You're a VET teacher who has just been assigned to teach a new subject area. When you check the institution’s resources, you find very limited teaching materials available, and no immediate guidance from your supervisor. You must decide how to proceed - whether to wait for directives, lightly adapt outdated materials, or take initiative to research and design a new, tailored lesson plan that meets your students’ needs.
How do you evaluate this situation, weigh your options, and choose an approach that demonstrates initiative while ensuring your students receive a well-prepared and relevant lesson?
Exercise 1: Multiple choice
What’s your first course of action in this situation?
Choose one of the following options.
Exercise 2: Sorting
Arrange the actions in the right column in order, from the most autonomous to the least autonomous. List them so that 1 represents the most autonomous action and 4 represents the least autonomous.
Action 1
Action 2
Action 3
Action 4
Wait for guidance before creating any lesson content.
Search for and adapt external materials to match your students’ needs.
Ask a colleague for any ready-made lesson plans and use them as-is.
Design a lesson plan from scratch and review it with your supervisor after delivery.
Hint
Exercise 3: Reflection question
How confident are you in independently designing and delivering lesson content when little or no guidance is available?
Choose one of the following options.
