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Our Advanced Skills
Teachers
Andrew Painter is our AST colleague at the school
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As an AST Andrew is involved in opportunities aimed at raising standards of teaching and learning within and beyond the school. His role covers the following:
- Contributing to the network for music colleagues in Dorset
- Providing support to music teachers in local schools
- Supporting the development and provision of music in primary schools
- Providing coaching to other colleagues in our school
- Behaviour management
- Classroom management
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What is an Advanced
Skills Teacher?
The role of Advanced
Skills Teacher (AST) was devised to reward excellent teachers who wished
to remain in the classroom and spend the equivalent of one day a week
supporting other teachers in developing their skills and experience
through the sharing of best practice ideas and approaches.
Below is some information about Advanced Skills Teachers and is intended
to give you an outline of what they are and what they do.
AST's are teachers who have been recognised through external assessment
as having excellent classroom practice. They are given additional
payment and increased non-contact time in order to share their skills
and experience with other teachers, within their own school and from
other schools.
What do AST's do?
During their non-contact time an AST can reasonably be expected to
undertake any of the following activities:
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Producing high
quality teaching materials
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Disseminating
materials relating to best practice and educational research
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Providing 'model'
lessons to a whole class, or a target group of pupils eg. G&T, SEN,
EAL, etc., with staff observing
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Supporting a subject
leader with regard to schemes of work, policies or management skills
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Observing lessons
and advising other teachers on classroom organisation, lesson
planning and teaching methods
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Helping teachers who
are experiencing difficulties
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Participating in the
induction and mentoring of newly qualified teachers
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Leading professional
learning groups
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Supporting
professional development
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