Report on Alternative Education Setting

Report on Alternative Education Setting:
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Introduction
The alternative education system is one of the essential components in educational
studies for educators and researchers. Through this alternative education system,
children with physical, psychological and behavioural disabilities can receive teaching in
an organised structure where they have equal priority and position as the mainstream
students. This report is focused on my experience as an educator in a Nursery school
named our lady’s & St Georges. The report is a reflection of my work practice, my
perception and understanding of the alternative education system operated in this
Nursery School. The purpose of this report is to find the most appropriate practice of
alternative teaching style for mainstream schools as well.
A: Key concept
‘our lady’s & St Georges’ school provides a unique learning experience for students and
distinct teaching process for educators. The educational policies of the school are
mainly focused on the learning process and operational framework for the age group of
3 to 6. Therefore, the key concept of the teaching practices of this school regulated by
partnership and collaboration procedure (Kraftl 2015). The partnership and collaboration
approach of education system emphasises the specific operational framework where
the teachers should monitor the children by themselves and by the non-teaching staff as
well. Most of these cases parents are also considered as part of this monitoring system.
This monitoring system provides additional facilities to identify the key strengths and
weaknesses of the students. The major concern of this educational style is indirect
feedback collection because in this age students are unable to express their

experiences with their educators properly. Especially in the alternative education
system, this feedback collection is also crucial for having an insight of their mental and
physical health.
Another most important part of this education system is collaborative and cooperative
work process within the parents and educational institution that helps to justify the most
appropriate teaching or educating process for the individual child. In this educational
process, the teachers and parents of the student work collaboratively to make the
educational path of the children flawless and easy (Blaak, Openjuru & Zeelen 2013).
The transparent and integrated communication is the key to this operation in order to
secure the efficiency and accuracy of this education system. For regular days the
school’s hour is 9:00 am to 3:00 pm while having two divisions of scheduling, one for
morning and another for the evening. However, the learning outcomes of the activities in
school would not be properly effective without incorporating these into the daily lifestyle
of the children. One of the essential key factors of this collaborative education system is
to ensure that the children are following their learned procedures in the school hours
and in their home as well (Palmer 2016). In order to ensure this consistent procedure,
the organisation has to work collaboratively with the parents and other responsible
guardians of the children. Therefore making awareness within the guardians and
parents about regular activities and schedule provided by the school for the children is
equally important.
B: My settings
The education system of ‘our lady’s & St Georges' school is completely different from
the mainstream nursery school. My placement is in a faith nursery school that handles
the physically and psychologically disabled children. Throughout the day there are many
activities are scheduled as per the potentiality of the learning of different group o
children. In normal days the setting runs by to divisions namely morning and afternoon
sessions. Usually, the morning section starts at 9:00 am and ends at 12:15 pm and the
afternoon section starts at 12:00 am and ends at 15:00 pm. Within these two schedules,
there is another subdivision according to the significance of the activities and the
acceptance of these learning materials within the students. The level of acceptance

depends on the mental and behavioural stability of the students concerning the
existential environment of the classroom. We have only 10 children for each session
which means that the children usually have enough space to have completely break
from the ongoing learning activities (Page & Elfer 2013). In these times are free to go
about their daily activities whichever they like the most. This specific learning approach
makes the overall education process to be easily accessible for the students as well as
the devoted educators.
In this education system, the educators can learn about the inclusive behaviour that
would be easily acceptable by the students as well as the parents and the responsible
guardians of the students. It is also an essential part of behaviour management on
which the overall organisational education related functionalities depend. At the same
time, the structure and scheduling of education stricture, as well as the respective
activities, regulates the efficiency of the educational process and working diagram of the
teaching as well as the non-teaching staffs (Flinn 2014). More specifically in the
Nursery setting that is followed by this organisation is highly regulated by the
operational structure of the curriculum and the collaborative initiatives by every member
of the organisation. For me, it is the most interesting thing that in this process I can
easily find out my potential growth as a successful educator in a special educational
environment for alternative educational practice. The partnership and collaboration
approach of education system emphasises the specific operational framework where
the teachers should monitor the children by themselves and by the non teaching staff as
well (Sarah Van 2014). Most of these cases parents are also considered as part of this
monitoring system.
C: Teaching and learning
Learning the effective communication technique to interact with the children and the
staffs is the most important part of this education system. At the same time, The
management system and the team approach can be the most appropriate approach for
both learning and teaching methods. Another necessity of this nursery setting is the
work culture and social environment that influence the behavioural growth of the
children. Apart from that different demographical staffs, members can work