When we (the assessors) have called or arrived at facilities / homes, they are sometimes confused about why we are there, or planning a time to observe. They say their coach was just there. They seemed to be confused about the role of QRS assessors in the pre-assessment system.
Please have the mentors/coaches explain, as we do, that we assesors from QRS are there as "eyes and ears", to give the mentors/coaches observation summaries on half of their classrooms.
If coaches get to programs before we do, they might end up working with classrooms that we will eventually also observe. (We don't know which classrooms we are doing until the day of the observation.) This seems redundant at best, and confusing at worst. Perhaps the coaches could let us know which classrooms they are already working with. Or wait until Anita has sent them the reports before helping in the classrooms. Does this make any sense with the ELC protocol?
When the new contract year started, although the majority of schools had been informed ahead of time, unfortunately, most of the schools were a little confused about all the new visitors and changes that were occuring. Also unfortunate for us, that some of us didn't even know that the pre-assessments had actually started. Most of the new programs seem to understand, but there will still always be some confusion.
ReplyDeleteWhen an individual works with a school, it is typical with the whole program, not classrooms in isolation. Due to the changes and the previous contract, quite a few schools were already receiving assistance prior to the pre-assessments and reports being completed - almost like playing catch-up. Hopefully, now things will more closely follow the steps outlined in the new QR&IS system.