In this lesson you are reflecting on placement feedback you have already received. If you do not have host feedback yet, use mock-interview notes, feedback from part-time or voluntary work, or the sample note in the next activity — the skill is the same. Most people misread feedback before they ever choose a framework: they either dismiss the whole note or treat every warm line as proof they are sorted. Today you sort a real supervisor note into vague praise, evidenced comment, and actionable change. Then you take the actionable part of your feedback and run it through one framework once, ending with what you will do differently.

Three labels you will use on every feedback note from today on:

A lot of supervisor notes lean heavily on vague praise. Spotting that stops you either dismissing the whole page or over-reading a throwaway line.

First, annotate the sample supervisor note. Pick a label (vague praise, evidenced, or actionable), then click the phrase it fits. When the class is ready, reveal the model and notice where you differed.

Then create or open Placement Feedback Reflection in your Strand 2.2 folder (doc or PDF). If the document does not exist yet, create it now with these headings, in this order:

• First, Feedback source (host, mock interview, or other workplace voice) and the raw feedback pasted or rewritten
• Then three columns: Vague | Evidenced | Actionable
• Then framework used, which is either What / So-what / Now-what or STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result), with one short phrase under each of its parts
• Last, what I will do differently: one clear sentence, with a real next occasion if you can name one

Work down your own feedback line by line and put each line in the column it belongs to, because that is what shows you how much of the note you can actually use. Then pick the strongest actionable line and run it through one framework. Either framework is fine, but use it once and do not stop to compare the two.

Scaffold — one phrase for each part:

• What / So-what / Now-what: What (the feedback point) / So-what (why it matters) / Now-what (the change)
• STAR: Situation / Task / Action / Result — one phrase each, applied to the feedback and to how you responded to it

Worked example (actionable line: writing down instructions the first time rather than asking twice):

• What / So-what / Now-what: What — I asked for the same instruction twice. So-what — it slowed the counter during a busy spell. Now-what — keep a small notebook in my apron pocket and write steps once on the next shift.
• STAR (same line): Situation — busy counter, multi-step restock task. Task — follow the supervisor's instructions accurately first time. Action — write the steps down immediately. Result — one ask, faster restock, less interruption.

End the page with one clear sentence saying what you will do differently, with a real next occasion if you can name one. If your note has almost no actionable lines, say so honestly and write the question you would ask that supervisor next time to get one.

Keep this sorted page and your do-differently sentence: you will build on both when you write your plan for responding to workplace feedback (ALT 4).

Only once your do-differently sentence is on the page — then talk these through with the person beside you, or sit with them quietly:

• Which column of your own feedback was fullest — vague, evidenced, or actionable — and what does that say about how that person writes, not only about you?
• If you had to defend one evidenced line in an interview tomorrow, which sentence would you take, and what follow-up detail would you add out loud?

Optional Digital Portfolio note in your Placement Feedback Reflection document: one short paragraph for future-you on the difference between being praised and being given something you can act on. Keep this page, because you will build on it when you write your plan for responding to workplace feedback (ALT 4).

Today you reflected on real workplace feedback by reading it carefully before deciding what to do with it.

• You labelled vague praise, evidenced comments, and actionable lines on a sample supervisor note
• You sorted your own feedback the same way
• You ran one actionable line through a single reflection framework
• You finished with a concrete sentence on what you will do differently

Your Placement Feedback Reflection document (Placement Feedback Reflection in Strand 2.2) is the record. It is raw material for the plan responding to workplace feedback (ALT 4) later in this strand.

Optional stretch: rewrite one vague line from your host as the evidenced sentence you wish they had written, based on a real moment you remember from the placement.