Preston College
Inspiring Induction Practices
- [We need to] Make the boring stuff unforgettable.
- Making us think differently.
- Realisation of truth.
- Ensure it’s about the learner and what they will benefit from – not ticking our boxes.
- A lightbulb going on.
- For visual and performing arts [I’d like to develop] a festival of remembrance with British Values and Prevent themes embedded.
- [I need to] Focus on being more creative with approaches that embed the expert learning skills.
- Made me think how I do things.
- Exciting.
- Fabulous – thought provoking.
- Ensure induction process has a positive impact on learners’ development.
- Change the boring and make it inspiring and interesting = different. Excellent.
- Let’s get all our ducks on the same page(!)
- Very engaging session. Don’t feel ‘spoken at’ instead encouraged to find own solution.
- Like a sponge – saturated.
- To see the rainbow you need to go through the rain.
- Metaphysical.
- Teaching is showing how to reach a place.
- Overall interesting and valuable session makes me want to learn more!
- Eye opening.
- Found it very informative and creative.
- A good way to get the engine started.
- Helped us identify gaps and how to structure the process.
- Yes, more experiences for my learners, further develop inclusion.
- A good morning, would like further training sessions.
- No knowledge to full understanding.
- Excellent delivery, thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge.
- It’s not the stuff, it’s the difference.
- Really enjoyed Tony’s presentation style.
- Life is a song: we get to write our own lyrics.
- Like a breath of fresh air.
- Yes, it has helped me to think creatively and outside the box.
- Yes, need to think about the deeper impact an induction can have on shaping the learner and their
- attitude towards the rest of the course.
- Inspiring – (great way to start the year!)
- Yes, it gave me the courage that greater tasks could be included – there are ways to work around
- limits and that is more achievable.
- Inspired to look at alternative ways to excite and involve students.
Learning Motivation – designing unmissable experiences
- Look at how to make January more exciting for the learners. Trips out. 2nd induction.
- It makes you think. Think about timing of certain ‘topics’ to ensure they are interesting at key points in the year.
- Initial foundation blocks put into building a new vision for the SOL.
- Don’t always set the target for things learner can already do – for example, they work in a dental surgery that is safe – make them think ‘what makes it safe?’
- Eye opening.
- Look at alternative ways to deliver challenging topics.
- Inspirational.
- A different view to learner’s journey.
- A big warm hug.
- Rather than differently, it has reassured me how important it is to meet learners’ needs.
Ofsted Ready
- There are so many research projects we could implement!
- To complete my own judgement statements on my curriculum impact/intent paper to support my meeting with inspectors.
- Small changes needed to enable my team to be even better.
- Informative. Taking away EIF – issues to explore and research.
- Eye opening – thought provoking.
- How to justify and show evidence in a way that puts across clearly what needs to be celebrated.
Perfecting Progress Reviews
- Mega lightbulb moment 🙂
- Make the review more learner-led. Would have loved to have dug deeper into the process.
- Loved the session. Helped me to think about how to get my review process to be outstanding.
- Very engaged, thoroughly enjoyed the session and feel empowered to be able to make changes to the review process and the learners journey itself. Thank you!
- Inspirational and informative.
- A magic carpet ride!
- It has made me think (again) about ‘crossing the carpet’ with learners.
- A lot of things I will take away.
- ‘White knuckle ride’.
Perfecting Self-Assessment Writing
- The earth moved… thank you!
- The secret to SAR writing being unlocked.
- Extremely helpful. Will bin the descriptive language and use the key words: judgement/subject/impact.
- Speeding train heading through a large, dark tunnel into the light beyond.
- Enlightening.
- An emerging butterfly.
- [I need to] Look for root causes and making evaluations.
- Challenging, and as such, memorable and impactful.
- Eye opening.
- It highlighted the need for deeper questions of how and why. Very enjoyable.
- Bee’s knees. Excellent, engaging and knowledgeable.
- The SAR is like a Russian Doll with the whys? drilling down to root causes.
- Fantastic, really enjoyed the training.
- It gave me a fantastic background to writing SARs as this is something I have never done before.
- Brilliant.
- Like a rollercoaster.
- Stepping stones – backwards… It will encourage me to consider what to do to keep going to get to outstanding. Keep asking why – delve deeper.
- The carpet!
- [I need to] Ask why. Use ‘however’.
- I feel more confident now.
The Evaluative Conversation: Transformational Lesson Observation
- My personal experience – a flower in bloom!
- The session was motivating and enabled us to look clearer from the learning perspective. Tony delivers with enthusiasm, knowledge and style and supports all members to grasp the knowledge.
- The pace was perfect and the use of technology enabled all to be involved without the fear of getting some aspects wrong……something we are all guilty of.
- It was space and time to think and shine.
- We need to prepare and train staff before learning walks commence in future. We need to ensure all staff fully understand the process, to ensure they engage, and to make them aware it is to support them entirely. I feel better knowing that I am asking the right questions in the professional discussions and I now have further questions I can include to ensure the process is supportive.
- If we are to make a difference, we need to focus on the difference. In order to focus on difference (qualitative), we need to recognise the dangers associated with emphasis on stuff (quantitative).
- Ideas around lead-in discussions for those learning walks that potentially could be difficult. The power of staff knowledge and development. Subject CPD learning suite for all staff to access development and CPD. We could build this into our PDP process, which would encourage staff buy in.
- Considering stuff v difference, as well as setting targets for development of skills.
- I thoroughly enjoyed the day and feel more comfortable in having the professional discussions with staff, knowing that I am on the right track. I like the idea of the bank of strategies for staff to access when struggling in a particular area.
- A huge thank you. I was thrilled to be part of a training session highlighting practical takeaways that will directly improve experiences for colleagues. Additionally, the experience will shape the future of the organisation as I am more reassured that adapting our approach to one that ensures we focus on impact/difference, will help us to move away from judgemental approaches that focus on stuff and more towards supporting staff to support their learners by knowing why/being conscious…
- Thank you it was a really enjoyable and knowledgeable day, where all staff came away with something additional in their Learning Walk toolkit.
- A really good, well delivered course.
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