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Deputy Principal (Andrew Healey)

Classroom Observations

As we move to the mid part of the term this is a brilliant time to organise a peer to come and observe an element of your lesson. This could be a teaching strategy, a specific CMS feedback or a simple observation of student behaviour. The BEST teachers are always open to self-learning and sharing with others. You can see this around the school where teachers don’t hide in their rooms and collaborate with each other; sharing ideas. If you are actively involved with classroom observations here are a few self-reflection questions to start the observation ball rolling.

At this stage of classroom observations, it should be more than a general observation or ‘tick a box’ compliance. Value comes from being specific in what feedback you are seeking. Widely claimed to influence student achievement, teacher collective efficacy refers to the beliefs that individuals hold about a group's combined capacity to achieve goals that relate to student learning. If we all look at classroom observations as a means to improve student behaviour and/or academic achievement then collectively we will continue growing.

Self-Reflection

I am very good at….

encouraging students to talk about content
leading students to learning success through collaboration

I know perfectly well….

that instruction needs to be clearly formulated
that a variety of teaching strategies need to be incorporated

My goal is always to….

encourage students to communicate more with each other
encourage students to present their thinking and solution processes more often.

IT Committee - 02/08/23

Craig Bourne, Kyle Smith, Nicki Sharpe, Catherine Simmonds, Greg Hiscox and Andrew Healey

Agenda Item	Who's item is it?	Comments (add any extra information we need to know before making a decision)	Decision/Actions by Who
Business Arising from previous meeting
Overview	Craig	Premise to re-start this committee again. A need is identified to have greater input from teachers to the use of IT in the school. MESH use (technology or pedagogy) of IT in classroom pushed to ICT committee and leadership.
ICT Policy	Andrew	Use of AI in schools. Ideas and feedback from LAs on how AI can be used by students. Will look at mobile phone policy as well.	LAs to discuss and provide suggestions re: AI
OneNote	All	Discussion around use of OneNote - online vs app, highlights need of the committee to offer support to teachers on how to use it effectively either at individual level or student level.
General	All	To get an understanding of what is happening in areas. Discussion on OneNote and where or how it used. This will start a query of staff using OneNote vs Connect. HQT needs to be the focus of introducing technology into the classroom. BYOD - raised as a future item for discussion and school direction. Third party - if pressure is applied to suppliers to meet with DoE guidelines the suppliers seem to respond knowing they will continue with patronage.	For staff reflection

The next meeting is Monday 28 August. Please consider attending to give clearer direction of the committee and the use of IT within the school. The first request is thoughts from LAs or teachers concerning the use of AI within the school. This includes student use of AI as well as teachers using AI in the classroom.