CPD4m Skills Competition, CIF &PS
How to use this resource:
To demonstrate the benefits of skills competition in teaching, training and learning.
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Judicious balance of fun and the fundamentals of learning.
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Warm relationships.
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Engender confidence and motivation among learners.
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No fear of failure because tutors and learners support one another’s triumphs and
disasters.
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Motivating and inspiring coaching.
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Tutors who love their subject share their passion with their students through rich tasks and activities.
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Learners are infected by the enthusiasm of their tutors.
Learners respect their tutors who have a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience that they can aspire to.
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Tutors have given thought to learning prompts and key words.
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The tutor begins the lines of enquiry, giving space and time for students to continue the journey. The journey clearly evidences learners’ progress.
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The tutor helps learners, through various techniques, to think about the progress they are
making daily, weekly and over a term or a year.
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The professional tutor exhibits excellent technical background and know-how.
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Effective tutors model independent learning habits.
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There is a richness of task, rooted in the tutor’s excellent subject knowledge and passion.
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High quality feedback from tutors fuels learners’ rapid progress.
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Learners are expected to provide well developed answers to questions.
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Tutors give time for learners to develop fuller oral responses to questions posed.
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Tutors enable learners to pose questions to each other.
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Competing in local and national competitions provides suitable challenge and motivation for those who need it.
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Competitions allow learners to develop their practical skills at a high level and help to
increase their confidence.
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Teachers use competitions well to motivate and encourage learners to produce work of a
high standard.
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Competitions encourage learners to take pride in their work and to raise expectations and aspirations.
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Teaching combines theory and practical activity particularly well , such as in planning, designing and producing merchandising boards in response to a college competition.
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Competitions have enabled students to gain useful additional skills and experiences.
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Promotes development of their employability skills.
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Innovative work being produced by students preparing for competitions
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Teachers enrich and enhance learning through.. competitions