Up to now we've just used scrap paper torn in half or post-its to label our prepared pracs or not labelled them at all in some cases...! However, I've been impressed how my fellow lead techs can confidently quote exactly how many pracs their team had prepared and produce a set of statistics as well as use CLEAPSS L228 to make a case for technician hours. That is a little difficult to do where the work requests and pracs are prepared independently in 4 different prep rooms by 6 techs. Encouraged by our trainee tech, for whom the info is invaluable, we've come up with this cover sheet ( Version 2) just before the Easter break. Already I've had feedback from several teaching colleagues who think it's the bees knees. At the end of each day or so, the sheets are passed to me to collate and to extract info for the pracs we do in a spreadsheet, annotated for unusual events such as assessed practical exams. Some of the more involved ones we may photocopy and place with the SoW Technician notes to save time. Hopefully we'll have sorted out the most efficient method for prac preparation and monitoring before the busy autumn term when we will be going over to a two week timetable with no single lessons and 2 changeovers with no changeover time!
Monday, 12 April 2010
How many practicals did you prepare today?
Up to now we've just used scrap paper torn in half or post-its to label our prepared pracs or not labelled them at all in some cases...! However, I've been impressed how my fellow lead techs can confidently quote exactly how many pracs their team had prepared and produce a set of statistics as well as use CLEAPSS L228 to make a case for technician hours. That is a little difficult to do where the work requests and pracs are prepared independently in 4 different prep rooms by 6 techs. Encouraged by our trainee tech, for whom the info is invaluable, we've come up with this cover sheet ( Version 2) just before the Easter break. Already I've had feedback from several teaching colleagues who think it's the bees knees. At the end of each day or so, the sheets are passed to me to collate and to extract info for the pracs we do in a spreadsheet, annotated for unusual events such as assessed practical exams. Some of the more involved ones we may photocopy and place with the SoW Technician notes to save time. Hopefully we'll have sorted out the most efficient method for prac preparation and monitoring before the busy autumn term when we will be going over to a two week timetable with no single lessons and 2 changeovers with no changeover time!
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that is a good chit sheet. Especially like the Tech Cover tick box. I think that that is an excellent idea.
ReplyDeleteYou could add in another tick box, for a Risk Assessment. I have just come back from the Experienced Technicians Programme part 1 where they were saying that strictly speaking, we should be setting up ad send out practicals where the teachers hasn't done a RA specific to the class.
Just a thought. So, how is the chit sheet going anyway?