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Dundee College Education Support Assistance students have recently taken part in a glow meet session to support the students who were about to embark on their school placement. To prepare the students for stepping back into the classroom they engaged in a glow meet, Glow’s video conferencing tool, with Longhaugh PS. Longhaugh’s P1a class along with their teacher, Lesley-Anne Weir, and the classroom assistant, Michael Robertson, carried out their daily activities while the students watched from the comfort of their college classroom where they were supported by their Dundee College lecturers, Debbie Thom and Peter Gilmartin. Michael engaged with the pupils and the class teacher while the students watched, discussed and agreed on questions to ask Michael and Lesley-Anne at the end of the activity. They all then took part in a question and answer session. The students asked about planning, working as part of a team, the different roles of a classroom assistant and Michael’s daily routine.
Debbie Thom, Dundee College Lecturer said,” The students gained so much knowledge by observing and asking questions. Well done to Longhaugh PS for pioneering this”. They were learning about the role and responsibilities of an Education Support Assistant in a Dundee Primary school prior to going out on placement and the whole glow meet experience gave them a huge insight into how an ESA works in a classroom. The ESA students have a glow group within Dundee College and the videos taken from the glow meet session have been uploaded there for them to view and discuss in future.
The links made between Dundee College and Longhaugh PS will be continued with another glow meet session planned for the Play and Early Education NC students later this month. They will watch an Early Years Practitioner working with pupils in an Active Learning Room at Longhaugh PS and will also be involved in a Q & A session.