ABSTRACT
In the early days of training for appraisal interviewing, when there was little or no direct school experience to draw upon, we used simulation extensively in our appraisal training workshops. All the case studies that appear in this chapter have been trialled frequently in workshops with clientele varying from LEA appraisal training coordinators, officers and advisers to headteachers, staff teams, school staff development coordinators and interested individuals. The case studies are factually based, though the circumstances have always been modified sufficiently to ensure that there can be no identification of their origins. Each newly devised case study has been assessed by us and teams of LEA tutors with whom we have worked in order to identify and amend any area where the text might be misunderstood or misinterpreted. All have been updated to maintain their contemporaneity. Readers of this book are at liberty to use these case studies as they stand, to adapt them to suit the circumstances of their LEA or school or to model their own simulations on them.
