Cornwall College
About Us
Established in 1929 to meet the training needs of local industry, Cornwall College has now grown to be the largest Further and Higher Education College in the UK with an average of 45,000 students, nearly 1,700 students studying university level courses. The annual budget is £68 million. There are seven campus sites and a number of other venues such as Learning Shops in town centres. There are over 3,000 different courses to choose from. Cornwall College is one of the largest employers in the County with over 2,800 full and part-time staff.
The Corporate School of Education and Training works across all the college’s sites to provide a focus for the training and development of teachers and managers of teachers. It offers qualification courses, short courses and professional support, also undertaking development work in the area of education and training. The School also works outside of the College to train teachers and others with similar responsibilities in education and training.
- Literacy and Numeracy Teaching Qualifications at levels 2, 3 & 4
- Certificate of Education and Post-Graduate Certificate of Education for teachers working in the post-compulsory education sector (in partnership with the University of Plymouth)
- BA (Hons) Education and Training with the University of Plymouth
- Diploma in Assessing & Teaching Learners with SLD (Dyslexia)
"We wanted to investigate and question what is appropriate as observational feedback. We wanted to find out:
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how feedback is interpreted and experienced by both further education managers and trainee teachers
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what appropriate ‘feedback skills’ could be developed and produced to support and advise FE managers involved in the complexities of observational feedback."
Resources
Evaluation report - PDF format
Case study
Case study - printable version - Word format
Four workbooks:
- Giving and receiving feedback for managers - Word format
- Giving and receiving feedback for managers trainer notes - Word format
- Giving and receiving feedback for managers (OHPs) - Word format
- Giving and receiving feedback for managers case studies - Word format