T-Insight: Learn to Teach Primary Course
Learn to teach with our T-Insight Primary-level course aimed at developing confidence and competence of pre-service teachers. This course can be offered to applicants pre-program as well as in program.
Get started
Once enrolled, participants will be sent an activation email. This will allow them to create a TSP account and access the course through the dashboard.
Course modules
Module One: Managing Behaviour
This module discusses the importance of creating a positive classroom culture and how to be proactive in your approach to behaviour. Expert teachers share the underlying reasons for disruptive behaviour and how to effectively model emotion management in your classroom.
Module Two: Adapting Teaching
This module introduces teachers to a number of ways expert teachers engage students in their learning to maximise participation. Teachers share different approaches that work for them to be responsive to all students’ needs and how they they teach self-regulation in their students. The value of peer learning is also introduced.
Module Three: Time Management
This module focuses on the drivers of workload and how teachers can manage data effectively. It discusses the value of joining professional networks to assist new teachers with their teaching and how to maximise teaching moments when they occur. Finally, it describes ways new teachers can be flexible in their approach to make the best use of their time.
Module Four: Working with Colleagues
This module takes a closer look at what effective feedback looks like and how new teachers need to develop trust and mutual respect with their colleagues including Teaching Assistants. It highlights the need to achieve a work-life balance and the importance of asking for help and support in a timely manner.
Scenarios
Each module includes five scenarios where beginning teachers will view the scenario, rate the appropriateness of three possible responses and write a brief rationale for each. Next, they find out how experienced teachers rated each response and most importantly why.
Feedback reports
Feedback reports at the end of each module show new teachers their overall alignment with experienced teachers and include resources, readings and strategies for practice.
Evidencing
Once participants complete the course, they will be able to download a comprehensive report as well as a certificate of completion.
Track progress
Organisations can login to track participant progress, identify individuals in need of additional support and evaluate the effectiveness of the course by viewing individual and collective data.
Course resources
Hosting seminars in conjunction with the T-Insight courses is completely optional and depends on your requirements and preferences. However, guided group discussions can be a great way to encourage your students and/or staff to discuss the classroom scenarios and related educational concepts and issues in more depth. We offer resources and seminar guides that you can use to facilitate seminars following each T-Insight module that are designed to:
a) Stimulate discussion amongst participants
b) Enable participants to share multiple perspectives of teaching & learning
c) Further build participants’ teaching confidence and classroom readiness.