During the session, please note any problems on the Supervisor's Notes feedback sheet, particularly if more than one pupil hits the same difficulty with a question.
There may be some early finishers who will need a follow-up activity or destination.
Slow finishers may like extra time, or extra time after a break.
We might summarise our goal as:
we would like as many questions completed as possible by as many pupils as possible in as much comfort as possible.
Pupil comfort is a factor, and if they have had enough, please give them a break or permission to stop.
Do emphasise privacy - between pupils ('test conditions') and between staff and students. Pupils may have familiar separate 'test positions' around the classroom. We suggest a blank questionnaire be available, so reference can be made to it rather than to a pupil's part-completed questionnaire, to ensure their privacy.
Some pupils will welcome additional adult help available in the room, and some pupils may need one-to-one support throughout. Complete confidentiality may be impossible in such conditions, so pupils should be encouraged to 'pass' if they feel compromised.
If completing the survey using paper booklets, you might like to have to hand a large pre-labelled envelope in which to place and seal the completed questionnaires, just as you might do with examination papers.
Do remind pupils about sources of support in and out of school for issues in the questionnaire that may be affecting them.
