An Analysis of the Boundaries Between the Teaching Role and Other Professional Roles.

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When working with students it is essential to maintain a professional boundary that stays within the job description and conforms to the organisations policies and regulatory code of practices. I would use the ‘Teaching Cycle’ model to generalise the roles of a teacher in regards to facilitating learning to the student. 1. Identify needs and planning 2. Designing 3. Deliver/Facilitate 4. Assessing 5. Evaluating The teaching cycle places the teacher’s roles and responsibilities into the subsections above; this is supported by Wilson (2009:15), who states that “Teaching and learning should be a structured process, teaching follows a cycle and the teacher should make use of this cycle to ensure achievement.” Wilson (2009:15). The ability to start at any point within the cycle allows the teacher to assess and improve a course on a continuing basis. The role, responsibilities and boundaries go much further than described above, There will always be new situations that often will require careful consideration in order to remain within boundaries and to ensure you will meet the needs of your learners. Foe example, there may be learners with financial difficulties and there would require directing to oThese are questions that will differentiate my role to that of other members of the organisation. These and other questions, when they come to the forefront will become part of the teaching/training cycle in order for the teacher to meet the varied needs of each learner in an ongoing process. The relationship between teacher and student is very specific and should be kept professional at all times, it is my aim to safeguard and protect my students and ensure that no form of abuse takes place. I will inevitably liase and interact with other professionals and therefore must work within my remits and also understand the remits of other departments and their needs
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