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Assessment For Learning - Workshop 2

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Workshop Two We began the second workshop by revisiting the aims of the workshops and by recapping on what we had covered so far. Aims: ·     Revisit significant findings which underpin formative assessment ·     Review and modify our existing practices  ·     Further develop our confidence and expertise Covered so far: ·      Growth Mindset ·      Metacognition ·      Grouping ·      Getting the children talking more ·      Involving children in the planning stage Since there was an expectation that the staff would try something new or different from the first workshop, I provided an opportunity to discuss and share any developments to date with the content we had covered. Following this I introduced the focus for wo...
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Sir Ken Robinson

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Sir Ken Robinson Sir Ken Robinson was one of the first motivational speakers I listened to in relation to education. After that I was hooked. I discovered many more speakers and inspirational educationalists through links and google searches. I still think Ken is one of the best. Not only is he funny, he has a powerful message that we all need to listen to and hopefully take action. Here are two of my favourites from YouTube.
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Assessment for Learning - Workshop 1

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Introduction This year (2019/2020) our school's teaching and learning priorities were to further develop  student agency  and to ensure we promote  challenge  for all children. We decided that both of these aims could be enabled through the lens of Assessment for Learning and we chose Shirley Clarke's book ' Outstanding Formative Assessment ' as our professional read for the year to help guide us through the process.  This took a hefty chunk out of our CPD budget as we ordered a copy of the book for each teacher but we felt the benefits of the investment in the long term would far out weigh the cost. In fact, I knew from researching into effective CPD that this model of learning, where collaboration and sharing exists and there is both informal and formal talk about pedagogy, would be far superior to sending a staff member or two on a course to later feedback their learnings in a staff meeting. Click  here  to read my blog on effective CPD....
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