2.5 - Building confidence in preparing for ESR


The Impact Study reported widespread anxiety among teachers about ESR. Anxiety can have a debilitating effect on the work of the teachers and the functioning of a school.

  • Where does anxiety come from?
  • What does it focus on?
  • Who among a staff feel most anxiety?
  • What is the best way to alleviate anxiety?

You might like to consider or discuss these questions in your own school context before watching the video excerpts.

 

How to turn a negative to a positive

Helping teachers to cope with pressure of ESRHelping teachers to cope with pressure of ESR (QuickTime)

Mr Lam Heung Sing, Principal, PLK Fung Ching Memorial Primary School
"To me, anxiety is inevitable, and is a form of pressure..."

 

Recognising ESR as requiring little extra work

Views about ESRViews about ESR (QuickTime)

Ms Chan Ying, Brenda, Teacher, HKTA Yuen Yuen Institute No. 3 Secondary School
"My first reaction was nervousness..."

 

Sharing information within a staff

How to alleviate teachers' anxiety for ESRHow to alleviate teachers' anxiety for ESR (QuickTime)

Mrs Monica Wong, School Executive Committee, Marymount Secondary School
"To help alleviate teachers' worries, perhaps one way is to provide information at the staff meeting, to brief teachers on its rationale, framework and procedures..."

 

Seeing ESR as an opportunity to show the school's achievement

Pressures of ESRPressures of ESR (QuickTime)

Mr Cheung Chik-wing, SIT/Vice-principal, HKTA Yuen Yuen Institute No. 3 Secondary School
"Teachers inevitably felt nervous, because the teachers' information is comparatively less than what the SIT had, and teachers do not have the same exposure in their work..."

 

A student speaks about recognising the purpose of shadowing

Experience of being "shadowed"Experience of being "shadowed" (QuickTime)

Priscilla Au-young, Student (Form 4), Marymount Secondary School
"When I first knew about it I was quite afraid, for I did not know what the reviewer would do or what questions would be asked..."

 

Identifying strengths and weaknesses

Preparing for SSEPreparing for SSE (QuickTime)

Mrs Ling Lau Yuet Fun, Laura, Principal, Shatin Public School
"3 years ago, when we learned of the coming ESR, the first thing that came to my mind was how to mobilise my staff to take part in this exercise..."

 

Taking off the pressure: residential experience

Alleviating anxietyAlleviating anxiety (QuickTime)

Mrs Ling Lau Yuet Fun, Laura, Principal, Shatin Public School
"There's pressure, so it's necessary to help teachers to alleviate it..."

 

International views

OwnershipOwnership (QuickTime)

Jo Dibb, Headteacher, Oaklands School, London, UK
"When you have OFSTED in, you're not thinking about "our own school and our own self-review and evaluation", we're thinking "how are we going to get through this?" and hope that they don't find out the bad things, let's just get through it. But if you're actually involved yourself, you can't look at it in that way..."