Instructors experience of a quality assurance observation

Many schemes have now had a QA visit. It would be good to know what instructors thought of this experience.
How much feedback did you get from the assurers?
Was the experience intimidating or supportive?
Were you debriefed by your scheme manager?
Any other thoughts?

1. Many schemes favour set positions for instructors when running manoeuvres, e.g. immediately opposite the junction mouth. While these are generally the optimum positions for instructors, in practice being very prescriptive about positioning can mean that instructors are not always in the best position to deal with situations that arise. The best schemes encourage instructors to position themselves dynamically according to the prevailing conditions and trainees’ abilities. This means that instructors may move position while a trainee rides to optimise their view of the riding or to optimise their management of risk.
   
   

good observation and advice.

7.Overall, Bikeability schemes we’ve visited so far were selecting sites that allow a suitable degree of challenge and progression during training. The best schemes ensure that training sites provide a suitable degree of challenge for the trainees and the stage of training. They also allow trainees to progress to more challenging environments as their skills increase and help trainees to find practical techniques to master them.
The best schemes make sure there is a wide range of local training sites that have been risk assessed for their instructors to choose from and give instructors the authority and discretion to move among various sites, dictated by the circumstances on the day of the training and the ability of their trainees.
One scheme was particularly notable for the quality of its instructors’ dynamic risk assessment, which enabled a productive and challenging session that not only maintained safe boundaries but also extended and reinforced the learning and skill levels of the trainees.

This certainly dosent say start on roads with no traffic whatsoever.
as reinforced by point below.

1. It is encouraging that many schemes are delivering training that embodies the Bikeability ethos of giving people the
   skills necessary to ride on today’s road. The best schemes deliver training in real road environments where trainees
   encounter other road users and use the variety of local road infrastructure available.
   It’s really important that trainees learn to cycle on the infrastructure as it appears in their local area, after all, it’s
   in these conditions that they will be cycling in future. On occasions at Level 2, the prevailing conditions were
   modified for example by using chalked or portable ‘give-way’ lines, temporary road signs to warn other road users
   or by asking trainees to imagine that traffic was approaching and undertake the manoeuvre accordingly. These
   techniques are not appropriate in Bikeability training as they do not prepare trainees effectively for the varied
   situations and circumstances they may find themselves in once training is complete. Trainees must be taught to
   use the local road environment as it is.
   
   
   

8 bad demos...something that Ive used many times, perhaps simplifying demonstrations to what is being asked takes away the novelty and focuses childrens attention on what theyre supposed to be doing. Will take that on board.

well written SDG bods
no where in my area has had QA yet