This session will facilitate participants in exploring the who, what, where, when, why and how of feedback in their own context. It aims to encourage educators to move beyond providing feedback for summative purposes and to explore how formative feedback can be used in many different forms throughout the learning experience.

Who- Who is responsible for providing feedback, and who should/ could be responsible for it? 

What- What is feedback and what are its purposes in your specific context? What are the various forms of feedback that are/can be provided? 

Where- Where does/ can/ should feedback take place?

When- When is feedback given? When should/ could it be given? 

Why- Why do we give feedback? Why is it important- or is it?

How- How do we generate feedback? How do we manage it from a practical perspective? How is it received and used by learners?

The target audience for this session is: FET staff including management, teachers, tutors, trainers, programme coordinators, guidance counsellors, learning support staff and wellbeing officers.

Facilitation:  This session will be facilitated by Carrie Archer.  Carrie's pronouns are she/her. She is a qualified special education teacher who has been working in Further Education and Training for 15 years. Her interests are coaching, leadership, Communities of Practice, Universal Design for Learning and championing belonging, equity, inclusion, and diversity.  She was a part of the design team with City of Dublin ETB and Trinity College Dublin who developed a master’s course in Diversity and Inclusion in FET. She currently lectures on Postgraduate and master’s programmes in the National College of Ireland on diversity and inclusion, and on assessment and feedback for educational practice.

Please note: Pre-booking is essential. Please do not book onto this session unless you are sure that you will attend / have approval to attend (if required). If an emergency arises, please inform us ASAP (cpdcancellations@fess.ie) as we operate a waiting list system and if time allows, we can offer your booked place to another person.