Category: Assessment
Dylan Wiliam's Future of AfL
- Fast fixes, medium gains and long-term solutions
Presented by: Dylan Wiliam
Deputy Director at the institute of Education, author of Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment, Dylan is exquisitely placed at the forefront of assessment to deliver knowledge and practical guidance to all
educational practitioners.
Manchester
Birmingham
Leeds
Marking and Feedback
- How to significantly reduce teachers’ marking workload by 60%
- How to improve impact of feedback by 100%
- Packed with practical new models and techniques to improve:
- learner progress
- self-assessment
- independent skills
- learner motivation
Presented by: Robert Powell
Robert is a former Headteacher who has a reputation for stimulating, humorous and practical courses on the 'craft of the classroom'. His books, 'Raising Achievement', 'Active Whole-Class Teaching' and 'Personalised Learning in the Classroom', are widely used along with his software for interactive learning and teaching.
Leeds
Embedding APP: Assessing Pupil Progress
- Step-by-step guidance for securing standards,teacher moderation and collection of data
- Planning implications of introducing APP
- The best guidance from one of the developers of APP
Assessment Expert
Level 1 Practitioner
- Judge your own assessment performance
- Know what and how to improve
- Instantly improve attainment for all your pupils
APP in Primary
- A complete practical guide to implementing APP in primary schools
- Key strands in APP:
- 'make accurate judgements'
- secure standards
- 'structure teaching/learning'
- assess/moderate
- Ofsted: how to utilise APP to demonstrate outstanding practice in assessment
Presented by: Alastair West
Alastair has been closely involved with the development of APP from the beginning. Over the last four years he has worked with LAs and schools on various APP projects at KS 2 and 3, piloting both the materials themselves and approaches to the standardisation and moderation of teacher assessment
London
Manchester
Leeds
APP in Science
- Step-by-step guide to implementation of APP: 'securing standards' evidence gathering:
- KS3 moderation
- data tracking
- How to make accurate judgements using APP
- Learn how to use APP as a planning tool
Presented by: Pat O'Brien
Pat is an educational consultant concentrating on developing curriculum and support materials for schools. He has a specialist interest in science and has acted as a consultant to NAGTY. You will leave Pat's course with great ideas and new techniques.
London
Birmingham
Leeds
Controlled Assessment in MFL
- Radical changes to GCSE MFL first examinations in 2011:
- creating assessments
- conducting assessments
- securing standards
- marking and feedback
- Step-by-step guide to manage and implement the new exam process
Presented by: Richard Marsden
Richard has over 20 years experience as a language teacher and Head of Department. As chair of GCSE Examiners he has responsibilities in the setting of examination papers, the overseeing of marking and the setting of grade boundaries. He was lead consultant to the QCA during the production of the 2009 training DVD on Controlled Assessment in MFL
Birmingham
London
Peterborough
Manchester
Embedding Assessment for Learning
- A practical guide to implementing AfL
- Classroom techniques that really work to improve pupils' learning and achievement
- The best AfL course available
Presented by: Caroline Bentley-Davies
Caroline is a local authority adviser with a focus on raising standards and literacy. She has been Ofsted trained and runs training on all aspects of teaching and learning around the country. She has lead a successful pilot project on raising the number of A*-C grades in GCSE. Caroline is always an inspiring and energetic speaker.
London
Birmingham




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