Working with Individual Learners - Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers, Coaches, and Mentors

This report discusses the roles and responsibilities of mentor, coach, and teacher for individual students, as well as analyzes their differences. It also elaborates an action plan to improve skills and identify strengths, and discusses the factors required in the referral process and resources required for effective multi-agency approach.

WORKING WITH
INDIVIDUAL
LEARNERS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK-1........................................................................................................................................3
Task-2..........................................................................................................................................7
Task-3..........................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
The individual learner is referred as the individualized instructions. It is the performing of
the instructional technology and content of teaching that all based on the capabilities and interest
of the every learner. Working with the individual learners is support and needs which helps in
develop the opportunities of practice and learning, helps in builds the self-esteem and
confidence, proving opportunities related to the subjects and interest in motivating. The
individual learners are required develop and enhance the encourage and morale which helps in
grasp the educational concepts. Individual learning is the process of developing the skills and
knowledge of students and learners and that helps in determine the forts and second moments in
behaviours of learner. This report will discuss the roles and responsibilities of mentor, coach, and
teacher for the individual students as well as analysis its differences (Salimath and Vijaylakshmi,
2018). This report will elaborate action plan to improve the skills and identify strength. This also
discuss the factors which are required in the referral process and resources required for effective
multi agency approach.
MAIN BODY
TASK-1
AC 1.1 Responsibilities of teacher in relation to working with individual learner
The roles and responsibilities of teacher is delivered the instruction in the classroom
which helps in learn students. The teacher prepares the effective lessons, offer the rewards and
feedback, manage the classroom materials, grade the work of students , etc. it is the sophisticated
profession in the academic which ensure that students must be experience the academic success.
Teacher plays an important role in the success of learner in the academic areas.
Quality education: the responsibility of teacher is provided the quality educations to the
students for learning which are most important for become success in the educational academic
(Jeong and Luschei, 2018). the teacher is responsible for teach well, to the students as well as
they must ensure that every student get opportunity to learn in the academic areas.
Provide supervision: the teacher also have responsibility to provide the supervision the
individual students. It is the legal duty of the teacher and supervise same as the parents to the
children's with the care and sensibility. They must ensure that students are not get hurt and injure
during the supervision.

Limits on discipline: teachers are responsible for make sure that every student are learned in the
safe and productive learning environments. They must ensure that individual students must
maintain the discipline in the classroom and not endanger with the other students in classroom.
Responsibilities of mentor:
Mentor provides the feedback, guidance, advice, support to the mentee and students to
accomplish the specific tasks and objectives of the mentee.
Actively listen: the mentor should listen actively to the mentee for solving the problems in the
task as well as listen properly for guide and support them (Chu, 2019). They must commit with
meet to mentee on the regular basis for the learning and developments.
Takes initiatives: the mentors are responsible for explicit the objectives and goals of the mentee,
and they are take responsibilities for career planning, development and growth of the students for
become the successful persons in the future careers.
Provide feedback: the mentor are responsible for encourage and motivate the morale of students
so, they need to provide the feedback, honest and frank which helps in boost the moral of the
students for learning and its helps mentee to identify the professional development activities in
learning and development.
Responsibilities of coach:
Coach are helps to students for achieve their goals and acquire the knowledge for
enhance the level of performance of individual students.
Relevant skills: coach are responsible for providing the relevant skills to the students that helps
in deliver the success (Stray and Memon, 2020). Coaches are also responsible for organizing,
planning and providing the learning opportunities in the range of academic and sports
programmes and activities for the individual students.
Techniques and tactics: coach are provide the skills and techniques which helps in solves the
problems of the individual and effectively learn as well as become success in the future.
AC 1.2 Differences between the coaching, mentoring and teaching roles
Basis mentoring Coaching Teaching
Define The mentoring is the
guiding and advisory
process which helps in
It is the person who
are responsible for
supervise the
Teaching is the focus
on the acquisition of
new skills and

students gets guidance
and support from the
mentor for the specific
task. The mentor is the
person who provide
the knowledge of the
personal experience
and problems that
helps in become
achieve the abilities as
well as boost the
confidence,
communication and
abilities of leadership.
individual person by
the superior to
improve its
capabilities and
competencies areas.
knowledge with the
curriculum and other
activities which helps
in develop the learning
outcomes. Teaching is
the step by step
process approach and
helps in learning
(Fibuch and
Robertson, 2018).
Period The mentoring
relationship is last
long as compare to the
coach because it helps
in achieve the
objectives and targets.
The coaching task is
short lasting because it
deals for the specific
task and period
(Brown and Sieben,
2019).
The period of teaching
is based on the
education of students
and learners.
Professional Mentor Coach Teacher
Specializes It is a person who have
a better experience and
knowledge as well as
skills for subordinate
them.
The coach for the
individual learner are
based on the expertise
area such as specialize
in specific subject,
sports field, etc.
Teacher for the
students learning are
based on the
specialization in the
academic areas such as
science teacher,
English teacher, etc.
Objectives To helps to the
students to attain
The objectives of the
coach is improved the
The objective of the
teacher is provide

effectively and
maturity (Drake,
2021).
performance of
students and
subordinates the
learning areas of
students.
opportunities to every
student to become
success in the
academic with the best
knowledge and skills.
Types of relationship They are maintained
the formal relationship
because the learning
environments is
discipline.
They are maintained
the informal
relationship because it
helps in effective
learning.
The teachers are
maintained the formal
relationship with the
students because for
the learning in
appropriate ways the
formal relationship are
most important.
AC 1.3 Effectiveness of teaching, coaching, and mentoring roles:
In the effectiveness of teaching roles to meet the individual learners need is important
that teachers must use the various learning approaches to meet the individuals needs. The
teachers must be ensured that their learners are acquired the education from their learnings
(Flynn and Worden, 2018). There are various differences in students because some are learning
fast and some areas learn slow so, the teach should identify the individual learning needs to
provide the equal opportunities to every student such as achieving quality, developing the talents,
planning the classroom activities, creating interest, organizing the classroom activities, etc. In the
context of achieving quality is referred as the teacher must identify the weaknesses and strength
of the student's which helps in acquire the knowledge without any barriers. The teachers should
develop the knowledge and skills which helps the students to become the success as well as helps
in discover and grow them. In the context of planning the classroom activities are referred as the
creating the familiar environments in the classroom that helps in encourage the students and
learners and meet the needs of the individual learners.
While, the roles of coach to meet the needs of the individual learner are more important
for development and enhance the skills and knowledge which are most important for the
individual learners (Lens, 2018). It helps in guide the right direction for enrich the educational

activities and experience as well as activities which helps in achieve the goals of the future. The
coach helps in provide the just in time training and resources, learning activities, modelling,
observing and reflections as well as coach not play a teacher roles. The coach always influence
for take risk and perhaps fails which helps in encourage the students moral.
In further illustrations, the effectiveness of mentorship helps encourage and develop the
personal and professional developments which are essential of the individual learners. Mentor
focus on motivate and guide the students to reach goals with the helps of setting the goals and
giving the feedback as well as create the mentorship programs for influence and encourage the
students in the academic development (Ellis and Alonzo, 2020). It helps in fulfil the needs of the
individual learners through the self-confidence, self- awareness, leadership skills development,
good listening and asking questions of mentor to the learners about the needs and understanding.
Task-2
Evidence of strategies justification selected to meet the individual needs
In the beginning the cases were taken into consideration in order to articulate best
strategy to meet their personal or individual needs. Cassie who is around 36 years, the current
situations are not in her favour. She is living a vulnerable life, there were some incidents took
place such as she was compelled to leave study at the age of 16 the went through incident of
loosing mother, having three children, and depression too. There is need to select Confidence
building strategy in attempt to eradicate her issues. She is supposed to articulate SMART goals
and moving towards them. This is the best strategy since due to prevailing circumstances she is
not having great confidence so the strategy would hike her confidence level (Masrai, 2020)
Aran is 17 years old. He is quite good in term of his academic performance. But due to
some external factors the young man is getting misled. He is fallen in addiction of drug supply,
consumption of alcohol etc. these elements are affecting his performance. Mentoring would be
the best strategy in order to help him to have a critical friend who can make him come back to
right track. The expectations of his family are quite higher so such critical friend would eradicate
such emotional issues and help him to get grown.
Lissa is an African girl. Her attendance is very impressive since it is notching up 100%.
She is getting bored in class due to conventional teaching and not getting anything amusive or
interesting which can surge her interest level. There are rigours need to abide with Innovative
strategy to teach her. With this regard the teacher is supposed to use different tools, and can

make classroom inclusive in nature, visualization tools, computers, assistive tools etc. can be
used in order to hike her interest level and eradicating sense of boringness (Gustafsson and
Deliwe, 2020)
Reflection
I have given serious attention to the case studies so can pave way of articulating
appropriate strategies to help students. Multi agency approach refers to a group of agencies who
make participation to figure out solution of student's problems.
It is rational that if professionals are working together then there is high possibility to eradicate
issues. Multi agency approach is having need to use different tools such as mobile phone,
communication technology, internet, vocational bodies etc. individual issues can be sorted out by
using it (Zhang, 2022)
All the students were having their individual perils so there was strong need to use
different techniques. Emotional intelligence, subject specialization, employment providers, needs
of individual learners, employment opportunities, referral need etc. Cassie had sort of emotional,
attitude based perils, Aran had mental obstacles, Lissa was struggling with attitude and aptitude
related issues. So Cassie was given something which can help to improve her mental state, Aran
aided with personal support and Lissa was given better classroom ambiance and also better
employment alternatives.
Factors affecting referral process
When a teacher gives extra assistance to its students who are having rigorous requirement
of personal assistance then known as referral process. In classroom there were different issues
were being faced by students so here referral process comes into existence (Kane, 2021)
I traced couple of factors which hindered my way to perform referral process with greater
efficiency. All students had their unique problem so understanding nature of problems, self
competencies related limitations, time availability, conflict of interest, absolute needs, needed
commitment, process of action, trust issues, student approach and their inclination etc.
These all elements are having great ability to affect referral process adversely. For a
practitioner, mentor, or a coach these factors raise severe challenges to carry out referral process
effectively. For the students Cassie, Aran and Lissa it was needed to practise referral process in

attempt to eradicate their personal issues and being a teacher reverting something fruitful to
them.
Factors enabling review the processor
The referral process which is carried out by a teacher to give special assistance to its
student, then there is need to review the process in order to make some essential changes in it.
Cassie was suffering from sort of mental trauma due to some circumstances of her life and
incidents happened to her, Aran had issues of social approaches and the way his family was
treating him,
The experiences of Cassie was very terrible, yet she was putting great efforts to come out
of these situations and making her life better. She did not have higher attendance so there was
requirement of a good coach. The role of a coach is to build confidence, bringing reliability
closer, encouraging student, promoting reflective practice, empowering individual etc.
Lissa was having problem of interest-less classes. There is need to help her to come out
of this attitude. Emotional, social and intellectual benefits can make her drive to brighter side.
With this regard being a teacher must work on her self assessment skills, social attitude, way of
perceiving things, then providing new tools, teaching assistive tools, problem solving
methodology etc. in order to provide her best ambiance in classroom so can learn better to
interest.
Aran had great skills in term of his academic performance by some extraneous factors
were misleading him (Marashi and Sadinezhad, 2022) So there is need to a mentor who is
considered to be a good critical friend who can help such student to go for introspection and
wiping out all those perils which may affect their performance in adverse direction. Here on his
social aspects the need was felt to work upon. It enabled the review process for Aran.
Task-3
Action plan to make improvements in one-to-one teaching and learning situations-
In order to structure action plan there is need to perceive strengths and weaknesses so can
pave the way forward. With this regard SWOT analysis is prepared for personal audit-
Components
Strengths  Great sense of humer and ability to understand individual needs

of students.
 On the subject having great command.
 Honesty and integrity is part of professional life.
 Ability to impart belief into students so can hike their overall
performance.
 Great understanding of curriculum activities and also
supporting students to participate.
Weaknesses  Over time, it was experienced that face difficulties while
deciphering emotional aspects of students.
 Sort of communication related perils.
 Insufficient ability to perceive attitude and aptitude of others.
 Lack of innovations, over belief on conventional methodology
of teaching (Tican and Deniz, 2019)
Opportunities  Problem solving approach can be improved it will open up new
windows of hiking professional diaspora.
 Higher communicational skills will pave way to surge
professional competencies.
 Subject command would bring better.
Threats  There is need to work on professional skills which may raise
perils and can bring danger.
 Change management in practise is not appropriate which is
needed to be worked upon.
Action plan for self-improvement- This action plan is prepared to improve owns personal and
professional skills being a teacher some areas with priority are to be taken into consideration.
Area of
improvement
Strategy Resources needed
for improvement
Monitoring Time
While going
through the all
three cases it
With this regard, CPD,
continuous professional
development strategy is
To carry out the
strategy there is no
need of such external
I will be
monitoring my
this strategy and
1.5
months.

was found that
there had been
issue of
emotional
intelligence. It
is needed to get
improved.
supposed to be used. This
is the plan which consists
different steps to bring
success. These steps are
Plan, Do Record, Reflect,
Action (Pambudi and
Gunawan, 2020)
resources. There will
be need of only
normal stationary
items which will cost
around £200.
growth level.
To perceive the
ideas and
situation of
student there is
need to improve
communication
al skills.
For boosting up personal
communication skills I
will attend seminars and
online programmes,
where communication
and soft skills are to be
taken into consideration
for purpose of making
improvement (Falloon,
2020)
The fee of online
classes and seminars
would be around
£650 and there will
be some other
charges with
stationary etc. of
around £50.
The organization
which is
providing this
training will be
responsible for
making timely
evaluation for the
purpose of
transmitting
periodic
performance
sheet to me.
3
months.
There had been
a burning issue
of being
conventional so
there is
requirement to
be innovative in
nature.
To fulfil this gape would
be putting efforts by
myself. I will pay
attention on my own
methodology of
professional life. I will
also strive to bring
something innovative in
order to fetch something
new and interesting to the
students while teaching
There will be need of
investing much since
the ultimate goal is
to have innovation
so tools like PC,
visualization tools,
software, charts, etc.
are to be needed
which may cost
around £2500.
The peers and
some other
relevant
stakeholders
would be asked to
share their
feedbacks,
reflective
feedbacks will
also be used.
2
months.

them.
Opportunities planned to improve skills pertaining to teaching and learning situations-
There are number of opportunities which are offering great scope to improver personal
and professional skills in order to make teaching practise more viable and dynamic in nature.
CPD, which stands for continuous performance development is the strategy which is
being used to develop professional performance. For sorting out the problems and issues of
students there is demand of having great professionalism. As it was already being seen in the
case, where all three students had their unique issues so in such cases with higher skills of a
teacher these perils can be eradicated.
Peer monitoring is one significant aspect to improve professional skills. While teaching
there is need for a teacher to take reviews and suggestion form peers. Since they are the people
from same branch and having great professional understanding it gives great opportunity to
inculcate more skills (Gisbert and Usart, 2018)
Observation offers quite decent opportunity to a teacher. A teacher is a person who is
engaged in a very dynamic field so with observation can perceive ongoing ideas and can allow
them to nurture inside mind. It will give good scope to make drastic improvements. Being a
teacher as the situation discussed above of three students, in such predicaments with observation
a teacher can extend better to its students.
Training can not be avoided, since everything can not be learnt by observation sometimes
special mentoring is needed so being a teacher may get enrolled for training programmes. With
training some professional aspects can be improved which are essential to perform with great
skilfulness. So all the discussed opportunities are beneficial to improve personal skills in order to
hike teaching and learning outcomes.
Analysis of own practise effectiveness-
With respect to own practise it can be summarized that for sorting out different cases of
students a wide range of strategies were used which is living testimony of great adoption
capacity being a teacher.
The cases of Cassie, Aran and Lisa were unique in nature, they all were suffering form
different set of issues and had their unique problems. In all situations the performance has been
satisfactory which paved way to help them in making their adverse circumstances favourable.

Collecting feedback and taking them into consideration is very essential, at the same time
formal observation is one best tool to change behaviour and attitude while extending help to
students as in the case all three students were treated with different strategies (Lim, Son and
Kim, 2018)
Having great command on subject knowledge has been the most effective thing in own
practise. While teaching a teacher is supposed to have great understanding of its subject domain
so can extend its best. By taking appropriate action plan personal effectiveness can be enhanced.
Moreover, effectiveness of self performance can be improved with receiving feedbacks
form a range of stakeholders, for instance peers, students, parents of students are some of the
most reliable and relevant sources of gathering information, their views would be helpful to
inculcate better practise in order to hike effectiveness.
The achievements of students are key indicators of effectiveness, a teacher is supposed to
improve its professional competencies and also must strive to put that into action and bringing
results for its students.
CONCLUSION
As the conclusion, the effective individuals learning are developed by the teacher, coach
and mentors which helps in acquire the needs of individual learners. The individual learning are
important because it allows the students that they are learned their own pace with the teacher
direction. This report discussed the responsibilities of teacher, coach and mentors which are
necessary for the individual learner in the academic areas and their effective roles to meet the
needs of the learners as well as discussed the differences in them. In the conclusion, It also
justified the strategies to meet the needs of the learners and use the resources for the multi
agency approach. It also discussed the process which are involved the mentoring, teaching,
coaching in relation to social, emotional and intellectual benefits for students as well as state the
action plans to improve the opportunities of skills.

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