Myerscough College
Assessment & the Art of Lazy Teaching
- Candy floss! I was just a stick – got whirled around the sugar a number of times during different activities & came out a candy floss – sticky learning.
- I understood formative assessment and do utilise some of strategies already, but the process of identifying the most appropriate & the visual of seeing the scores against each strategy was fascinating & will enable me to articulate the potential impact, which is an area I’m keen to further develop in my own practice & supporting colleagues with their T,FA & L.
- Time allowed for discussion and development of ideas to progress through the afternoon. I am always keen that training shows the why & the how and this was covered in spades with lots of emphasis on the further development of strategies to meet individuals’ teaching areas.
- Great session Tony thank you so much.
Independent Learning
- I thought I had reached the top of the mountain regarding learning strategies. Now I feel like I’ve plenty more climbing to do.
- Inspiring twist.
- I’m excited to try alternative strategies with the new goal of achieving curiosity and independent learning amongst my students.
- Really made me consider how, as a learning support worker, I can work towards creating independence in learners who are typically more dependent.
- Logic.
- Don’t be so quick to pick up the mouse and take control.
- Inspiring.
- It has shown me that I need to change my teaching style to allow them (learners) to help control their learning experience.
- Motivational delivery and inspiring points made.
- The fog is lifting on independent learning.
- Excellent ideas and encouragement of us to think about what we do.
- Independent learning will be put into all my session.
- Discovery of another theory which the organisation’s infrastructure doesn’t currently support. Thought provoking and engaging.
- An out-of-body experience to look at what I do.
- I now know the destination, but could do with a map.
- I’m going to change the way I feedback to learners and make them do more of the work.
- Independent learning is within the grasp of all learners.
- The pre-learn paradigm could be very useful in implementing the independent learning concept.
- One of the most useful teaching and learning CPD sessions we have had!
- Very interesting concept of pre-learning and releasing resources in advance – I intend to try this!
- A thoroughly enjoyable, interesting and, most importantly, valuable session!
- Kept me curious!
- The start of a shopping list, in preparation to cook the tastiest three-course meal.
- Inspired to continue blossoming as a trainee teacher.
- I’d like to explore Competitive Advantage further and how to use this to inspire our less successful students.
- An uphill journey with a worthwhile view.
- Like a waterfall falling and filling an expanding pool.
- Not receptive at first. Now very enthusiastic.
- Curiosity cured the student.
- The ways of encouraging curiosity made me as curious as a cat.
- The curiosity killed me throughout to know more.
- New thought process in regards to planning and preparation of structured sessions, focusing on student-led approach through curiosity and interest in subject areas.
- Introduce a topic ‘thought’ prior to session delivery. Let students develop a knowledge base on which to build.
- It gave me the motivation to move on and break the controls that govern our delivery.
- Specific directions do not always lead to the perfect location.
- Extremely enjoyable with some amazing ideas and suggestions throughout.
- ‘Meerkat!’
- Fantastic ideas and expansions to my teaching practices – really keen to explore/expand on this further.
- I crossed that carpet!
- Developing learners’ independent learning skills at the beginning of the year is a must.
- Your enthusiasm made the session pass quickly, which is extremely unusual for CPD!
- I am a seagull, having flown over the open sea, but finding there are some chips in the hands of Tony Davis that make it worth diving down to take them and consume, to fuel the never-ending journey. And the chips are free! Bonus!
- Curiosity killed the dependence.
- A welcome addition of ingredients to a recipe for quality teaching and expert independent learning.
- Quite inspired to do something different.
- Realised I teach dependence. Looking forward to implementing strategies to change the way I teach and develop strategies to encourage independent learners.
- I will reflect on my teaching as if I was observing myself and actively discourage dependency. I will take risks..
- Wonderful like the wind.
- Sense and sensibility.
- Inspirational.
- The session was like a hot fudge sundae with a cherry on top!
- Energetic.
- Brilliant.
- An intriguing afternoon.
- Experiential learning journey.
- From zero to hero.
- A fish learning to fly.
- Tornado! Whirlwind!
- It has changed every aspect of previous education lessons!
- I’ve been in education for 10 years and this was by far the best and most influential day I have had!
- Awesome!
- A breath of fresh air in a stagnant environment!
Learning Motivation
- Rhizomatic.. travelled in different directions but grew and strengthened throughout.
- Lots of practical guidance and structured reflection.
Perfecting Progress Reviews
- Enjoyable, and thought provoking.
- Hope is on the horizon.
- Perfecting progress reviews. ‘It’s coming home’.
- Like floating across a ‘Red Carpet’ and enjoying the journey.
- Music to my ears.
- I will approach reviews with a new method and look more towards tackling the barriers that students face.
- It has helped me to look at different ways to improve my progress reviews. I will now work towards making the students take ownership of their review and help them to look at targets on our college system.
- More focus on the learner leading the progress reviews and setting their goals and targets. More open questioning to the learner. I like the use of project management skills instead of SMART targets.
- Relate more to the symptoms of what is going on with the learner.
- Make the reviews more learner led. Rather than tick box exercise.
- Promote the expectation for learners to bring their own perception of where they are up to along to the Review meeting – in order to promote independence and change SMART targets into Project Management of own learning, certainly for L2 & L3 learners.
- Change in approach to support work based tutors in perfecting progress reviews.
- How to softly approach topics, what to do/not to do.
- Presentation and delivery was very good, clear interesting and meaningful, Tony understood his audience and was empathetic to his learners.
- Like a sports turf horticulture operative who creates a level playing field.
- Yes particularly on differentiation, knowing what barriers there are and where the learner is starting from, creating a plan that can get them to achieve ambitious goals. Also strategies to increase learner autonomy.
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