Job Shadowing placement for school staff and teachers
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PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION:
Job shadowing should be more than simply following someone for a few days. In this programme we build each programme around what you want to understand, explore or improve. Before you arrive, we discuss your professional role and learning objectives, agree an enquiry focus and plan a structured programme of observation, professional dialogue and reflection.
WHO IS JOB SHADOWING FOR?
The programme is suitable for:
– teachers and trainers
– school leaders abd academic coordinators
– Erasmus+ coordinators
– adult education and VET professionals
– educational support and administration staff
It can be particularly valuable when you are reviewing an existing approach, exploring a new area of practice or preparing to introduce change in your organistaion.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
Our job shadowing programme is deliberately personal. We coordinates each programme and identifies an appropriate setting and named mentor according to your objectives and the access available. Depending on the enquiry focus, observation maty take place within our school and, where appropriate, in a relevant educational partner setting in Malta.
Normally, no more than two participants shadow the same mentor. This creates space to observe closely, ask informed questions and have genuine professional conversations rather than simply joining a large group visit.
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES:
A useful mobility should give you something you can take home. Throughout the programme, we help you:
– Observ authentic professional practice with a clear purpose.
– Question the choices, systems and approaches behind what you see.
– Compare practice in Malta with you own professional context.
– Reflect on what is genuinely relevant and transerfable.
– Apply the strongest idea through a realistic action and dissemination plan.
The aim is not to leave Malta with a long list of observations. It is to return with a clearer understanding, useful professional connections and a small number of ideas worth developing in your own organisation.
WHAT COULD YOU EXPLORE:
Your enquiry focus is agreed with you in advance. Possible areas might include:
– teaching, learning and inclusion
– learner wellbeing and support
– digital learning and appropriate use of AI
– leadership, quality and Erasmus+ practice
– sustainability and whole-school approaches
– administration and learner services
Other professional themes can be considered according to your role, objectives and suitable observation opportunities.
SAMPLE PROGRAMME:
1) Monday – Orientation and connection
Induction, learning goals, Maltese context, host introduction. First period of observation.
2) Tuesday – Observation and questions
Continuation of focused shadowing with time to gather evidence, ask informed questions and discuss professional choises of the mentor.
3) Wednesday – Malta Learning Lab
A structured off-site enquiry day using Malta as a learning enviroment. Comparative reflection and (if possible) exchange with other European educators. It’s not a cultural excursion, but a part of the core of this academic programme.
4) Thursday – Depen the enquiry
Return to observation with sharper questions. Follow-up discussions – why certain approaches are used, what makes them work, which elements are transferable.
5) Friday – Apply and share
Programme closure with synthesis, transfer and dissemination planning, as well as evaluation and certification. The emphasis is on the next steps, not simply on what you have seen.
COURSE INCLUDES:
– Pre-arrival needs analysis
– Host/Mentor matching coordination
– Guided programme (25 hours/week)
– Learning Lab facilitation
– Structured reflection and transfer planning
– Attendance Record
– Europass Mobility Certificate
– School Certificate of Attendance
