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.
English Skills: an easier life for teachers
- A river carving its way through a canyon.
- 1) Wiki’s and their effectiveness. 2) Clearer mapping and needs analysis to English/FS and learning skills. 3) Emotional arc and curriculum planning.
- Today was valuable to understand how to support English objectives.
- Specific ways to develop English and the impact.
- I enjoyed the breakout rooms and that these were with different people each time.
- Being specific about the intent of English within a session and where it fits in the curriculum, not just a generalised comment.
- Hit the nail n the head! To push boundaries.
- Thought-provoking. I do think the information around more intriguing learning objectives to be on the front foot at the start of the lesson and capture that appetite for learning more.
- Like drinking a refreshing vitamin laden beverage on a hot and muggy day.
- How effective creativity is when devising new ways to achieve learning outcomes not just for curriculum but also in making a difference
- Enrichment of sessions to include 9 outcomes for GCSE actually inspires you to improve all content.
- Useful resources and ideas to explore.
- As bouncy as a bunny. From an LSA perspective, we often support in class without prior knowledge of lesson plans and outcomes, but for us we have the goals set in EHCPs and work backwards from that to lay groundwork to achieve those goals.
- Came away with a new perspective on lesson objectives. The need to write SMART objectives that will help learners develop their soft skills in English as well as vocational subject.
- I am new to teaching so found it very interesting Setting objectives prior to lessons not just because I have been told but to set clear objectives and be positive in those objectives.
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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