24th March CENTIGRADE INTERVIEWS!!

The centigrade interviews i think went okay, the set up within the library wasn't so scary as the small office type rooms we were in last time. I felt the interviews this time were more informal and really just a casual chat with the pupil. With having the centigrade booklet in front of me did calm my nerves and contributed a great deal to my structure and interview.

One thing that was picked up on was that fact that us the interviewers spoke too much!!......speaking for myself that is... the assessors told me i didnt let the pupil speak and that i perhaps took over the interview. In this case i do agree but to be honest i found it really difficult to find a balance with me and the pupil speaking equally.

I felt i had to explain the certigrade booklet, the reasons behind it and how to go about using it. This of course took up some of my interviewing time. Then after that really just going through some of the choices given to the pupil.

I personally would like to have shadowed an actual centigrade interview conducted by Alan or Pete. This i would have found useful when doing my own, i dont feel there was enough emphasis on the centrigrades and how to actually go about doing them.......i felt it was ' heres the book, read over it and take what you think from it' end off!!!!

Maybe i am totally wrong on this but this is just my point of view and how i personally thought about the interviews.