Research into the use of this system led to a greater understanding of teacher workflow when
supervising and assessing a pre service teacher. Supervising teachers in the original system had
to identify the learning outcome before being able to record a video. This was found to be a
hindrance to effective feedback so CeMeE now has instant access to video and an onscreen library
for the supervisor to drag and drop these videos to learning outcomes that are relevant after the
video is collected. The screen shot above shows an area for resources to be housed for the pre
service teacher and the supervising teacher. While practical there was little interaction with these
documents and CeMeE allows for a supervisor to annotate any pre service teacher's document
and drag and drop this next to a learning outcome for the pre service teacher to reflect on when
convenient.
CeMeE allows for video capture, image capture and document collection to occur within the
classroom or work environment with minimal impact on teaching time. The screen capture shows
the system's capacity to allow a supervising teacher to have multiple pre service teachers. Preservice teacher feedback is represented at the bottom of the screen with their initials. Local and
server sections, in the bottom right, are libraries for video and documents or artefacts. The system
makes the use of these artefacts further by allowing forward planning and feedback to be
developed in the moment or at a time that suits the supervising or pre-service teacher. The
supervising teacher can collect the video, make comments and assign learning outcomes at a more
convenient time; in conjunction with this the pre service teacher can invite others to do the same
for them. The pre-service teacher can see both sets of feedback while the supervising teacher will
only ever see their own feedback and the invited pre-service teacher will only see the feedback
they provided.
Reporting of data was also identified as critical to the
reflective process. The Preservice Teacher Tracker
system produced a simple line graph showing the
progress of star ratings over time for each learning
outcome. The PDF was exportable for emailing or printing
but discussion with practitioners showed that they already
had large numbers of emails so online reports accessible
after one log in were developed into a dashboard for the
user on log in. An example of the dashboard can be seen
here.
CeMeE what does it do?
The
system
promotes
reflective,
collaborative
conversations about specific learning outcomes. It has two great strengths; firstly its simplicity and
ability to allow a person to give feedback to another person without having to spend large amounts
of time receiving professional development on the platform, and secondly, the supervising teacher
does not have to spend an inordinate of time typing up and entering data on their pre service
teacher. Central to this is the platform's focus on reflective practice. CeMeE does not try to be a
‘one size fits all’ assessment solution. It is designed to capture and assesses the skills and
knowledge a pre-service teacher may demonstrate in a workplace environment. It also provides
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