What are the responsabilaties of a work experince student in a pre school setting?

Question

What are the responsabilaties of a work experince student in a pre school setting?

Answer 1

As a student on work experience you should have no responsibilites other than setting a good example to the children around you. Your supervisor at the setting should explain all the relevent legislation for the setting at your induction and also that you are supernumary, meaning you are not part of the numbers of required adults for the setting, and hence have no responsibilities. What is different though is the fact you may be expected to take part in activities and help with the "day to day" jobs in the setting, everything from setting up and clearing away to cleaning and story telling, everything in fact apart from being left alone with any child/ren or taking any to the toilet, that includes changing nappies.

Answer 2

Are you asking us your homework questions?

You put quite a few homework sounding questions up in a row.

Matt

Answer 3

The student should not have any responsibilities but should be there to learn.

- It is an opportuntity to put theory learned into practice

- To develop practical & personal skills

- To develop a professional approach

- To understand the role & purpose of education, health & social services provision for children

- Develop knowledge and understanding of the development and needs of babies and children

- Make career choices

- Develop communication skills

Answer 4

Depends on the place... some places have you help not only with the children, but with the cleaning, paperwork, and prep work.  Most lab schools (through your community college) will have you do more to really get the idea of what becoming a preschool teacher entails.  It also depends on your previous experience and comfort level, as well as the level of experience you are at (I wouldn't stick you with running a circle time if you had never even watched one).  I would expect a mentee to observe, foremost.  That is your most important job as a mentee... observe everything you can to learn about children, and observe all you can from the lead teacher and support staff.  I would expect a mentee to play and engage with the children, help out in daily routines (other than diapering/toileting- many places do not allow contact in this way for student teachers) and take their share of cleaning tasks (although it would be shared equally- I want the person to see what is entailed, but not make them think they are consistently at the bottom of the totem pole).  You may be asked to take notes on a specific child or shadow them for a day, and children who take to you well will become your "charges".  You would not be responsible for talking to parents (other than polite "hellos"- you would not be transfering information) The main responsibility of a mentee should always be that they are in constant observation mode... learning all you can about interactions with children and best practices.

Answer 5

I would say the primary responsibility is to make sure each and every preschooler is safe every second.   That means having eyes in the back of the head to see 360 degrees.  That means second guessing that a child will do something dangerous and stopping that action before it occurs.   That means do what the teacher says, without question.   That means helping the preschool learn to socialize appropriately and develop a sense of self worth.   That means you will have the most exciting work experience you can imagine.

Answer 6

,u should be giving a inducting which should explain what u need to gain from work experience, from experience i would tell u ask lots of questions muck in when needed don't wait to be told all the time, ask to see the polices, remember both should gain from it