The Best Kind Of Feedback From Presenting At #APPEC15

If you follow my blog you will be aware that I presented for the first time at #APPEC15 in Hong Kong. Link here: Presenting at APPEC15

This morning I received a mention in a Tweet from a teacher who attended one of my presentations. He has taken a number of ideas from the presentation, been a risk taker and has tried them in his school.

Feeling very proud - this is the best type of feedback!

Grade 5 Inquiring into Coaching & Feedback through the learning lens of Volleyball

The tuning in part of the unit was to (re)introduce the class to three basic skills (overhead pass, forearm pass and the underarm serve) and get them helping one another develop these skills. The start of the unit particularly focused on feeding oneself the ball or feeding a partner. 

Each class then took on the task to take one of the skills and to break it down into coachable stages (I suggested maximum 5 - 7 points). 

I introduced the key stages of preparation, execution, and follow-through to help the groups develop their checklists. 

Through discussion, problem-solving, trial and error and modelling the students soon came up with a sequential checklist. Once they felt they had their draft 5-7 points they worked closely with another group to compare notes in order to create a more definitive checklist that everyone agree upon. 

Grade 5B Creating a Checklist for the Forearm Pass

Using their groups Checklist to give Feedback and Coach one another on the Forearm Pass 

Grade 5C Creating a Checklist for the Overhead Pass

Using their groups Checklist to give Feedback and Coach one another on the Overhead Pass 

Grade 5E Creating a Checklist for the Overhead Pass

Grade 5 Volleyball Peer Assessment & Feedback in Action

The Grade 5's using a check sheet they helped design to formatively assess one another and give feedback to help improve their Overhead Pass.