Cheshire College South & West
21st Century Pedagogy
- Excellent session. It was Bleak House, but we now have Great Expectations, and Tony is our Mutual Friend.
- Exciting. I will implement changes.
- (It was like) waking up from a doze!!
- Excellent, inspiring session.
- I will read the web-based info again and again.
- Enlightenment. Re-opening my eyes.
- Excellent to be brought new thinking!!
Creative Learning Teams
- Filled me with inspiration, helped me get out of a rut.
- Can’t wait to deliver the next lesson.
- An eye opener.
- Difficult at first, but the pieces of the puzzle eventually dropped into place.
- Assessing impact and observing teachers in other areas was invaluable.
- Inspiring.
- Made me look at each section of teaching and how it impacts on each learner.
- A steep learning curve.
- It has made me think about some curious aspects of my questioning techniques.
- Stimulating.
- (Must) consider impact more fully when writing learning outcomes and planning sessions.
Perfecting Progress Reviews
- I learnt a lot about the review process and began to question if our review sheets need to change.
- Enjoyed the session, very interactive.
- A jar of marbles sums up the session for me. At the start of the day my jar was empty and at the end it was full.
- The icing on the cake! (In a positive manner!)
- I liked the interactive parts of the course as it means you are not just sitting there for three hours. For once, I didn’t lose track or feel bored. I really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. I often find that training sessions never give practical tips, just reading out knowledge of what they want us to do. It really helps when proper examples are included that are totally relevant to what we are doing on a daily basis. If I can’t relate to the training then I find it hard to get involved.
- I didn’t have a clear picture of what the end goal was with reviews. The window was misty! We are always focusing on “ticking the box”. Now I feel that it is ok to be more honest and I feel that the window has been polished and I have a vision of the way forward with review sessions.
- I will think about the way I ask questions to the learner – are they to vague? Are they fit for purpose?
- It allowed me the opportunity to reflect upon my current practice especially regarding differentiation.
- I learnt about how to approach reviews in a different way. Although at times I do feel that they are a “tick box exercise” I do feel that they are a valuable tool in what I do and will definitely take what I have gained from the session into developing my review practice. E.g. develop a more holistic document that will hopefully aim to prise more information in a more skilful way.
- Look at reviews from a slightly different perspective, more from the learner experience.
- Promote learners to own their qualification and development. Don’t ask ‘how’s your maths going?’ as nine times out of ten this gets a negative answer. I will use feedback from the tutor instead to help instil confidence in the learner. Focus more on the difference I am making rather than the stuff I have to do. Reflect on what difference I am actually making and how I can improve this.
- I will always try and record reviews along with the typed version where needed so the learner can reflect back. I will also have some without the employer or ask the employer to come in part way through. I will also try and use different questioning techniques like the one Olga used “I feel tension….”
Supercharged Evaluation Skills
- Insightful, it was 🙂
- It has provided me with solutions to age-old problems.
- Light at the end of the tunnel, there is.
- Lightbulb. I particularly enjoyed the scaffolding exercises and the multisensory approach.
- An entry into a vast knowledge.
- A breath of fresh air.
- I’m going to focus on developing my own language skills to enable me to further inspire learners.
- Enlightenment.
- Powerful and pragmatic.
- Excited.
- Clear structure for embedding new strategies.
- Metaphor is now a Metafive!!
- Very strong, informative session.
- Unravelling a ball of tight wool! Thank you for your eloquent and informative session.
- Scaffolding now gone!
- All staff engaged with the process and are now excited about how they would use what they have learnt. Inspirational.
- Inspiring! 🙂 Though we practise these philosophies already within the area, the structure of how to approach it holistically will help immensely in the planning of curriculum.
- Unlocking creativity.
- Motivating.
- Spectrum of ideas.
- Like a ripening fruit.
- I was as blind as a bat, now I’m clear as crystal!
- It has given me ideas on how to use activates to track, log and increase student vocabulary.
- Hot as the sun.
- Illuminating!
- A climb over a craggy mountain range to a sun-drenched beach.
- The butterfly emerging from its cocoon.
- Fantastic session, thank you!
- The train has left the station!
- Innovative technique.
- Outstanding.
- A seed is planted in my mind which I nurture with water and sun in the faith that it will sprout and grow.
Tricked out tutorials
- (We need to) standardise this practice throughout the college.
- Insightful.
- Thought provoking.
- Impactful.
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