How can questioning move beyond a tick-box exercise to unlocking what a learner knows and can demonstrate.
This session looks at practical ways to make your questioning more purposeful, varied and confidence-building for learners and you as an assessor.
We’ll explore different question types, share examples from contexts, and look at small tweaks that make a big difference.
What does a fair, consistent judgement of learning really look like in practice?
In this session, we’ll demystify the principles behind effective assessment and show how to apply them to everyday situations.
Through examples and shared discussion, we’ll look at how to check progress.
Effective feedback is central to helping learners understand their strengths, identify areas for development.
This session examines what makes feedback meaningful and impactful in vocational assessment contexts. Through practical examples and interactive activities, participants will explore strategies for giving feedback that is clear, actionable, and motivating, supporting learners to engage with their development and achieve their full potential
Observation only works best when you know what you’re looking for. This session introduces the essentials of high-quality observation for quality teams.
We’ll look at the key signs of effective teaching and training, such as learner engagement, progress and inclusivity and practise capturing objective evidence that can be used later for feedback and improvement.
A good observation isn’t finished until it’s written up clearly and shared constructively. This session explores how to move from raw notes to a well-structured observation record that captures what really happened in the session.
We’ll look at simple ways to present strengths, areas for development and agreed actions, and practise how to use that written record to support an effective, confidence-building feedback conversation
Any observation’s real value lies in how it drives improvement. In this session, we’ll explore how to use your findings to promote professional growth, rather than simply record compliance. You’ll learn practical ways to identify trends, share good practice, and build development plans that make a difference for individual practitioners and the learner experience as a whole.
Further to the DfE announcement last year, Independent Training Providers (ITPs) are now required to deliver impartial careers guidance to their apprentices through 1-1 guidance sessions with a Level 6 (or above) qualified Careers Advisor, plus create a careers programme which embeds careers across all of their programmes/curriculum.
Ofsted will ask them to evidence what they’re doing to support their apprentices with impartial careers guidance and will want to see an appointed internal Careers Lead, careers policy, careers programme and evidence of 1-1 guidance sessions.
