TLC 1- Consistent use of feedback/DIRT to improve student reflectiveness

In this first TLC session staff were asked to consider what makes effective marking and DIRT. The group consisted of experienced staff so it was explained that the focus would be reflection on current practice. 

         

They were shown an 'effective feedback flow chart' as created by David Didau (@learningspy) and asked to discuss in their triads. Did they agree with it any comments etc. the conclusion was that it was a clear way of representing what makes effective feedback. It was a good way of provoking discussion and getting staff to think about their own practice.

Another task in this session involved staff looking at a marking matrix to review the quality of marking comments. They were given examples of different types of feedback to link to the marking matrix.

This helped staff recognise the different types of feedback and we discussed how positive specific and positive development showed the best practice. It was also highlighted that positive specific specifc should include literacy targets.

At the end of the session staff were provided with a number of resources collated by the TLC leaders on http://sqworl.com/m5zprz  for further reading into effective marking and DIRT. They we're asked to try out some of the new ideas before the next session and be ready to discuss these in the next session. The collation of some of the resources on sqworl are shown below.