'Shout out' and 'Drop-ins'... staff coaching at Finham Park School
Staff have visited over 150 lessons since the start of term as part of the school’s Instructional Coaching model for school and classroom improvement. Part of the approach is for teachers to ‘shout out’ to each other through our shared online tracking tool so that when excellence is observed, colleagues can improve and consistently deliver better educational experiences for children and young people. Coaching conversations are recorded and the next ‘significant lever’ for improvement is discussed; everyone has something they can learn.
Students have also been ‘shouting out’ this week through the anonymous student voice survey of the term. Lots of very useful comments are being analysed and responded to. 9 out of 10 pupils say the ‘behaviour and attitudes of their peers helps them learn in lessons’ and that they would ‘recommend the school to someone moving into the area’.