24TRA437 Feedback: Strategies to Support Teacher Workload & Improve Pupil Progress (4-Part Webinar Series)

Dates:     Thursday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th November 2024
Time:       7 - 8 pm
Venue:    Online via Zoom

Target Audience: Post Primary Teachers

Webinar 1 - Written feedback. What does the research tell us? Workload friendly techniques for the classroom.

Written feedback has gained a negative reputation in education and understandably so. Providing written feedback takes a significant amount of teacher time, effort and energy. Often written comments are repeated in students' books as learners in the same class make similar mistakes or continue to make those same errors in the future. There are many methods teachers can use to ensure learners have access to written feedback that is understandable, helpful and actionable. This session combines evidence and examples for the classroom.

Webinar 2 - Verbal feedback. What does the research tell us? Workload friendly techniques for the classroom.

Verbal feedback has the potential to be very powerful but it is not often regarded as highly as written feedback. This session will explore the research supporting verbal feedback to help learners make progress. There will be examples and advice focusing on how verbal feedback can be communicated to learners, individually, amongst groups and at a whole level. There will also be discussion of working memory, with tips to ensure your students don't forget (or ignore) the verbal feedback provided.

Webinar 3 - Self and peer assessment. What does the research tell us? Workload friendly techniques for the classroom.

In terms of feedback, the teacher is the expert and the student is the novice, therefore self assessment is not easy for the learner to do. This session will provide plentiful examples as to how students can self assess their own work. Through developing the ability to self check and correct students can take ownership of their learning and make progress.

Webinar 4 - Whole class feedback - how does it work? What does the research tell us? Examples of this in action with practical examples for the classroom.

Whole class feedback (WCF) has grown in popularity over recent years across the profession. WCF offers teachers an effective and efficient way to provide feedback to their classes. It is a workload friendly approach but it has many other benefits. Through WCF teachers can observe and record common trends, mistakes and misconceptions and can then adapt their planning to address these issues. This session will show various examples of WCF in action with tips and guidance to ensure all learners are able to make progress.

Bio of Presenter: Kate Jones

Kate Jones is an experienced teacher of history and former leader. Kate is now Senior Associate for Teaching and Learning at Evidence Based Education. She has authored nine books, including the best-selling Retrieval Practice series and Formative Assessment: In Action. Kate was also the editor and contributor to, 'The researchEd Guide to Cognitive Science' in 2023. Kate is also a regular writer for the TES and other educational magazines. An international keynote speaker, Kate has presented around the world including researchEd Chile, the Asia-Pacific International Schools Conference in Hong Kong, The Abu Dhabi Teaching and Learning Conference and at The Premier League Education Event. Kate is a proud ambassador for Winston's Wish, a bereavement charity dedicated to supporting young children cope with grief. You can connect with Kate on X/Twitter, Instagram and Threads @KateJones_Teach