Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Literacy Co-ordinator Session Monitoring Progress - Book Trawls/Scrutinies

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progess Aims of the session To share some rationales of monitoring through the use of book trawls/scrutinies To share the process and practice.

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress – Book Trawls/Scrutinies Monitoring progress: involves the whole school is part of the monitoring toolkit is an element of raising standards allows for monitoring progression, monitoring continuity, monitoring teaching and learning is part of the review process in school requires effective feedback needs to consider who should be involved.

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress Involves the whole school in terms of the information gathered shared feedback of key points agreed format for monitored work

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress Part of the monitoring toolkit Ways of monitoring: informal discussions moderation of work formal assessments classroom observations workshops

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress As an element of raising standards effective leadership processes in place to ensure effective teaching and learning processes in place to ensure effective monitoring

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress Monitoring Progression seeing children are on track that learning is developing that learning is extending

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress Monitoring Continuity links across the curriculum linking strands within the framework

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress Monitoring Teaching and Learning input application process outcomes differentiation

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress Part of the review process There are many elements to the review process of teaching and learning in school. Book scrutinies/trawls are one aspect – they need to be both regular and timetabled.

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress Effective Feedback Is achieved when: it is sensitively approached honest positive has clear points for development

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Monitoring Progress ACTIVITY 1.In pairs - choose one scrutiny proforma. 2.Decide on an initial focus. 3.Look at the samples of writing and make notes. 4.Apply the audit. 5.Prepare notes for feedback to teachers.