Time and Commitment
“High quality-long term professional development that impacts upon standards”
Many teachers new to Midwheb programmes ask about the commitment of time to the programme. The best advice is for you is to ask existing students for it is not easy to explain. Midwheb programmes are based largely on school focused work and priorities. So much of the work you will be doing will be about things you would be doing already such as
• Teaching and managing.
• Planning, lesson preparation and developing materials
• Meeting staff and pupils, and other stakeholders
• Undertaking observation and data collection
• Reading and other professional development activities.
Clearly, selecting a topic and a focus, and working smartly can combine MA activities with practice and reduce the effort required. Similarly working collaboratively will reduce the time through for example shared reading, and discussion.
Furthermore, this MA programme is designed to impact upon practice. That is that it is our experience that participants report that undertaking the programme has made a difference to them, and their work in raising standards.)
At the end we should emphasise this is an MA Education programme.
Estimated Time Budget for a year.
You will be expected to
Learning Activities Total Time Approximately
Attend approximately 20 x 2 hour workshop sessions Total 40 hours per year
Minimum I hour per week in online discussions at www.midwheb.org.uk
Total 50 hours per year
Meetings
(with supervisor, tutor, work-based advocate etc) Total 10-20 hours per year
Undertake research and development assignments (not in school) 2-3 hours per week 100 hours per year
Undertake school based development assignments (in school or school focused) approx 10 hours per week.
• Teaching and managing.
• Planning, Lesson preparation and developing materials
• Meeting staff and pupils, and other stakeholders.
• Undertaking observation and data collection
• Reading and other professional development activities Total 400 hours per year
Grand Total 600 hours (The standard QAA amount for 60 credits)
