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This resource provides an introduction to the overall collection, and a starting point for considering feedback practices.
Who this collection is for
We understand that sessional teaching positions can be very challenging as there is often a lot to learn ‘on the job’. You may feel pressure to perform well, not only to do the right thing by your students, but also so that you will get offered the opportunity to improve your skills further next semester. This resource collection is aimed to help to relieve some of the pressure here and give you a framework to build your practice on. Depending on your level of experience, you may use this collection in different ways.
Long-time staff
If you have been working as a casual teacher for several years, we hope this resource collection provides an opportunity to reflect on your practice around feedback and perhaps to become aware of a few different methods that you can incorporate into your repertoire.
Newer staff
If you are relatively new to sessional teaching we hope that this resource collection will give you some guidance on how you can approach the practice of giving feedback to students.
Remember – feedback doesn’t only happen when you are doing marking for an assignment. If you are interacting with students in class or through messages and telling them what they can do to change their work or practices, you are giving feedback.
Reflecting on your experience
Before trying to improve your practice, it’s helpful to reflect on where you are up to now. Even if you are relatively new to sessional teaching you will already have some understandings/expectations of what feedback should look like.
The following question prompts are used throughout this collection, and can help you reflect from two key viewpoints:
Student viewpoint
- What do you prefer/what have you experienced as a student, and how might this shape your practice of giving feedback?
Teacher viewpoint
- What can you draw from your previous teaching experience to reflect upon and make choices about how you would like to refine your feedback practice?
Take a moment to think over these questions to identify your experience and frame the content. The same questions apply when thinking about giving others the opportunity to give feedback to you as well.