planning for next session
some questions and issues that have arrisen in the past 2 weeks:
1) having spoken to Paul I think i may have finally been able to seperate out my different roles in this project. This has been done by called the part V and I are involved in evaluation, rather than research. This really helped today when meeting with the other STs to plan the next session on Weds. They also acknowledged that there was confusion between roles within the proejct.
2)discussed with other STs how setting up and running with the network has been impacted on beacuse of the NRDC project. Tina said that it has been both positive and negative - positive that it's been an external motivator to keep it going, that there may have been a chance that it would have folded, esp. as my role as ST has changed. I said that this was a shame to think like this, as this kind of a project was exactly what i thought being a ST is about - creativity in teaching and learning and supporting tutors in the classroom.
We then talked about other areas in the college, and how each area is at different stages, and that SfL is actually taking a lead in teaching and learning, and being innovative- in it's INSET programme, supporting new Ts, teaching, etc. This project is just another step in this. She also talked about her own difficulty in switching roles - between taking a lead in developing the network and being a tutor within in and needed support for her own action research project.
3) what kind of support is needed for the ind tutors for their projects? is this something that the people at NRDC can support with, or is this different to the evaluation that the bid is about? this is one of the reasons i haven't responded to Maria yet, as I'm unsure what support is needed and how we can best utilise her skills. V and I are well supported in terms of gathering the data from James, and it's been great to see Paul at Lancaster, the last 2 ten min f2f meetings have been really useful. I realise it;s such a long way for Maria to come up from London.
4) re:the fourth meeting of the network. V and I met last week to talk about the peer observation forms, and what we needed in terms of evidenec for the evaluation. Is this/could it be the same thing as would be developed for the network had we not be invovled in with the NRDC? I would like to think so, but I d think that a peer ob form for the network would be different that a sfl or cross college form.
V and I took the form from the ESOL effective practice study as a starting point, and eliminated unnecessary info and added some others. We then thought it was a useful process to go through, and therefore ask the network to undertake the same exercise. However, having met with the STs and talked about how long this may take, i don;t want this meeting to detract from everyone sharing their AR projects and getting support from each other. Therefore, is it more useful to just present the form that will be used?
A final thought from me
I've come to realise that this project incorporates everything that I love about all my different roles. I am getting to do some research, which for the past 2 years has had such an impact on my practice. I'm working with other tutors developing their CPD, and my own practice with both my E3 and L1 class. All this is wrapped up in an e-learning package - both in terms of how the network is communicating (the blog) and the ind projects themselves - some are using blogs, social netqworks, digital technologies. How exciting. :-)
1) having spoken to Paul I think i may have finally been able to seperate out my different roles in this project. This has been done by called the part V and I are involved in evaluation, rather than research. This really helped today when meeting with the other STs to plan the next session on Weds. They also acknowledged that there was confusion between roles within the proejct.
2)discussed with other STs how setting up and running with the network has been impacted on beacuse of the NRDC project. Tina said that it has been both positive and negative - positive that it's been an external motivator to keep it going, that there may have been a chance that it would have folded, esp. as my role as ST has changed. I said that this was a shame to think like this, as this kind of a project was exactly what i thought being a ST is about - creativity in teaching and learning and supporting tutors in the classroom.
We then talked about other areas in the college, and how each area is at different stages, and that SfL is actually taking a lead in teaching and learning, and being innovative- in it's INSET programme, supporting new Ts, teaching, etc. This project is just another step in this. She also talked about her own difficulty in switching roles - between taking a lead in developing the network and being a tutor within in and needed support for her own action research project.
3) what kind of support is needed for the ind tutors for their projects? is this something that the people at NRDC can support with, or is this different to the evaluation that the bid is about? this is one of the reasons i haven't responded to Maria yet, as I'm unsure what support is needed and how we can best utilise her skills. V and I are well supported in terms of gathering the data from James, and it's been great to see Paul at Lancaster, the last 2 ten min f2f meetings have been really useful. I realise it;s such a long way for Maria to come up from London.
4) re:the fourth meeting of the network. V and I met last week to talk about the peer observation forms, and what we needed in terms of evidenec for the evaluation. Is this/could it be the same thing as would be developed for the network had we not be invovled in with the NRDC? I would like to think so, but I d think that a peer ob form for the network would be different that a sfl or cross college form.
V and I took the form from the ESOL effective practice study as a starting point, and eliminated unnecessary info and added some others. We then thought it was a useful process to go through, and therefore ask the network to undertake the same exercise. However, having met with the STs and talked about how long this may take, i don;t want this meeting to detract from everyone sharing their AR projects and getting support from each other. Therefore, is it more useful to just present the form that will be used?
A final thought from me
I've come to realise that this project incorporates everything that I love about all my different roles. I am getting to do some research, which for the past 2 years has had such an impact on my practice. I'm working with other tutors developing their CPD, and my own practice with both my E3 and L1 class. All this is wrapped up in an e-learning package - both in terms of how the network is communicating (the blog) and the ind projects themselves - some are using blogs, social netqworks, digital technologies. How exciting. :-)
posted by Quiet Dancer @ 7:16 pm
1 Comments:
At 12:07 am,
Krishna Baby said…
I believe that the support we need is very similar to the support you need: methodology, i.e: setting a structure, gathering, recording and data analisying data and a more clear view about what you expect from us...and in what format...?
In a certain way I feel confident with what I am doing, in the sense that I know what I want to do, but I feel 'unconfortable' with the lack of knowledge related to the point mentioned previously...method !
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