of my goals this you for about the you think about the “One “Thank “Think “If year is to better agreeing to give me activity we did in ways I currently engage with the feedback on my maths before lunch. communicate your broader community. classroom activities. What did you like child’s learning What do you see me If you think of my it? progress, which ways do that build these classroom activities work well for you? relationships? and my desire to make What did you find them more engaging, hard? What are the things What do you think I do what am I doing better that I do that is less effective? now than last time we Were my instructions differently? spoke? clear? How do you think I How can I/the school went at the information What do you think I What were the engage you more night last week?” could further improve? success criteria? effectively? And if I change that, what would be the Which activities were Do you have any other effect of that? the most helpful and comments for me? why?” Do you know of any other support I could draw on?” The following conversation guide is designed to assist you in structuring and focusing your questions to obtain specific and meaningful feedback. Feedback conversation element and example Purpose questions 1. Opening - What are you going to talk about? Helps you to frame the conversation and to direct the conversation to specific you for agreeing to give me feedback on... feedback. This could be feedback on your “Thank [insert what you want feedback on]” progress on a goal, for example. or about… [insert what you want feedback on]” “Think or do you think I went… [insert a specific event or “How piece of work you want feedback on]?” 2. Strengths - What are you doing well? Gathers feedback on what you are currently doing well that could be are the things you see me do that help continued to support goal progress and/or “What achieve… [insert what you want feedback on]?” development. 3. Areas for growth - What could you do better? Gathers feedback on opportunities for improvement and the impact of working are the things I could do differently in order to… on those opportunities, to increase “What [insert what you want achieve] effectiveness in goal progress and/or And if I implement some of those changes, how might development. it effect my practice?”
“One of my goals this year is to better engage with the broader community. What do you see me do that build these relationships? What do you think I do that is less effective? How do you think I went at the information night last week?” “Thank you for agreeing to give me feedback on my classroom activities. If you think of my classroom activities and my desire to make them more engaging, what am I doing better now than last time we spoke? What do you think I could further improve? And if I change that, what would be the effect of that? Do you know of any other support I could draw on?” “Think about the activity we did in maths before lunch. What did you like it? What did you find hard? Were my instructions clear? What were the success criteria? Which activities were the most helpful and why?” “If you think about the ways I currently communicate your child’s learning progress, which ways work well for you? What are the things that I do differently? How can I/the school engage you more effectively? Do you have any other comments for me? The following conversation guide is designed to assist you in structuring and focusing your questions to obtain specific and meaningful feedback. Feedback conversation element and example questions Purpose 1. Opening - What are you going to talk about? “Thank you for agreeing to give me feedback on... [insert what you want feedback on]” or “Think about… [insert what you want feedback on]” or “How do you think I went… [insert a specific event or piece of work you want feedback on]?” Helps you to frame the conversation and to direct the conversation to specific feedback. This could be feedback on your progress on a goal, for example. 2. Strengths - What are you doing well? “What are the things you see me do that help achieve… [insert what you want feedback on]?” Gathers feedback on what you are currently doing well that could be continued to support goal progress and/or development. 3. Areas for growth - What could you do better? “What are the things I could do differently in order to… [insert what you want achieve] And if I implement some of those changes, how might it effect my practice?” Gathers feedback on opportunities for improvement and the impact of working on those opportunities, to increase effectiveness in goal progress and/or development.
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