Trial and Error
Structuring Learning and Assessment
on Blackboard
Kate Sapin
Programme Director
Community and Youth Work Studies
Professional Development Supervision
in Community and Youth Work
Professional Development Supervision
in Community and Youth Work
Curriculum Development: Overview
Learners
Learning
methods
Assessment
Learners
Experienced
practitioners
New students
New + Experienced
Curriculum Development
LEARNING METHODS
Course Map
Week by week
Topics
Discussion questions
Course work
What are my views about
confidentiality and
professionalism?
What would be my
groundrules for
supervising course
participants, for
supervision of my
dissertation?
A. Locating my
experience of
supervision
Locating supervision
1.
The course as a whole
Our different
experiences of
Introductions &
supervision
Confidentiality
Confidentiality and
groundrules
Professionalism
Presentation of the course
Face to face learning methods
Discussions about practice and/or
scenarios
Reflections on experience
Introductions to theory: PPT
presentations & directed reading
Co-supervision
BlackBoard learning methods
Discussions about practice
and/or scenarios
Reflections on experience
Introductions to theory:
presentations & directed
reading
Co-supervision
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Supervision forms
Supervisee Agreement Form
Supervision Evaluation Form
[student’s name] is a student on a
Negotiation: Before you agreed to meet with your
Community and Youth Work Studies
supervisor:
programme at the University of
• Were you given enough information about the role
Manchester and would like you to agree
of a supervisor?
to assisting them to monitor and
• Were you given enough information about what was
Supervision
Record
Form
expected from you?
evaluate their practice in relation to
• Were you given the opportunity to select another
supervisionDate:
of work.
Agenda items:
As part of the requirements for the
programme, s/he is expected to provide
Issues Discussed:
a worker or volunteer with supervision
for [contracted time].
Agreed action:
Date of next meeting:
Agenda items for next meeting:
supervisor if you wished?
• Were you given the opportunity to talk about what
you wanted?
• Was confidentiality discussed?
• Did you agree to meet at a mutually convenient
time?
Any further comments about how the work was
negotiated?
Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle
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Reflect on your critical incident
Description
Action plan
Feelings
Evaluation
Conclusion
Analysis
(Using Gibbs, 1988)
Curriculum development
ASSESSMENT
Development of Assessment
Portfolios
Formative elements
Peer feedback
Peer
assessment
Revised final
submissions
Portfolio ideas
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Agreements or contracts + annotations
Journal entries
Records of supervision sessions
Video of a supervision session
How you tackled an issue through supervision
Critical reflections on reading
Feedback from your (co-)supervisee(s)
An evaluation of your supervision (as supervisor and/or
supervisee)
• A comparison of different supervision policies
• An assessment of relevant strengths and experiences
• A cv highlighting your experience as a supervisor
Course work
Locating supervision
A. Locating my experience of supervision
Starting supervision
B. Starting off supervision
Professional practice
C: A case study: addressing a practice issue
Readiness for supervision
D. Analysing my Readiness for Supervision
E. Evidencing how I meet the Approval Criteria
Final submission: Portfolio of Evidence of Experience and Learning
Developing a course unit on
Blackboard
The future?
Experienced practitioners
Practitioners + new students
New students + practitioners
Field based practitioners?
Any questions?
Observations?
Learners?
Learning
methods?
Assessment?
References
• Flanagan, John C. (1954) The Critical Incident Technique.
Psychological Bulletin. Vol. 51, No. 4. July, 1954 . American
Institute For Research and University of Pittsburgh.
Https://Www.Apa.Org/Pubs/Databases/Psycinfo/Citarticle.Pdf
• Gibbs, Graham (1988) Learning by doing: a guide to teaching
and learning methods. Oxford: Further Education Unit.
• Tripp, David (1993) Critical Incidents in Teaching: Developing
Professional Judgement. London: Routledge.