Stoke College
Assessment & the Art of Lazy Teaching
- My brain feels soaked in knowledge.
- A rocket to the moon.
- Meerkat teaching – I want all my lessons to be meerkat!
- I will endeavour to use 5 new assessment techniques in lessons by half term. I will try them and reflect on how they can be improved for my learners and my subject to build excellent learning skills.
- Plenty of firework moments for future lesson ideas.
- I’m going to ensure my learning outcomes evaluate the impact on learners.
- It was like the Snap Crackle & Pop when making my cereal!
- [I need to] Be prepared to take risks; try new things.
- A journey of revisiting, refresh and discovery.
- I will use more peer learning and assessment strategies.
- This is the only useful and inspiring CPD I have had in my long years at this college. Thank you!
- The power of curiosity and how developing this would encourage learners to attend punctually.
- Some good strategies that could be adapted for ESOL – more peer evaluation.
- [I need to] Raise learners’ expectations.
- [I need to] Explore motivation and fun. An enjoyable first day back.
- Consider one of the 50 shades each week; see if I can use it.
- Ideation.
- In a recent review we saw opportunities to engage students more with targeted questions – I now have lots of ideas with which to proceed.
- Uncovered buried treasures.
- A chance to change.
- I was blind but now I can see.
- Allowed me to see how assessment can be applied to any type of lessons. Also identified how high-level assessments can be used at lower levels.
- Brilliant.
- Really informative and easy to follow. Really enjoyed as active rather than silent and listening. Good amount of handouts.
- [I need to] Be confident experimenting, even if being observed. Good to have planning opportunity within training session.
- Exhilarating.
- [I need to] Try a greater variety of formative assessment techniques.
- Thought provoking. Certainly made me reflect on my assessment strategies. Keen to try out wiki notes/assignments and mobile phone documentaries.
- Excellent, well-planned and run at a good pace.
- A child in a candy shop.
- An in-depth insight to assessment methods. Thank you.
Learning Motivation: designing outstanding learning experiences
- I came in with an expectation. I left having had an experience like a child getting on a ride for the first time.
- [I need to] Make my boring lessons more exciting to motivate my students.
- Inspirational to change and improve my learners’ experience.
- Time passes slowly just this side of paradise.
- [I need to] Use more unmissable moments.
- So, back to being more creative. Very relevant, informative.
- “This is how learners will be different” – change attitude. Rethink schemes of work and make them thin.
- [I need to] Focus on impact, not stuff. What do I expect a learner to do/be different in class by the end?
- Most intriguing set training we have had that actually made me reflect on practice rather than just go over things done in teacher training.
- Gradually ascended into ‘blue sky’ thinking on helium balloons of curiosity!
- Blown my mind.
- Make the issue the best bit.
- Try to make the tasks they like the least, the best.
- Eating a fresh apple. Dream big and then work out the practicalities.
- Plan to build curiosity through the lesson, starting from the objectives/outcomes.
- Try out new activities, be creative and remember what learners enjoy, and use that to make them more engaged and curious about the session.
- An awakening.
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