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vr.tr.teacher · thing-q37226

Let an agent handle teachers by level, subject, qualifications and professional duties, including safeguarding.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.PER
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Role Level and subject.

Level

Stage taught.

Level

Education level.

  1. At which level does the teacher work? definition
  2. Which subjects? definition

Position

Title and duties.

Position

Position.

  1. What is their position and responsibility? provenance
  2. At which institution? provenance
Qualification Training and registration.

Training

Qualifications.

Qualifications

Qualifications held.

  1. Which teaching qualifications are required here? provenance
  2. How are foreign qualifications recognised? boundary

Registration

Teaching council.

Registration

Registration status.

  1. Is the teacher registered, where required? provenance
  2. How can registration be checked? action
Practice Teaching and assessment.

Methods

Pedagogy.

Methods

Teaching methods.

  1. Which teaching methods are used? definition
  2. What evidence supports them? provenance

Assessment

Progress.

Assessment

Assessment practice.

  1. How is progress assessed? definition
  2. How are results communicated? action
Safeguarding Protecting learners.

Duty

Responsibilities.

Duty

Safeguarding duties.

  1. What safeguarding duties does the teacher have? boundary
  2. Who is the designated safeguarding lead? provenance

Concerns

Raising concerns.

Concerns

How to raise concerns.

  1. How should a concern about a teacher be raised? action
  2. Which authority handles it? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.PER
Other names and narrower kinds
LGBTQ+ teacher, deputy head teacher, Simeon, law professor, visiting docent, adjoint professor, Associate professor (Commonwealth), full professor, university demonstrator, Doctor lecturer, WikiTrainer, ski teacher

What it is Filled

A person who helps others learn, especially in a school, college or university, planning and delivering instruction and assessing progress.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle teachers by level, subject, qualifications and professional duties, including safeguarding.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Facilitates learning
  • Often requires qualification and registration
  • Carries safeguarding duties with minors
  • Titles vary by country and level

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Replace a teacher's judgement on grades, discipline or pupils' welfare.
  • Share pupils' records or performance outside the people entitled to see them.
  • Rate or rank teachers publicly on unverified data.
  • Impersonate a teacher in messages to pupils or parents.

Only with a human decision

  • Reporting a welfare or safeguarding concern about a pupil.
  • Deciding grades that affect a learner's progression.

May

  • Support a teacher with planning, materials and marking they review.
  • Explain topics to learners under a teacher's direction.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Teachers shape children's futures and hold their trust.
  • Pupils' data and safeguarding demand care.

Who is affected

  • Pupils and students
  • Teachers
  • Parents and carers

Owners Filled

Steward

The employing school or authority; teaching councils register qualified teachers.

Master systems

  • Teacher registration bodies

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11448772 - registry parent class
  • Q3400985 - registry parent class
  • Q974144 - registry parent class

related

  • occupation - educator
  • school and university - institutions
  • education - activity
  • teaching council - registration

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.teacher
  • Wikidata: Q37226 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37226)
  • teacher registration number: jurisdiction-specific teaching councils

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Role titles such as deputy head teacher or docent
  • Registration with a teaching council
  • School staff lists
  • No particular appearance; known through the institution and role.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • teach and assess
  • qualify and register as a teacher
  • contact them, through the institution
  • raise concerns, through school procedures

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Safeguarding failures
  • Workload and burnout
  • Sharing personal data about teachers or pupils

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Teacher qualification and registration rules
  • Safeguarding law
  • Employment law for education staff

Context of use required Filled

  • Educating learners.
  • early years and primary teachers
  • secondary subject teachers
  • special education teachers
  • lecturers and professors
  • head teachers

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q37226: teacher - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Teacher - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should teaching levels be separate entries?
  • How should qualifications be compared across countries?
  • How should agents direct safeguarding concerns?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q37226/spec.json