
• If Grade 3 at final students will be offered targeted
support at University
Students At Risk
 Determined at the Interim Report stage after full
discussion involving Student, Class Mentor (you),
University Tutor, Student Mentor / Headteacher (as
appropriate)
 Completion of At Risk proforma with clearly defined
targets – (proforma and an example on Partnership
website)
 Senior Moderator visit in penultimate week of
placement
Overview of Student Requirements
 Handbook pages 15-16
 Prior to day visits
 During day visits
 During the block placement
And finally …….
 We are assessing students, not fully qualified teachers
and therefore they can be graded as Outstanding or
Good
 Remember this might be the first time that the
student has taught in this Key Stage
 Please complete evaluation of SBT towards the end
of the last week and return to our Placement Office
Any questions?