Learning walks will be conducted the week of November 9th to focus on Year 11 lessons. Teams of 3 consisting of SLT, HOY/HOD, and a teacher will visit Year 11 lessons for 10 minutes each to monitor various aspects of teaching and learning. Each teacher will receive confidential OFSTED grades in 4 areas, and HODs will provide feedback without grades unless requested. The process aims to identify strengths and areas for improvement prior to an OFSTED inspection and share best practices across the school.

1. Learning Walks
9 th Nov 2009

2. Why?
Gives us an Monitor or
indication audit practice
of what throughout the
school.
OFSTED Providing a
will think ‘snapshot’
view
Share good
Gives There practice and
teaching are promote
consistency
staff concise
feedback on
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their lessons purposes walks their
own school.
To provide
quality time Check for
for reflection progression
and to e.g. a learning
stimulate walk to focus
professional on year 11.
discussion.

3. How will it work?
W/B 9th Nov
Learning Walks Teams of 3
begin, focus: Year (SLT, HOY/HOD, teache
HOD give feedback to 11 r) visit yr11 lessons
their staff individually throughout the week.
in cpd time. SLT member will be
team leader.
Teams will visit lessons
Each team will l email for 10 mins at a
their forms to team time, every department
leader who sends WILL have their yr11
them for analysis lessons LW’d.
Each teacher will receive
an OFSTED grade for 1) Only one team
Learning and progress 2) will visit any
Student behaviour one yr11
3)Quality of teaching 4) lesson
Assessment to support E ach member of the LW
learning. team are responsible for a
strand of observation
(Strand A, Strand B and
Strand C)

4. Form for Strand A

5. Form for Strand B

6. Form for Strand C

7. Feedback
• Your team leader (member of SLT) will provide the
final grade for each strand for each member of staff
seen in your LW (following a professional discussion
in your team)
• The grades awarded will be completely confidential.
• HOD will feedback to teachers using analysis of tick
sheets and WILL NOT be given teachers OFSTED
grading unless specifically asked for by the teacher.

8. • SLT will analyse the OFSTED grades awarded
but teachers names will be removed.
• It is not a witch hunt! We want to know what
we can improve on in time for OFSTED and be
able to celebrate the huge amount of good
practice at Essa.
• Teach your lessons as normal, you will be
great!

9. Finally....

10. Future...