Assignment Seven – Support Children and Young People During Learning Activities
Activity 1 – Be able to contribute to planning learning activities.
Criteria 1.1
Explain how support staff may contribute to the planning, delivery and review of learning activities to support teaching and learning
Activity 2 – Be able to support learning activities.
Criteria 3.4, 3.5.
Explain barriers when supporting learning activities and how to overcome these
Show how to support learning in different environments:
• indoor
• outdoor
Supervisory Observation
This unit requires you to be observed in your own setting. Your supervisor should observe you in practice, completing the following tasks as part of your day to day role.
Your supervisor will complete an observation form with commentary on your performance and competency in these specific tasks.
Following your observation, you should discuss with your supervisor any areas of development as part of a professional discussion. A professional discussion form should be completed/or a zoom recording of your professional discussion can be submitted.
Ensure that your name units’ number and criteria identified in the observation is included. All records must be signed and dated before submitting your tutor.
Criteria covered:
• Use knowledge of children and young people to contribute to planning and offer constructive suggestions for own role (1.2)
• Select and prepare the resources required for the planned learning activities (2.1)
• Select and demonstrate learning support strategies to meet the needs of learners (3.1)
• Show how to work in partnership with others to support learning activities (3.2)
• Show how to support the inclusion of all learners involved in learning activities (3.3)
• Assess learner development, participation, and progress (4.1)
• Use required methods and materials to record observations and feedback to others on learner development, participation, and progress (4.2)
• Show how to contribute to the evaluation of learning activities (5.1)
Reflective Records
Reflective Records are an opportunity for you to provide an account of your working practice with examples of how you meet each of the following criteria.
You should complete your reflective record using the Reflective Record sheet that we provide. After you have completed your Reflective Record, both you and your work-based supervisor must sign and date the reflective record.
You may include more than one criteria on one Reflective Record sheet. You must clearly state the Unit Number, Unit Name and Criteria Number(s) on your Reflective Record Sheet. Please note sheets are provided at the back on the course.
Complete a Reflective Record sheet to demonstrate how you meet each of the following criteria. You must provide specific examples of how you have done this in practice. It is not enough to just describe your responsibilities in each case – specific examples of what you have done in your work place should make up your Reflective Records.
Criteria covered:
• Explain the objectives, content and intended outcomes of learning activities (2.2)
• Develop and adapt resources to meet the needs of learners (2.3)
• Use the outcomes of observations and assessments to: (5.2)
• Provide feedback to learners on their progress
• Provide the teacher with constructive feedback on the learning activities
• Reflect on own practice in supporting learning activities (5.3)
