PRACTICE TEACHING ASSISTANT

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Terms 2023/2024

Autumn 2023

• registration school for practice:1. 9. - 30. 9. 2023
• term of practice: individually, recommended from 2. 10. to 16. 12. 2023
• start of practice: individually
• organizational meeting: individually

Spring 2024

• registration school for practice: 30. 1. - 20. 2. 2024
• term of practice: individually, recommended from 26. 2. to 18. 5. 2024
• start of practice: individually
• organizational meeting: individually

Length of practice

• The practice in the fall and spring semesters is continuous.
• Practice is in the range of 60 hours (40 hours directly at school and 20 hours of preparation and assignments, reflection, and supervision).
• The practice lasts optimally for 10 weeks during the semester, 4 hours per week.

What does a teaching assistant do in the classroom?

Teaching assistant practice - teaching assistant practice is:

• This is an assistantship, not a teaching practice. It is not a passive assistantship.
• BE ACTIVE, BE INVOLVED in the running of the school, school records and the school year agenda.
• The aim of the internship is to train the competences of a teaching assistant in the school, to cooperate with the teacher in direct and indirect teaching activities, to try to conduct short teaching activities with different pupils. This may include tandem teaching.
• Your tasks on placement may be related to the activities of a teaching assistant in a particular class, you may be involved in preparing teaching materials, completing paperwork, attending meetings or class meetings, supervising in the corridors or canteens and accompanying pupils to various activities.
  The internship is not departmental, but you can combine some activities with your departmental assignments or interests.
• You will arrange your placement activities at the beginning of the placement with the supervisor/guarantor at the faculty school, and then you can also continue to arrange with teachers or teaching assistants with whom you can work with during the placement - so you don't have to be with just one teacher.

Form of reflection

• At the end of the semester you will have a group reflection - login via IS
• During the semester you can take advantage of individual and group supervision. The supervision meeting is voluntary. Dates are listed in IS.

• Reflection is realized in the seminar Self-experience Preparation for the Profession I (SZ6608; part-time mode of study: SZ6633) in Autumn semestr and the seminar Self-experience Preparation for the Profession II (SZ6611; part-time mode of study: SZ6637) in Spring semestr.

How to choose a school?

Terms 2023/2024

Autumn 2023

• registration school for practice: 3. 7. - 30. 8. 2023
• term of practice: individually, recommended from 4. 9. to 15. 9. 2023
• start of practice: individually
• organizational meeting: individually

Spring 2024

• there is no practice in the spring semester.

Length of practice

• The practice in the fall semesters is in 1 week.
• Practice is in the range of 60 hours (40 hours directly at school and 20 hours of preparation and assignments, reflection, and supervision).
• The practice lasts optimally for 10 weeks during the semester, 4 hours per week.

What does a teaching assistant do in the classroom?

Teaching assistant practice - teaching assistant practice is:

• This is an assistantship, not a teaching practice. It is not a passive assistantship.
• BE ACTIVE, BE INVOLVED in the running of the school, school records and the school year agenda.
• The aim of the internship is to train the competences of a teaching assistant in the school, to cooperate with the teacher in direct and indirect teaching activities, to try to conduct short teaching activities with different pupils. This may include tandem teaching.
• Your tasks on placement may be related to the activities of a teaching assistant in a particular class, you may be involved in preparing teaching materials, completing paperwork, attending meetings or class meetings, supervising in the corridors or canteens and accompanying pupils to various activities.
  The internship is not departmental, but you can combine some activities with your departmental assignments or interests.
• You will arrange your placement activities at the beginning of the placement with the supervisor/guarantor at the faculty school, and then you can also continue to arrange with teachers or teaching assistants with whom you can work with during the placement - so you don't have to be with just one teacher.

Form of reflection

• At the end of the semester you will have a group reflection - login via IS
• During the semester you can take advantage of individual and group supervision. The supervision meeting is voluntary. Dates are listed in IS.