Class Rep TrainingBreakout sessions

What we are going to do

•Meetings and approaching problems;

•New Assessment Policy; • Scenario.

•Building Quality: What it looks like and getting feedback;

•NSS results for your School.

•Rep structure and where to go;•Building a connection.

Ice Breaker

Where to go for help

Class Rep

Teacher/SSLC:First point of

Contact

School President: Provides support

and direction

DUSA Executive: Works with all reps and

University

SRC: Develop

policy and action

Building a connection

Task How do you build and maintain a good working relationship with:- Students?- Staff?

What does Quality looks like?

• Student Led Teaching Awards (SLTA’s);

• Provides an opportunity for students to recognise staffs contribution;

• Lots of great examples of quality in Teaching, Learning and Assessment;

Building Quality: What does it look like?

Teaching on my course;

Assessment and feedback;

Academic support;

Organisation and

management;

Learning resources;

Personal development.

• Task

Chose a focus and create a “wordcloud” of what quality would look like.

Building Quality: Getting feedback

• Task 1:What “tools” will you use to collect feedback?

• Task 2:What questions would you ask students to get feedback?

Teaching on my course;

Assessment and feedback;

Academic support;

Organisation and

management;

Learning resources;

Personal development.

Tools

Apathy Stair Case

Taking resolution

forward.

Action

Turn a wrong into a right.

Establish standard and

make that clear what is acceptable.

Belief

Something that is not

acceptable and raising

students awareness of

it. Provide a comparison.

Injustice Injection

Asking students

about their experience at

the institution:

What is it like to be on the

course?

Experience

Meetings and Approaching Problems • You will meet a lot of people,

sometimes in good and bad circumstances;

• For formal meetings make sure:- You know the remit of the group;- Read your papers;- Respect people’s opinion;- Turn up on time.- Present information in a concise

manner.- Have a plan: who is speaking first,

about what etc.• For more difficult meetings - Be clear about the issue;- Know your objective;- Know how to begin;- Manage your emotions;- Preserve the relationship;- Be consistent.

New Assessment Policy

Assessment Policy

Grading System

Honours Classification

Capping resits gradesStudy Abroad

Anonymised Exam Boards

This year the you main have work around the new assessment policy.Main developments:-New Grading system, A1-A5-Borderline cases for honours classification has changed in favour of top grade- Capping of resit grades for previously failed modules -Study abroad no longer contributing to stage weighting of honours degrees-All exam boards will be anonymised

How would you approach this?

• Task:Look at the issue and discuss how you would take it forward:- Your timetable changes and your class is not told?- Breakdown in the relationship between Class Reps and

School President?- Inconsistency in feedback that students receive?- There is not enough time between final assessments,

revision time and exams.• Identify who you need to speak to, how will you present it,

what your aim/ goal is and how will you feedback to students.

Thank you

•Meetings and approaching problems

•Building Quality: What it looks like and getting feedback

•NSS results for your School

•Rep structure and where to go

•Building a connection