Posted by ksjwalsh
20 March 2023
As part of our recent Seminar Day, trainees explored how they could use ‘SCRUFFY’ as well as ‘SMART’ targets in their classroom practice (Lacey 2010). SCRUFFY stands for:
•Student-led
•Creative
•Relevant
•Unspecified
•Fun
•For
•Youngsters
The central thinking behind SCRUFFY targets is that the outcome remains open and expressive, not closed down with pre-determined outcomes. This ‘freedom’ to encourage students to set their own targets and to enable them to explore a topic on their own terms, can be both daunting and exciting for trainees.
Experimenting with SCRUFFY targets in RE might make a good topic for a Focused Reflections this term, so please do feel free to explore this with your trainee if it feels appropriate to their professional development.
Reference: Lacey. P. (2010). The SLD Experience, Vol 57 (1), pp 16-21.