Our online workshops are live and interactive, we host two workshops per month on a range of topics. We hope to support the sector with online learning that meets their needs in an interactive setting.

Assessing differentiated performance in the classroom: How to help all students grow and achieve curriculum outcomes

Overview

Join Professor Jim Tognolini, Director of the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) at the University of Sydney, for a thought-provoking and interactive workshop that tackles one of today’s critical challenges in education: how to assess and support student learning effectively in mixed-ability classrooms while getting consistency of teacher judgement against standard.

About Professor Jim Tognolini

A respected international expert in Educational Assessment, Professor Tognolini regularly advises and delivers workshops for international, national and state educational agencies. His work in advancing evidence-informed assessment practices is trusted by school leaders and educators globally.

Who Should Attend

School Principals, Heads of Departments, Teacher Learning Communities, and individual classroom teachers committed to enhancing student outcomes.

The workshop involves participants sharing experiences and working collaboratively to develop practical examples that can be applied directly in their classrooms and schools.

What You'll Gain

In this 3-hour workshop, participants will gain the following:

• Knowledge of modern assessment theory and its application in classroom.
• Strategies and practice in unpacking curriculum outcomes in a way that enables student growth to be monitored and used as evidence to inform teaching and learning
• Techniques for linking standards, curriculum, teaching and learning, and assessment in a coherent theory-supported manner
• Essential skills in assessment and data literacy that will increase the confidence of participants in areas that have been identified as challenging for most teachers

Workshop details: TBC

Data literacy short courses

Introduction to Data Literacy (Module 1)

These 6-bite size online short courses make up the online Data Literacy module. The courses are online and interactive, and each takes approximately 1 hour to complete. They can be purchased individually, or in bulk as a Module for a discounted price. This creates flexibility as the courses can be undertaken at your convenience, and the cost of the full 6 hour module broken down incrementally. Each short course is just $60 per participant. 

• Course 1: Understanding Data and Data Sources Available to Teachers
• Course 2: Data Users, Data & Evidence, Evidence informed decision making
• Course 3: Data Literacy for Teachers
• Course 4: A conceptual framework of data literacy for teachers
• Course 5: Data-driven decision making
• Course 6: Conceptual framework for DDDM

Data Literacy Module 2: Formative and summative assessments and feedback

• Course 1: Data and Formative Assessment
• Course 2: Data from Formative Assessment and its Value to Teachers
• Course 3: Converting Evidence to Data, including Formative Assessment Data
• Course 4: Summative and Formative Assessment
• Coures 5: Transforming Data into Information
• Course 6: The Role of Effective Feedback

Teacher professional learning online modules on Assessment and Data Literacy

Duration: Each module takes between 4-6 hours in total.
Cost: $300 (10% discount for sector and union members).

Assessment Literacy modules:

1. Modern assessment theory and related terminology 
2. Constructing selected response items including Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
3. Constructing extended response and performance tasks 
4. Writing analytic and holistic rubrics  
5. Evaluate the functioning of classroom assessment tasks and tests & examine the impact of feedback on learning 
6. Exploring the role of moderation and reporting in classroom assessment 

Partner modules

Catholic Schools NSW
CEMA’s Assessment Literacy for Teachers modules are available through the Catholic Schools NSW website.

Centre for Professional Learning
NSW Teachers Federation - Leading Assessment Practice in Schools K-12 (nswtf.org.au)

Independent Education Union NSW and ACT 
Two-hour NESA accredited courses: 

• Course 1:  Let’s start at the very beginning…of assessment literacy for teachers
• Course 2: What is the trick to building quality projects, investigations, or performance assessment tasks?
• Course 3: How do you make your assessments fair for all students?
• Course 4: What evidence is needed to show that we are producing consistent and comparable judgements across our school?

Visit the Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch website for further information and to enrol.

Association of Independent Schools NSW
Growing evidence informed practice, a collaboration between the Association of Independent Schools NSW and the University of Sydney.

*NSW Curriculum Review final report (Masters, 2020) which describes assessment as a ‘powerful influence’ … on teaching and learning; and the National School Reform Agreement (2019)