West Lancashire College
Assessment & the Art of Lazy Teaching
- 50 Shades of Great!
- Change is in the air! I am definitely going to implement some of the strategies learnt in this session.
- Purposeful, creative, engaging.
- I need to Reflect and challenge my own pedagogy to ‘reboot’ as sometimes we get lost in all the other noise.
- It helped me understand the importance of formative assessment and how these can be implemented simply within all sessions.
- Really enjoyed the Community Challenge game and the chance to apply the strategies to given scenarios and discuss differing perspectives.
- Refreshing to get back to thinking of assessment for the learner and not assessment for numbers/tick boxes/KPIs.
- Caterpillar to a butterfly.
- We need to Create a bank of assessment strategies for use by the whole team.
- Learners will now be more involved in theory lessons, for example: presentations, group work, and peer learning.
- Enlightening!
- Eye opener.
- Students need to take more control of their learning.
- Attitude-shifting journey.
- Enlightening experience, demonstrating there are many more ways to assess learners and their progress and real opportunities for me to use a broader range than at present.
- I have certainly walked across the carpet.
- A fitness test around my practice.
- Some great ideas. Looking forward to having my own 50 Shades as a personal resource.
- I will Use peer assessment more. Use different strategies such as Silent Minute, Gapped Handouts, Hunt the issues… This will make it more interesting for the learners and allow me to learn more about each of them.
- Fantastic session with lots of information to take into my own sessions.
- Activities prompted significant thought about how and why we should use particular methods.
Initial Assessment & Differentiation Controversy
- Open windows and doors of the mind.
- [I need to] Write a better lesson plan and [learner] profile.
- [I need to] Amend my learner profile to be of greater value and show greater attention to strategies for support needed by individual learners to achieve outstanding outcomes.
- As a manager new to apprenticeships and the need to support staff, this really gave me an insight into how to support staff to ‘individualise’ apps.
- Mind opening. Writing meaningful learning outcomes.
- [I need to look at] Scaffolding for ALS support and thin SoW.
- Challenging.
- [I need to look at] Differentiated support, and use the Professional Discussion Tool.
- [I need to look at] The writing of learning outcomes in lesson plans and SoW, and the idea that attitude changes should be targeted in learning outcomes.
- Very interesting workshop that allows you to explore lesson planning in a unique way.
- Understanding the importance of outcomes and individualisation.
- [I need to look at] Learning outcomes to develop TLA strategies.
- Reupholstering.
- Curiosity didn’t kill the cat.
- To develop strategies to write motivational learning outcomes.
- To think about ‘Brain, Body, Mind’ objectives – useful.
- Rethink how schemes of work are used.
- Inspiring induction tool given. [I need to] Plan induction differently. I will give more thought to [learning] objectives.
- I will think about initial assessment and using my group profile usefully.
- Importance of clear and useful initial assessment.
Supercharged Evaluation Skills
- Fun – Take the fear out of English J.
- Excellent strategy and clarity of higher thinking skills – how to scaffold well with learners, in order that they grow confidently.
- Loved the activities – very engaging and made me work, but in a confident and supported environment.
- Knowledge is power that can shape the world.
- This session helped me understand how to assist students to develop their learning experience and how to get them to a higher level quicker.
- I will concentrate on building these skills in the first 6 weeks to enable learners to achieve higher grades.
- Thought provoking.
Transformational lesson observation
- Excellent.
- Keep my eye on the intended impact – impact at the front of planning.
- This session has helped me understand how a learning walk is done from an observer’s point of view.
- A bird escaping the net.
- The work on impacts will be invaluable and very timely for exam prep. I will also feel more confident about taking a proactive role in my observations.
- Longer – loved it.
- Looking at learning through curious eyes.
- I will consider more how to develop curiosity in learners.
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