The term concludes with an assessment meeting. All the teachers of the same academic year meet together and share the results and comments of each of their students with the tutors of each group. As both my groups B2 and D2 are in 3rd of ESO, I have attended to the assessment meeting corresponding to 3rd of ESO. The Head of Studies of IES Bernat el Ferrer was present in this meeting too. In some schools, as this is the case of IES Bernat el Ferrer, the meeting starts in presence of a delegation of students, normally those having been elected as their representatives in both the groups and the flexible groups, as for example for Groups 31, 32, 33 and Groups B1, B2, D1 and D2. A total of seven students have, therefore, taken part in this initial assessment.
The experience has been enriching as a whole, though quite similar to what I remembered in my times of class representative at the Secondary School! I had to participate in the Assessment meeting too and I must confess I really enjoyed having the chance to be in front of all our teachers and tell them what we thought about their classes! In this case, each of the seven students had their notes totally written in a piece of paper and they have read them out loud to the teachers. It has been very positive to hear that, apart of the students’ critics to the teachers and their classes, they have also made different proposals and suggestions to improve the teaching and learning dynamics, to develop their relations and to make their classes more effective in order to improve their academic results. This is what I would call constructive criticism. The teachers were in the meantime listening to them, though they have not made many comments afterwards. They have asked the students to provide the tutors with a copy of their texts in order to speak with the teachers about their comments. After this, the students have left the meeting and the detailed assessment has started: group by group, student by student, subject by subject. It has taken hours to finish. During all this time, they have not only exposed the results of each of the students, but they have also agreed on different remarks to be added to their academic report. Examples of these remarks are if he/she could make more efforts, if he/she is to congratulated, if he/she speaks too much in class, if he/she must return public resources such as common books, if he/she has improved his/her results and up to what level, if enough or not, if a student has problems of concentration, if he/she is too shy, if he/she is there to study or not as his/her life is going in a different direction such as sports, for example, if any student needs to be changed of group or flexible group and why, if a students needs to change his/her sit in class in order to pay more attention or in order to help someone else, if someone has lost interest in any discipline, if any has difficulties to learn, etc. In this report they have to add the disciplinary assessment such as absences, delays, expulsions, etc. too.
This all is done in an assessment meeting. So, this is, under my opinion, the most important meeting of all the teacher is to be involved in his/her working agenda and life. It takes hours, but it should maybe even take days. It is the meeting where all the teachers get together to speak about the feats and defeats of each of the student. It is the right meeting to address diversity and personalize the requirements of each student for the sake of his/her academic success. It is a pity, nonetheless, the functions of the teachers are so many. There is no much time for personalized solutions.
The experience has been enriching as a whole, though quite similar to what I remembered in my times of class representative at the Secondary School! I had to participate in the Assessment meeting too and I must confess I really enjoyed having the chance to be in front of all our teachers and tell them what we thought about their classes! In this case, each of the seven students had their notes totally written in a piece of paper and they have read them out loud to the teachers. It has been very positive to hear that, apart of the students’ critics to the teachers and their classes, they have also made different proposals and suggestions to improve the teaching and learning dynamics, to develop their relations and to make their classes more effective in order to improve their academic results. This is what I would call constructive criticism. The teachers were in the meantime listening to them, though they have not made many comments afterwards. They have asked the students to provide the tutors with a copy of their texts in order to speak with the teachers about their comments. After this, the students have left the meeting and the detailed assessment has started: group by group, student by student, subject by subject. It has taken hours to finish. During all this time, they have not only exposed the results of each of the students, but they have also agreed on different remarks to be added to their academic report. Examples of these remarks are if he/she could make more efforts, if he/she is to congratulated, if he/she speaks too much in class, if he/she must return public resources such as common books, if he/she has improved his/her results and up to what level, if enough or not, if a student has problems of concentration, if he/she is too shy, if he/she is there to study or not as his/her life is going in a different direction such as sports, for example, if any student needs to be changed of group or flexible group and why, if a students needs to change his/her sit in class in order to pay more attention or in order to help someone else, if someone has lost interest in any discipline, if any has difficulties to learn, etc. In this report they have to add the disciplinary assessment such as absences, delays, expulsions, etc. too.
This all is done in an assessment meeting. So, this is, under my opinion, the most important meeting of all the teacher is to be involved in his/her working agenda and life. It takes hours, but it should maybe even take days. It is the meeting where all the teachers get together to speak about the feats and defeats of each of the student. It is the right meeting to address diversity and personalize the requirements of each student for the sake of his/her academic success. It is a pity, nonetheless, the functions of the teachers are so many. There is no much time for personalized solutions.
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