Assessment

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!!