Ask staff to evaluate their own skills and knowledge
Download and share our self-assessment tool
This will:
- Give you a good understanding of how confident your staff feel teaching reading
- Help them reflect on their own skills and knowledge
It's based on the DfE's reading framework and covers areas such as:
- Language comprehension
- Storytimes
- Teaching phonics
- Assessment
Encourage staff to respond honestly, emphasising that you want to help them feel more comfortable and confident teaching the subject.
You can also ask them to complete it 1 section at a time, to reduce workload.
Audit your current reading provision to find areas to develop
Once your staff have filled out the self-assessment tool, use their responses and our audit tool to build up a picture of the strengths of their teaching, and areas where they may need more support.
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