JTL Training

by Tony Davis · January 21st, 2021 · · Comments are off for this post

Assessment & the Art of Lazy Teaching

• Really good presentation, delivered within context, in a language that was non-academic so as to communicate with differing types of teachers from different backgrounds. Honest, clear and to the point. Any personal opinions were backed up with clear reasoning.
• You’re never too old to learn new tricks. I will be using the 47 cards to plan lessons.
• Rediscovering a favourite record you haven’t listened to in a long time.
• Pulling on my climbing boots. First time heard FA described in terms of next steps.
• Being on the bus on an exciting trip, stopping at interesting sights and being joined by interesting people.
• You can actually teach an old dog new tricks. I have lots of ideas to take to the teaching team.
• A meerkat moment!
• Clarity of thought has progressed from darkness to instances of transparency.
• Rainbow of assessments through sunshine and showers.
• Opened my eyes to different assessment methods and how to develop my writing objectives to enable independence in my learners.
• Ensuring that I build in the concept of assessment to inform and produce the next step.
• I found recognising how learning outcomes that are a ‘to do list’ do not lead to be able to assess, this was particularly helpful and I will change how I reflect on the ‘actual’ learning taking place, rather than the learning activity. I liked the ‘in’ form too, very helpful. I will be cascading the learning through our wider teams. I also found the outcome builder really useful and will be using this, plus the assessment cards.
• Enlightening and informative.
• Introducing a rainbow to the black and white world of assessment.
• Reawakening.
• Brilliant.
• My mind has expanded!
• A cauldron of ideas.
• A new idea is the spark that lights an external flame.
• Brilliant !!!! I am new to JTL, and this session has really opened by eyes to what else is out there to use in assessment.
• Seeing how the Learning Outcomes shape the lesson in terms of experience v concept and how these individual strategies can change how the learners take on the intended learning for each session.
• Be braver and not afraid to try new methods.
• Tony provided so many different assessment strategies that I will be using in the future, and the fact that they are what he has seen being used in his previous roles are what I liked about them and this shows they work.
• It has opened up the subject for me and shown how much variety you can bring in it, this will liven up my lessons going forward.
• This was an online session due to covid 19. Would be improved if it was delivered face to face, but I didn’t think much was lost due to the excellent resources used and Tony’s knowledge of subject.
• Tony was a wonderful tutor who made everything interesting and very understandable.

Inspiring Induction Practices

• A melting pot of creativity.
• It was like having the hard shell of a walnut finally smashed.
• Learning something new is like building a house – lay the foundations, build the walls and structure, then fill it with stuff and ideas!
• Learning is like building a sandcastle.
• I feel this has helped me challenge my perceptions of what induction should look like and will enable me to breathe life into future inductions.
• Ensure more inspirational learner involvement.
  I might change EVERYTHING! Actually…I was already going to, but now it has MUCH better focus!
• It has revealed that we must redevelop our learners’ induction to better suit the changes we would like to see in them.
• Fantastic session.

Learning Motivation

• We have so many ideas. Concentrating on the worst engaged lesson and turning it into the most engaged lesson is now my mission.
• Very informative and practical session which got me thinking about certain aspects of my practice and learners. I am new to the company so it was good to see all the people I have been emailing. The breakout rooms were good gave me an opportunity to speak to course tutors and identify where I need to improve to support students.
• Stimulating.
• Very engaging and thought provoking journey.
• Powering imagination.
• Fantastic.
• Interested, imaginative.
• Another lightbulb moment.
• Like peering through the curtain to a brave new world.
• Excited.
• It has helped me understand where tutors struggle to work with the less motivated students and the pressures on them and where I can support their learners.
• Look at introducing different ways of motivating apprentices, particularly for the topics they and I find dull. I will look for new/different ways of using technology to help them learn.
• Rethink my approach to lessons that I may have subconsciously written off as “dull” and something to “plough through” .. and try to make them more engaging.
• Think bigger regarding student engagement. Think outside the box.
• Consider how to make sessions more of an ‘experience’ for learners moving forward.
• Always informative to share a meeting with Tony, his though process is different to most in education.
• Think more creatively about how to engage learners and to think about emotional barriers.
• Look to sequence my curriculum differently to make the least motivating months more engaging.

Learning Outcomes for Independent Learning

• This session brought the sunshine from behind the clouds on objectives.
• Thought provoking.
• Key to unlock potential in learners through creating challenging teaching.
• Eye opener
• Learning outcomes are a useful tool to help focus on learner development, rather than describing the content of a session.
• Learning is like cracking a code.
• Learning is like housework – it’s never done.
• Writing learning outcomes is a powerful tool that plots the course of one’s lesson.
• Refreshing reboot.
• Fantastic session Tony thank you.
• So valuable, really appreciated.
• Thank you, really enjoyed it.
• Thanks Tony, great event.
• Thanks Tony it was excellent session as usual.
• This will help me improve my objectives.
• To enable myself to write outcomes confidently for my learners not just for base knowledge or repetition. It’s a refreshing change to hear someone talk about the learners rather than the learning.
• It was positive to have discussions with colleagues about how to approach learning and in some of their specific contexts.
• On reflection, mine look a bit sterile and generic, being developed from the awarding body’s original statement.
• It has given me some very useful ways of writing learning outcomes.
• It reminded me to focus more on the attitude rather than just focussing on the learner within the hour or so that takes place, this is the way I prefer to deliver, but sometimes can get caught up in ‘number and results’ focus…
• I will pay attention to changing attitudes as well as skills by considering and including these in my future learning outcomes.
• The session gave me ideas and I need to experiment to see what and how will work.
• It was a positive reminder of my Cert Ed days
• A reminder on how to focus on attitude as an area to develop and grow as that can then widen and improve skills.
• From toddler to teen in terms of developing outcomes.
• It may sound a bit drastic, but it’s positive: I can imagine myself lying in a hospital bed after a car accident, where I was told that I may not be able to walk and have to re-evaluate all that I knew so far about Life – and in this case – teaching.
  I know that I am able to do new things/ do things differently and this experience gave me spark to do a follow-up on.
• A journey of challenge and reflection.
• Walking on a rainbow bridge.
• Steep learning curve.
• Slight fish out of water, But understood at the end.
• This is a little bit silly, but will use the weather: I started off on a sunny day, went through a patch of rain, through to thunderstorms, with clouds now clearing!
• I am more confident to use appropriate vocabulary when writing learning outcomes. This will make it clearer for the learner to understand what is expected of them for each session.
• Will think about starting from ‘attitude’ with regards LO’s.
• I will include the body outcome/attitude outcome for a fraction session asking the learners to take photos of fractions in real life/internet that they make them curious.
• 1. I might want to develop independent learning skills but I don’t often actively write them in my learning outcomes, even if they are intended in my head when I’m planning. I will include them now.
  2. I’m reasonably good at writing learning outcomes, but it really helped to show me how to stream-line them and I liked the colour-coding to ensure the 3 essential things are covered.
• I am still fairly new to the teaching profession, but I can understand the importance of developing a more clearly defined learning outcome, which I will endeavour to do.
• By having different colours to identify the skill, outcome and what it brings to the table helped develop writing objectives.
• In general I find it really difficult to write learning outcomes and today has helped with the colour coding and 3 steps. I also want to add in more ‘body & attitude’ learner outcomes rather than ‘brain’ as teaching English and maths has historically been this – with some ‘body’ thrown in. Using the session today will help me improve learners’ learning skills by improvement of my own outcome writing.

Ofsted Ready

• It has caused me to change my whole approach to an OFSTED inspection, thank you Tony.
• Hope is on the horizon.
• Like opening a book.
• Very interesting and informative.
  It has given me ideas to use within my own teaching practice.
• Again Tony delivers a content heavy course with great skill and ease, ensuring all delegates are involved and creating great discussion topics to challenge myself and colleagues.
• Like a fog clearing.
• Peeling an onion, lots of layers in learning.
• A dry subject whetting my appetite.
• The session has caused me to reflect on, and change the way I would view an inspection.
• Good to look at it feeling a little more empowered
• I think that it’s focused me on how to improve class engagement, make it more enjoyable for the learners and for me in my task to improve learners being able to retain information long term which I am looking forward to accomplishing.

Perfecting Progress Reviews

• I think for me it would be the lightbulb moment of understanding that the main focus and goal of my job is making the difference to a learners life and not just their apprenticeship experience.
• Time well spent. Clear, engaging and thought provoking.
• Like we were all round a campfire sharing stories.
• The best way to describe my learning – a few more lights bulbs have been switched on and I have better insight into what I need to do when preparing and carrying out progress reviews.
• It gave a lot of food for thought and discussion points for our team.
• It taught me about how to be more present in the moment, worrying less about statistics and more about knowing you are making an impact on the learner and as long as progress is made and they gain fulfilment, that is enough!
• I will look at how I can use open ended questions more and start to lead the learner into managing their own reviews a little more.
• When carrying out reviews, I need to focus on the difference rather than the stuff and encourage my learners to take more control of their reviews.
• Pace was excellent.
• Thank you Tony for your time and making us feel welcome and valued.
• It was really engaging, the right mix of theory, discussion and group tasks (including the Jamboard) kept my interest for the entire session. Thank you!
• Very engaging. The session gave me ideas on how to get the learner to engage during the review session.
• I would get the learner to tell me what they think they want to achieve.
• Felt this session was quite in depth and with lots of good points to focus on to improve my own practice especially around opening questions to learners.

The Art of Using Target Setting

• Like opening an old book and realising you never really understood what it meant.
• A bullseye shot into target setting.
• Music to my ears.
• Reminder of the importance of involving the learner with targets.
• I will build more behaviours and emptions into targets e.g. demonstrate confidence in carrying out X independently.
• Today’s session was inspirational, using ‘real’ examples, good practice and a detailed knowledge of the education landscape.
• For the first time in a long time, I am about plan and deliver a number of sessions to the same learners. I found this session really useful and I am going to try and apply the principles to these classes. As you were talking, I was already taking notes on what I plan to do.
• This is a side benefit. I am planning some blended delivery and it’s always excellent watching you present and how you present and how you involve people. I have to use Teams/GoogleMeet so don’t have access to all the techniques you use, but I’m trying to think in a creative way to keep people (qualified electricians doing CPD courses) engaged without assuming they have good IT skills.
• Great session with plenty of great collaboration

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