Student Progress
As part of the college monitoring and guidance system each student has a 10 minute interview with their subject teacher twice annually. This provides a more formal occasion during which:-
- we discuss with the students whether they are working to and reaching their full potential. Their GCSE results (details form) are used as a guideline, which is the basis of the college value-added system.
- staff discuss the learning techniques used by the student and suggest improvements where appropriate.
- students are encouraged to assess the teaching of the subject and suitability of resources
- discussion of careers and suitable higher education courses takes place.
- students are prepared for their first monitoring session by completing a questionnaire and the responses can provide a basis for discussion.
- any relevant information is recorded.
The college pastoral system plays an important role in the departments support and monitoring system. If a student is not achieving full potential and is regularly absent or missing assignment deadlines then the student's tutor is the next point of referral. The tutor will then check to see if there are problems in other subjects and then contact the student. Depending on the situation, the tutor will organise meetings with student and staff and/or parents if required.
The department issues a questionnaire to students at the end of the course to help gauge the effectiveness of our teaching approaches.
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