ED3IIS: Independent Implementation (Secondary)

Module code: ED3IIS

Module provider: Institute of Education

Credits: 40

Level: 6

When you’ll be taught: Semester 2 / Summer

Module convenor: Mr William Bailey-Watson , email: w.baileywatson@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: Micro placement

Academic year: 2025/6

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 3 April 2025

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This is the third of three school experience modules. It provides trainees with the opportunity to take responsibility for their own development as teachers through reflective practice. More specifically, they will:

• Extend and consolidate their school experience so that they are able to meet the Teachers’ Standards.
• Build on and further develop their understanding of the roles and responsibilities of teachers and other professionals involved in education in relation to continuing professional development.

For trainees who are judged to be making strong progress towards the standards, there will be opportunities to enrich this experience by undertaking a special project by arrangement with the placement school.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate and provide evidence of achieving both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Teachers’ Standards at the expected level with regard to expectations at the end of an ITE programme for the recommendation for QTS.
2. Demonstrate through their teaching a systematic understanding of teaching, learning and the wider role of the teacher.
3. Demonstrate insight into the role of a subject-specific teacher, as befitting their chosen pathway.
4. Show evidence-informed understanding that both informs the trainee’s own teaching (including planning and problem-solving) and informs their analysis and evaluation of classroom practice (theirs and that of other teachers).
5. Show insight into the debates about a range of issues relating to teaching and the ability to engage with these debates professionally.
6. Take responsibility for their own development as a teacher through reflective practice and to demonstrate proficiency in the fundamental skills in literacy and numeracy.

Module content

This module will be spent mainly at the placement school under the supervision of a school-based mentor.  

During the final week, trainees will return to the University to reflect upon their experience and identify opportunities and needs for further development. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

School experience will involve: observation, teaching individuals, small groups and whole classes, participating in whole school life, undertaking teachers’ pastoral responsibilities, mentoring, school-based professional studies sessions.  

Trainees will be supported in school by a mentor, an ITTCo and visited by a university tutor. 

The final week will involve lectures, seminars and tutorials at the University, with the possibility of further enrichment activities. 

Placement hours are subject to change according to Programme Director and Steering decisions. 

Trainees who are assessed as having achieved the Teachers’ Standards at a high level may be offered the opportunity to enrich their studies by undertaking a special project. The nature of this will be negotiated between the trainee and their placement school, and may involve work at other locations (such as feeder primary schools, local special schools or pupil referral units) or their placement school. This project will be designed to provide further opportunities for the trainees to demonstrate achievement against the Teachers’ Standards and to enhance their understanding of educational settings. 

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