Had my official assessment on Friday and it went well so was mostly pleased with the outcome. It was an unusual lesson to get observed in as it was a revision lesson for the year 11 class that I team teach. The assessor told me at the start that he didn't like revision lessons, just what I needed to hear! I did think about just teaching a one off lesson to them but as they have a modular exam in January I thought it wasn't fair on them and they'd be quering why we weren't doing revision based material.
Any way, I didn't think it went that well but he assured me at the end of the lesson that he thought it was good. I felt much better when he said that and then looked a bit more positively towards his feedback later. He highlighted some areas of which he thought I done well at and areas for improvement. As has been mentioned before I do not praise the students enough and that is something that was pointed out straight away. Also sometimes my instructions were a little rushed, I think that was partly to do with nerves on the day though. However, he did say that as revision lessons go, he quite enjoyed it! Also my folder probably needs a bit more attention given to it. Admittedly the last few weeks I have really focused on the teaching side and failed to collect as many Q standards as I could have done.
Really looking forward to a much less stressful week and the 2 week holiday Xmas holiday now!!
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Monday, 5 December 2011
Blog catch up
I haven't done a blog in a while and I haven't seen many uploaded so I presume everyone is super busy!
I have my official end of term assessment at the end of the week. No doubt this week is going to turn out to be very hectic and stressful.
In general I feel my teaching has been going quite well over the last few weeks. I am certainly improving in learning how to differentiate and even managing to give more verabl praise, something I had been criticised over previously.
I did however really struggle with my year 11 class last Friday. I think two factors were to blame. 1, I don't think I prepared thoroughly enough for the lesson and secondly I had let them start to get away with too much, for instance sit where they chose. This really affected the flow and effectiveness of the lesson.
Over the weekend I spent a far greater deal of time planning almost every minute bit of detail for my lesson. I also changed the seating plan around and placed them into groups of 4 all of whom are mixed ability. In today's lesson this seemed to make a great deal of difference. Students normally switching off appeared more engaging, possibly stimulated by their higher achieving peers. The behaviour was of a much more acceptable level also.
I have my official end of term assessment at the end of the week. No doubt this week is going to turn out to be very hectic and stressful.
In general I feel my teaching has been going quite well over the last few weeks. I am certainly improving in learning how to differentiate and even managing to give more verabl praise, something I had been criticised over previously.
I did however really struggle with my year 11 class last Friday. I think two factors were to blame. 1, I don't think I prepared thoroughly enough for the lesson and secondly I had let them start to get away with too much, for instance sit where they chose. This really affected the flow and effectiveness of the lesson.
Over the weekend I spent a far greater deal of time planning almost every minute bit of detail for my lesson. I also changed the seating plan around and placed them into groups of 4 all of whom are mixed ability. In today's lesson this seemed to make a great deal of difference. Students normally switching off appeared more engaging, possibly stimulated by their higher achieving peers. The behaviour was of a much more acceptable level also.
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