School of Health & Education
EYITT Graduate Employment Based Route
Programme Handbook
2016-17
Programme Leader: Dilys Wilson
Purpose and status of your student programme handbook:
Welcome to the Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) Graduate Employment Based Route at Middlesex University. This handbook contains information about the training programme and the Post Graduate Certificate Professional Practice in Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Teaching.
On completion of the programme, successful trainees will be recommended for Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS), and gain 60 credits at Masters Level which they can use towards a future continuing professional development qualification.
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This handbook describes the programme and provides important information about other aspects of studying at Middlesex University. The material in this handbook is as accurate as possible at the date of production; however, you will be informed of any major changes in a timely manner.
Your comments on any improvements to this handbook are welcome. Please put them in writing (an email will suffice) with the name of the handbook to Dilys Wilson .
Information in alternative formats
This handbook can be found online at: https://myunihub.mdx.ac.uk/web/home-community/mystudy
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The University Regulations and Student Charter
As a student of Middlesex University you agree to abide by the University Regulations when you enrol and therefore you should read this handbook in conjunction with the Regulations which are available online at; www.mdx.ac.uk/regulations
Some of the key regulations have been repeated on the Your Study pages on UniHub http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study.
You should also read the Student Charter which was co-developed by Middlesex students, staff and the Students’ Union. This sets out your responsibilities as a student and those of the University to ensure that all students have an enjoyable, rewarding and effective experience during their time at Middlesex. You can find the Student Charter on UniHub.
The Student Guide
Before reading this Programme Handbook you should read the Student Guide; this guide contains information on more general university services and facilities, such as UniHub, UniHelp and the Library. It is important that you familiarise yourself with this information in order to get the most from this handbook.
CONTENTS
1
Purpose and status of your student programme handbook: 2
Information in alternative formats 2
The University Regulations and Student Charter 2
The Student Guide 3
CONTENTS 4
University and Programme Academic Calendar 6
1. WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION 8
1.1 Welcome from the Dean 8
1.2 Programme Leader’s Welcome 10
2.CONTACTS AND COMMUNICATION 11
2.1 Programme staff and contact details 11
Graduate Academic Assistants 12
3.1 Programme structure 13
3.2 Professional, statutory and/or regulatory body requirements 15
Children’s Rights and Trainees’ Responsibilities 15
3.3 Assuring the quality of your programme 16
3.4 Reading List 16
4. TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT 18
4.1 Teaching and Learning 18
E-Learning 18
4.2 Assessment 18
Principles 18
Assessment regulations 19
Assessment Feedback 19
Assessment of Placement Experience 20
Workplace and Placement Assessment 21
The role of the University Link Tutor 22
The Professional Portfolio 22
4.3 Targeted support 22
The ‘Cause for Concern’ process 23
Cause for Concern: Flow diagram for Trainees requiring extra support 24
4.4 Appeals 25
Complaints 25
5. LEARNING RESOURCES 26
5.1 The library 26
5.2 Learning Enhancement Team (LET) (Former Learner Development Unit) 26
5.3 Programme documentation 27
6. HOW TO HELP ENHANCE YOUR PROGRAMME 28
6.1 How you can feed back to us 28
Boards of Study 28
Student surveys 28
How we consider your feedback 28
7. Supporting Documents 29
7.1 Quality Assurance: EYITT 29
University and Programme Academic Calendar
This is your schedule for the 2016/17 academic year. The full calendar is available on unihub
EYITT Programme timetable 2016/17
Friday 23 Sept / Induction 9.30 – 3.30:Fridays / 9.30 – 11.00 Theme / 11.30 – 13.00 Standards Workshop / 14.00 – 15.30
Block 1
30 Sept / 1 EYFS: Overarching Principles; Partnership with parents / Standards workshop: The Teachers’ Standards (Early Years); Supporting documentary evidence / Training plan; Placement preparation
07 Oct / 2 EYFS: Safeguarding and welfare requirements; Child Protection / PG Cert Assessment
Target setting / Training plan; Placement preparation
14 Oct / 3 EYFS: Safeguarding and welfare requirements: health and safety / Safeguarding: Group presentations / Group supervision: safeguarding
21 Oct / 4 Models of Reflective Practice; Work-based project guidance / Safeguarding: Group presentations / Group supervision: safeguarding
28 Oct / Reading week
4 Nov / GEB KS1 Placement day
Block 2 11 Nov / 1 Observing children: skills and techniques / Standards workshop: EYFS Early Years Outcomes/Development Matters / Group supervision: Work discussion
18 Nov / 2 Attachment theories; Key person approach / Standards workshop: Positive relationships / Group supervision: Work discussion
25 Nov / 3 Theories of Communication and language development / Group presentations: Early Years Theory / Group supervision: Work discussion
02 Dec / 4 Theories of cognitive development; Schemas / Group presentations: Early Years Theory / Group supervision: Work discussion
09 Dec / 5 Learning through play: theory and practice / Autumn Term review / Autumn Term review
16 Dec / GEB KS1 Placement day
19 - 23 December / Vacation (placement as required)
26 - 30 December / Vacation (placement as required)
06 Jan / GEB KS1 Placement day
Block 3 13 Jan / 1 Early Reading: Systematic Synthetic phonics / Standards Workshop: EYFS Specific Area: Literacy / Group supervision: Work discussion
20 Jan / 2 Early Mathematical learning / Standards Workshop: EYFS Specific Area: Mathematics / Group supervision: Work discussion
27 Jan / 3 KS1 and 2 / Standards Workshop: School readiness / Group supervision: Work discussion
03 Feb / 4 Equality, diversity and children’s rights / Standards Workshop: children whose home language is not English / Group supervision: Work discussion
10 Feb / 5 Supporting children with additional needs; SEND; / Standards Workshop: Contributing to the work of a multi-agency team / Group supervision: Work discussion
17 Feb / Reading week
24 Feb / GEB KS1 Placement day
Block 4 3 Mar / 1Theories of Leadership EYTS: Leading practice – Standard 8 / Spring Term Review / Spring Term Review
10 Mar / 2 The Healthy Child programme; Working with health professionals / Lullaby Trust: Safer sleep training / Group supervision: Work discussion
17 Mar / 3 Babies’ development and well-being / Standards workshop: EYFS: Positive Relationships / Group supervision: Work discussion
24Mar / 4 Meeting the needs of 2 year olds / Standards Workshop: The integrated review at age 24 – 30 months / Group supervision: Work discussion
31 Mar / 5 Sustained shared thinking / Standards Workshop: SSTEW scale / Group supervision: Work discussion
07 Apr / GEB KS1 Placement day
10 - 14 Apr / Vacation (placement as required)
17 - 21 Apr / Vacation (placement as required)
Block 5
28 Apr / 1 Outdoor play and learning; Forest school / Standards Workshop: EYFS Prime Area: Physical Development / Group supervision: Work discussion
05 May / 2 EYFS Specific Area: Understanding the World / Standards Workshop: Using Digital technology / Group supervision: Work discussion
12 May / 3 Project Presentations (all day)
19 May / 4 EYFS Specific Area: Expressive arts and design / Standards Workshop: methods of summative assessment / Group supervision: Work discussion
26 May / GEB KS1 Placement day
02 June / Reading Week
Block 6
09 June / 1 Leading teams: supervision, training, support and skills / Standards Workshop: Leading practice / Portfolio workshop
16 June / 2 Early Years Teacher Employment opportunities / Applying for jobs as EYTs: Employers perspectives / Portfolio workshop
23 June / 3 Assessment and Review Period: / Assessment and Review Period
30 June / 4.Assessment and Review Period: / Assessment and Review Period
07 Jul / 5 Assessment and Review Period: / Assessment and Review Period
14 Jul / 6 Assessment and Review Period: / Assessment and Review Period
1. WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION
1.1 Welcome from the Dean
Welcome to Middlesex University and to the School of Health and Education. This programme handbook contains an overview of your programme and its modules – keep it safe so that you may refer to it throughout your time on the programme.
The School offers a wide range of study opportunities at undergraduate and postgraduate level including diplomas, degrees, short courses and CPD opportunities. Many of the programmes are designed and accredited in conjunction with the relevant professional bodies.
The School of Health and Education is a leading centre for professional education in London. Along with our diverse range of programmes and research activities, we offer various approaches to study and delivery to suit you and your commitments. We emphasise a flexible, lifelong learning approach to study - backed up by expertise gained through our pioneering developments in work based learning and knowledge transfer.
Middlesex has built a strong reputation as a leading innovator in higher education. Many of our programmes are UK firsts and have set the standard for others to follow. Teaching, learning and research in the School has a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary activity. Our aim is to link policy and practice, theory and action through high quality learning and research. Our excellent skills laboratories and access to high quality practice areas will support your learning. We intervene at the interface between academia and practice. In Healthcare, social work and education, we apply our considerate resources to train the practitioners of the future. Essential to this is our very close partnership working with Schools, NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and other public and private sector organisations as well as our local communities and a wide range of UK, EU and international collaborative partnerships.
We aim to respond to student feedback to improve your experience at the university so that we will deliver the best student experience we can. In return we expect you to engage actively in the learning process, to be fully committed to your studies and determined to succeed.
In your early weeks, this includes reading through this handbook and consulting the other information sources flagged here; you are not expected to absorb everything in detail but to be aware of main documents and their contents. In particular as an enrolled Middlesex student you have certain rights but also specific responsibilities. For details see the full University Regulations, in particular ‘University Membership’ (www.mdx.ac.uk/regulations), and if you have not already done so, explore UniHub (http://www.unihub.mdx.ac.uk) the student website which contains detailed advice and support to assist you further.
We know it takes time to settle in to University life. If you still have questions to ask, your first port of call should be the UniHelp (http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/unihelp) which offers face-to-face, email and telephone information and advice, seven days a week. The Unihelp desk is located on the Ground Floor of the Sheppard Library and the advisors there will be pleased to help and direct you.
Here at Middlesex we are very proud of our staff and students and we look forward to helping you build on your skills and knowledge to fulfil your full potential. We wish you well in your future studies.
Jan Williams
Dean of School and Pro Vice-Chancellor
School of Health and Education
Hendon Campus
The Burroughs
Hendon
London
NW4 4BT
Telephone: +44(0)20 8411 5426
Web: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools/school-of-health-and-education
1.2 Programme Leader’s Welcome
The EYITT Programme team would like to welcome you to what we hope will be one of the most challenging but rewarding years of your life. The Middlesex Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Partnership has gained well-deserved recognition for establishing high quality ITT and prides itself on offering quality programmes that support training teachers in achieving high levels of attainment and professional standards. You have been selected as someone who possesses the attributes and potential necessary to maintain and improve our high standards. The Graduate Employment Based route to Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) is designed to provide inspiring and challenging training to support the development of your career in early years teaching.
The Post Graduate Certificate will encourage you to reflect on your practice with babies and young children from birth to five years and further support your knowledge and understanding of early years theory, policy debates and quality practice. Being able to reflect on your personal progress and having clear precise targets for yourself is essential in ensuring your success. As a postgraduate student, you will be expected to be proactive in finding ways to progress during the year, with help from your colleagues, mentors and University tutors.
We hope that your experience on the programme will provide you with the competence and confidence to lead practice as an Early Years Teacher in an appropriate role in the early years sector.
Very best wishes for a successful year,
Dilys Wilson
Programme Leader for EYITT
2.CONTACTS AND COMMUNICATION
2.1 Programme staff and contact details
The following members of staff are those who have a major input into your programme and you will be able to find most of these, as well as other important contacts listed in your Key Contacts on myUniHub: https://myunihub.mdx.ac.uk/web/home-community/mymiddlesex
Please contact staff by email.
Kathleen Zielinska /Programme Co-ordinator / 020 8411 6914
/ Dilys Wilson /
Programme Leader / 020 8411 5182
/ Sharon Goate /
Lecturer / 0208 411 44230208 411 4423
/ Amanda Oscar /
Lecturer / 020 8411
Progression and Support Advisors