The Evaluative Conversation – Transformational Lesson Observation
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Click each provider’s name to see a detailed list of impact on staff.
Abingdon and Witney College
- Highly motivated and inspirational. It has been quite a while since I have felt inspired to ‘create a new culture’.
Abis Resources
- It’s like plotting your way from a mysterious space into a demystified ground of pedagogical awareness.
Access Creative College
- Was fantastic. So nice to have some positive, creative and inspiring input from someone as inspiring as you!
Access Training (East Midlands) Ltd
- From the ridiculous to the sublime!
Banbury and Bicester College
- Today was stimulating because the ideas challenged much of my thinking.
Birmingham Metropolitan College
- The cage door is open.
Blackburn with Darwin Borough Council
- Unmissable!
Blackpool Adult Learning Service
- Brilliant delivery of a complex subject and looking forward to implementing change.
Bolton College
- It was informative, assuring and engaging. I enjoyed it and it made me feel good about my choice of being a teacher.
Burton and South Derbyshire College
- This will significantly improve the effectiveness of my role as a coach.
Bracknell and Wokingham College
- I have been anxious about giving “feedback” but have fewer concerns if I take this approach.
Bracknell Open Learning Centre
- Extremely useful session which has allowed me to question the validity of our organisation’s OTL system.
Brooksby Melton College
- Moved from my comfort zone to exploring different methods of judging learning and the impact of teaching.
Bury College
- An awakening: what I’ve been doing wrong and what I need to do better.
Canterbury College
- (From) Draconian to developmental.
Carlisle College
- Modifying language, creating a culture of research, would hope this would stop people/talent leaving profession.
Chesterfield College
- The left-hand/right-hand system (for writing lesson-reflection notes) was great.
City of Bristol College
- Challenging fixed ideas in a positive way.
City College Coventry
- Focus on the impact not the stuff! Conversation not feedback. Encourage staff to think about how their lessons are making a difference! If not, what needs changing.
Construction Gateway
- Today I’m the apprentice!
Derby College
- Gained an understanding of how ungraded observations could be implemented.
The Derbyshire Network
- It was unmissable!
Doncaster College
- Looking in a mirror.
East Coast College
- I started as a half-empty bottle and ended up overflowing with new ideas and desire to put into practice.
E.Quality Training Ltd
- More ‘reds under the bed’ than I first thought!
Furness College
- As a quality nominee in attendance it was great to put myself in the observer/teacher role & how, as a college, we can make changes.
Goldsmiths Centre
- A real eye-opener. I will be using this next year and feel more ready to set it up now.
Grimsby Institute
- (We need a) cultural shift to support move to outstanding.
Halton Borough Council
- A caterpillar emerging from its cocoon and transforming into a beautiful butterfly.
Hertford Regional College
- Jimmy Choo moment.
Institute of Groundsmanship
- Refreshing, enlightening, empowering
Kendal College
- Refocused my focus on teachers! Do this asap! Really enjoyed!
Knowsley Community College
- Created an insight into how we need to move forward as a college.
Lakes College
- Can’t have accountability and learning – this has absolutely focused my mind and is so very relevant to my current work.
Leeds Arts University
- More aware of measuring and looking for impact rather than focusing on strategies used. I was exhausted by the end of the session.
Lincoln College International
- Teaching is what makes me get up every morning! Your training highlighted many aspects that me as a first time teacher would not thought of them. It was a great experience and you had such a unique way of presenting the ideas.
Liverpool Adult Learning Service
- [I will] Focus on tutor as a professional. Develop professional ethos and pride in our work and ourselves.
Loughborough College
- From a Margarita pizza to one with most of the toppings.
Macclesfield College
- It’s a great way to get teachers to reflect and subsequently ‘get there’ by themselves; encourage them to take risks without the fear of being judged.
MSI Learning
- The session helped me shift focus from activity to impact.
NESCOT
- The meerkats have landed.
North Hertfordshire College
- I’ve been observing for many years and have been involved in double observations as part of Ofsted inspections. Having a significant rethink now re my impact judgements.
North Kent College
- Shifting sand bank away from feedback to a more open, evaluative conversation which makes way for greater learning and motivation for the teacher to develop themselves.
North Warwickshire & Hinckley College
- Inspirational – left me with a desire to make a positive change within the organisation.
North Warwichshire & South Leicestershire College
- I am excited about the possibility of change.
Northern Regional College (NI)
- I felt like a rocket launching into space.
Nottingham College
- It reaffirms the idea to me of “A Leap of Faith” – As I’m still training (on placement at Nottingham College while I’m doing my PGDE) I always try and take risks, it reminds me just how important that idea is.
NPTC Group of Colleges
- I like the idea of the practitioner having control and responsibility of their own development. There is no need for negative feedback when you can empower someone to be their best. Focus on reflection and evaluation with links to common solutions.
Opps Developments
- Insightful and inspiring.
OxfordSaudia Flight Academy
- I went to heaven. As a manager in education, I’ve always desired non-graded observations that use a coaching approach to elicit self-reflection and evaluation. Finally, it is here!
Pathway Group
- Greatly beneficial.
Pera Training
- Follow the yellow brick road (without grades!).
Plymouth College of Art
- I’ve never really thought about how my sessions might change learners.
Preston College
- The pace was perfect and the use of technology enabled all to be involved without the fear of getting some aspects wrong……something we are all guilty of.
Pro Action Herts
- Has totally changed my perception.
Serco
- I recognise the value of the evaluative conversation approach to observational feedback and how this can benefit the quality observational process that we use at Serco both with our internal delivery staff and with our external delivery partners.
Skills UK
- Really understood the meaning of impact and its importance.
Solihull College and University Centre
- The video observations were extremely useful.
SPS Training
- Challenges my comfort zones.
St Helens Adult & Community Learning
- What we think we are asking isn’t always what people hear us ask. Today has once again helped me hold up a mirror and encouraged me to resist the urge to ‘feedback’, however nicely it is couched.
The Sheffield College
- Thank you for enabling me to think differently.
Stockport College
- Jumping through hoops? Gloves are off…
The Sixth Form College, Colchester
- We need to establish a clear idea of the meaning of impact and ensure that all staff really understand this and plan lessons with this in mind.
Sussex Downs College
- Lesson observation is now great – it’s all about learning. We get staff asking us to come in to observe when they’re trying something new. It’s like an epiphany!
Trainplus
- It has challenged my thoughts on grading my tutors and assessors.
Tresham College
- Develop a more safe environment to allow ‘learners’ to strongly believe that their ‘mistakes’ are treated as valuable learning experiences – then replace ‘learners’ with ‘staff’.
Warrington & Vale Royal College
- The session was fantastic and an insight into how a transition in observation and conversation can impact the teaching and learning within FE and can ultimately create success.
West Lancashire College
- Longer – loved it.
Yorkshire Coast College
- It made me focus more on the impact of the teaching and learning observed.
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