Using feedback to improve
In Week 1 we concentrated on gathering feedback and the links between feedback and planning. Now it’s time to think about how we put improvements into practice, wider development goals …
Course: Volunteering in the Classroom: Feedback, Reviewing and Improving STEM Activities
Linking Feedback to Volunteering Skills
At the same time as gathering feedback on your volunteering activity, you will also be gathering feedback on how you can improve as a volunteer. You may wish to think …
Reviewing your learning this week
We hope you’ve enjoyed the first week of the course. This week we’ve identified a range of people who could provide you with feedback on your volunteering activities and examined …
Using sticky notes
Some of you may have already considered using sticky notes as a tool to gather feedback from young people. In this video, Jade, a trainee teacher, talks about how she …
Using questions
In the previous course in the ExpertTrack on communication skills, you explored the type of questions you use to engage learners and to check understanding. There are differences between: Questioning …
Gathering feedback from young people
Watch the video of Stella from a STEM Ambassador Hub (a regional coordinator of the volunteering programme) and Adam, a STEM Ambassador, talking about tools to gather feedback from young …
Evaluating volunteering activities for organisational impact
In the video, Paul, a director at Lear Corporation talks about their organisational objectives and why they have STEM Ambassador volunteers. You will also see how a STEM Ambassador from …
Collaborating to improve
When you have received feedback, it can be challenging to determine how you can improve on your own. It is beneficial to identify the people who can help and support …
What is the personal development planning process?
You may have heard the phrase ‘failing to plan is planning to fail’, well personal development planning is no different. In fact, it’s a process that can help you to …
Self-reflective practice
This task forms part of your ExpertTrack peer assessed portfolio. The only way to become confident in self-reflection is to ‘do it’. This task will give you the opportunity to …
Linking feedback with action
Once you have gathered feedback from the young people participating in your STEM activity and the educator (teacher or youth group leader), you need to combine their feedback with your …
Linking Feedback with Planning Activities
You can’t seek meaningful feedback unless you have an idea of what your goals and objectives were in the first place. Setting Objectives Let’s consider the following typical scenario to …
Educator Feedback Categories
You may have processes to help you receive feedback on your volunteering. For example, an automated email sent by organisers to educators immediately after an activity asking them to send …
How to use observaion when volunteering
Your observations of young people during an activity can be a powerful tool as they give immediate feedback and clues as to how the activity is going. What should you …
Developing your volunteering
In this step, we look at how using feedback fits with the other stages of the ExpertTrack. Through this course you will complete the final part of your activity plan …
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Volunteering in the Classroom: Feedback, Reviewing and Improving STEM Activities