Some initial reading

© Michael Jastremski

Initial reading with links to mainly web based sources at this point.
The teacher training cycle

• Web based wiki: (not wikipedia!) Preparing to Teach in the Life Long Learning Sector
• Don Burger Accessing for learning 2004. Contains the Teaching and learning Cycle.
• Wing-Ming Cheung, Yin Cheong Cheng, (1997) "Self-management: implications for teacher training", Training for Quality, Vol. 5 Iss: 4, pp. 160–168 suggests teacher self-management is an important pre-requisite for the quality of teaching performance.

Administration

• eHow: "The goal of recordkeeping within an adult literacy program is to assist in measuring the progress of students. The strength of literacy skills and overall capabilities of a student can be discovered through recordkeeping."

The teacher as a tutor

• Wikipedia/teacher: "A teacher who facilitates education for an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor"
• Contrast above with Wikipedia/Tutor: "A tutor is a person employed in the education of others, either individually or in groups." and OED: Tutor v. "To act the part of a tutor towards; to give special or individual instruction to; to teach, instruct (in a subject)."

The boundaries

• From UWLAX.EDU: "Healthy boundaries for teachers" (PDF)
  Professional behaviour is a priority
  Use caution with self-disclosure
  Beware of boundary violations: take time to respond
  Be observant
  Don't be afraid to correct inappropriate behaviour [firm but fair]
  Use extreme caution with physical contact or touching
  Be prepared