Review Your Role, Responsibilities and Boundaries as a Teacher in Terms of the Teaching/Training Cycle.

Review your role, responsibilities and boundaries as a teacher in terms of the teaching/training cycle. ROLE OF A TEACHER A teacher’s role is to ensure that they deliver a relevant, informative, easily understood method of training to their learners. If delivered correctly it will enable those learners to gain knowledge, increase their skills which in turn will increase their confidence and ability enabling them to possibly change career, gain promotion at work, have the ability to cope better using the new skills and knowledge gained resulting in reduced stress levels. To enable a teacher to fulfil their role to the best of their abilities (Gravells,2009) states they will also become involved in assessing, facilitating, instructing, motivating, coaching, mentoring, counselling, lecturing, presenting, training, tutoring, being a practitioner and preceptor and supporting learners. To complete the role of a teacher he/she will need to follow a training cycle which should consist of the following: Identify needs of learner Plan and design training course Deliver or facilitate the course Assess the effectiveness of learning of each individual learner and ensure they are achieving desired quality and standards of learning. Evaluate both the course outcome from a learner’s viewpoint and also specific teaching methods used are adequate for the learner’s needs. It is absolutely essential that throughout the teaching process a professional relationship between teacher and learner is maintained at all times and that all relevant organisational protocols and codes of practice are adhered to.(Gravells 2010) Failure to keep that professional relationship could cause issues in relation to familiarity, unconsciously giving preferential treatment causing other learners to feel neglected and resentful which in turn could cause a decrease in interest and learning ability. By not following protocol and codes of practice the teacher runs the risk of losing credibility, failing to...