Initial Assessment and Differentiation Controversy

by Tony Davis · September 6th, 2018 · · Comments are off for this post

A breath of fresh air (despite the heat!)
An Oasis.
I’d like to look again at the whole IA process and impact on the learner.
Differentiating support. Loved it, thank you.
Not a metaphor but just “wow”. Thank you.
The definition of differentiation and the support needed to achieve outstanding learning outcomes.
Looking at learning outcomes and differentiation differently.
A rollercoaster ride of old and new concepts! It was appreciated however!
Understanding the need to scaffold and then removing scaffolding as regards the role of support staff.
Flash of light.
A great session that really made you think and consider first impressions by the learner.
Eye opener. Fast and furious.

Providing a life jacket in an ocean of pedagogy.
A Eureka moment. Why did I not know this before?
I crossed the carpet and left a changed teacher!
Too many to list – really useful and informative. Really good CPD for all experience levels.
The importance of not always allowing student to hang onto the support until the end.
Great delivery/fantastic session.
Change of purpose of ILP and IA
Another outstanding session that will have impact on my approach. Thank you!
I’m in front of a huge appetising buffet I can’t eat all at once.

I was like a pig in muck! Happy.
Try to promote learner independence as much as possible. Get learners to identify ways to improve (for formative feedback and assessment.)
Mindbending. “You’ve unlocked many of the ideas and strategies that I have been forming in my head. I can give them shape now”.
Tony is a fountain of knowledge. I’ve enjoyed learning new things.
Lots of great information. I’ll take away January being the time for extra excitement for the learners.
Really enjoyed learning new methods, I like being challenged to think differently about things.

Inspired.
It will help me deliver initial assessment differently. Furthermore, it has enabled me to be more aware of the barriers that hinder independent learning. I feel more confident in building appropriate learning outcomes. Thanks so much for all your help Tony!
Tony has opened my eyes to changing attitudes, starting with my own.
[I need to] Focus on attitudes not just skills.
An interesting day, delivered in a fun and exciting way.
[I need to] Develop skills and attitude of learners from the start.
The session was fantastic. Tony gets everyone engaged and involved so this is more interesting. This session has made me realise we need to focus more on ILP. Loved training. Very useful!!

Putting my glasses on for the first time and seeing the detail in a Van Gogh!
Brain changing. I will focus on the student/learners being able to be independent post the course.
Do not be afraid of being creative when writing lesson plans. Very clear and informative.
I need to look again at how we create our modern languages initial assessment in order to diagnose needs and barriers to learning. Thank you ever so much Tony!
Structure of learning outcomes – to be expressions of what differences will be made.
Erecting and gradually dismantling learner support scaffolding.
To prepare learners to remove the scaffolding and focus more on the ‘difference’ and less on the ‘stuff’.

Totally blew my mind! In a good way.
A passion to learn is a deep seeded fire in all of us. A teacher can become the extinguisher or igniter of those flames. This course is petrol.
Music to your ears!!
A refreshing session. I’m a few weeks into this role so it’s been good timing for me to recap on good practice and learn new things.
I felt inspired by teaching and learning and will discuss the use of different initial assessments.
I feel encouraged and empowered to improve the initial assessment process for learners to increase the importance placed on this by both staff and learners. This will help to improve the support put in place from the start of the learner’s programme.

Energised and thoughtful.
It was like a first step over the bridge to progress.
The key takeaway was how important initial learner assessments are and the idea that we should consider how students feel during the process.
Success is a blossoming tree and what I gained from today will help me with my delivery in the future. My takeaways from today were flipped/pre-learning for contextualisation to meet the needs of all learners.
Learning is a marathon. I have accrued a better understanding of removing barriers and the merits of support and scaffolding. I particularly liked the strategy of periodically removing the scaffolding to test for autonomy and independence, thereby proving learners distance travelled.
It was an enjoyable experience which flipped some of the understanding and assumptions that I had as a tutor in general.

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.

The penny has dropped.
The imagery of the scaffold was clear and I had never thought about support in this way.
Rather than reinventing the wheel, I have tools to make my practice more aerodynamic.
Label, verb, outcome – very useful.
Astounding.
[I need to] Create lesson plans differently!
Colour coding of learning outcomes. I will use this approach to write my LOs in future.
Use of materials to develop a lesson plan. Fantastic resources.

Excellent facilitator. Found the session really inspiring and interesting!
Tony – you have re-instated my faith in training! Thank you J
Creative sessions leaving me more curious to explore a variety of methods.
Excellent training, very thought provoking.
A journey across the carpet!
The teaching was chilled and non-demanding. Initial assessment – I will change the way I get information about learners from learners.
A shooting star.
Have to say overall I found today very helpful.

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