Writing School Experience Reports Writing Reports on trainees

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Writing School Experience Reports

Writing School Experience Reports

Writing Reports on trainees • Why write a report as well as complete lesson

Writing Reports on trainees • Why write a report as well as complete lesson observations? • Who is the audience for the SE Report?

Reporting The following points are based on Ofsted training materials on reporting on pupils

Reporting The following points are based on Ofsted training materials on reporting on pupils but have relevance to reporting on trainees. Principles: Reports should ……. • • Be based on records Be easily understood by all parties Be as far as possible phased positively Involve trainees in the process

More Effective Practice: School-based trainer’s comments on reports: • Draw on records of a

More Effective Practice: School-based trainer’s comments on reports: • Draw on records of a range of work • Use the Grade Descriptions (Phase 1 or 2 as appropriate) • Comments made match the grade awarded • Address strengths and weaknesses • Indicate how trainees could improve • Trainee self-assessments are challenged or amplified

Contd • Set sensible, realistic, achievable targets related to the Standards for QTS (SMART

Contd • Set sensible, realistic, achievable targets related to the Standards for QTS (SMART targets) • Follow from ‘negotiation’ with or guidance to the trainee where areas of weakness and criteria for satisfactory performance have been discussed

Reports need to based on evidence. • In groups, consider what evidence is available

Reports need to based on evidence. • In groups, consider what evidence is available to us.

Possible sources of evidence • • • All lesson plans and Lesson Observations PDF

Possible sources of evidence • • • All lesson plans and Lesson Observations PDF – QTS Tracker and Weekly Action Plans Subject Knowledge Record /Mark book, Pupil work and feedback Professional relationships with colleagues, teaching and non- teaching • Participation in corporate life of the school, meetings, events • Ephemeral evidence?

Less effective practice: Look at this ‘pretend’ report: • To what extent is it

Less effective practice: Look at this ‘pretend’ report: • To what extent is it useful/informative to trainee/UEL/next placement trainers? (See the Word document loaded onto the wiki).

Less effective practice Trainer’s comments on reports are: • Bland brief comments focusing on

Less effective practice Trainer’s comments on reports are: • Bland brief comments focusing on effort/attitude/personal qualities • Loose intuitive feel for trainees’ performance based on impressions (based too much on latest lesson observation? ) • Focus on strengths only • Future targets are of the ‘work harder/concentrate more’ variety • Little/no reference to trainees’ self assessments or simply endorse/repeat

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