COD 2007 - PS27

Raising Student Performance Through Assessment

Teachers, Coordinators and Policy Creators (Heads).

4 sessions, start: 16-Aug

Course detail

Year: 2007
Level: Primary / Secondary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Andy Williams MA
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 120.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 16 August 2007 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
2 30 August 2007 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
3 13 September 2007 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
4 27 September 2007 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Andy Williams

Andy taught in the UK from 1975-1987 in three schools before starting his international teaching career in a small international school in the north of the Netherlands in 1987. This also coincided with the introduction of the first IGCSE examinations. He also did some IGCSE examining and marking. As Deputy Head, he was responsible for the implementation of the IB Diploma and the coordination of IGCSE. He was also heavily into the development of the IB programmes and in 1993 he joined the IB Curriculum and Assessment offices in Cardiff. He helped manage the IB Diploma sciences as well as Design Technology, ITGS and Computer Science. Furthermore, he made some contribution to the development of the MYP and PYP programmes. His time at the IBO allowed him to visit all the Regions and work with Heads, teachers and Board members in many parts of the world. In 1999, he joined the staff at St George's College North as Director of Studies but left just before the crisis in late 2001 to become Deputy Director at a school in northern Kazakhstan. What a cultural experience!! He did some MYP consultancy work in the Middle East for a while before returning to Latin America as Head of Secondary in Markham College, Lima. As a laptop school he was bathed in educational technology for learning. In early 2006 he came back to Argentina to be Academic Director/Deputy Head at Northlands. He has also been writing IB Diploma Biology exam papers and marking them for several years and is working on his Master’s in International Education and Leadership.
Teachers, Coordinators and Policy Creators (Heads).
- Review the evidence that assessment has an immediate and direct effect on raising student performance. - Share current experiences of assessing children. - Explore notion of baseline testing. - Discuss what children need from assessment. - Investigate the relevance of AfL (assessment for learning) to our schools. - Use practical methods to develop criteria (expectativas de logro). - Evalute the importance of questioning techniques - impact on learning. - Use practical techniques of self and peer assessment. - Construct an assessment policy for your school. - Investigate what and how to report to parents.
The main emphasis will be on sharing and developing practical help and advice grounded on the core business of schools: ensuring effective learning by its students, whatever the range of intelligences Session 1: What is Assessment? - the current position on academic performance - sharing what we do now in our schools - impact of assessment on learning: evidence - what is baseline testing? - concept of formative assessment Session 2: Assessment for Learning (AfL) - criteria and expectativas de logro - what should we think about when constructing criteria - types of criteria: subject-specific, task-specific, skills/attitudes/values - what to consider when constructing rubrics Session 3: The Classroom - questioning for learning - marking, comments vs marks - practical techniques for self and peer assessment - thinking and learning in the classroom Session 4: Developing a Learning Culture - constructing an assessment policy - what and how to record performance - what and how to report to parents
- Interactive lecture. - Viewing teachers/students in action (film). - Sharing current experiences: what we do, why we do it, strengths, weaknesses, etc. - Practical workshops.
A detailed bibliography will be offered closer to the date. Participants should be prepared to share tests, classwork, marked work, experiences from their own schools.
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