About this course

All our workshops are constantly updated to reflect the current - and ever-changing - circumstances in all schools relating to Covid-19.

COVID-19 has transformed the world of education globally, causing a paradigm shift and effectively moving teaching and learning from being in the classroom to being online. Drawing on current research, author of “Progress Plain and Simple”, Michael Harpham leads a thought-provoking presentation and discussion on how teaching, learning and the assessment of pupil progress can be effectively delivered remotely in this online world. 

 

• practical classroom-ready ideas and resources
• small group size to facilitate interaction and full engagement
• group/pair work and discussion with the tutor
• pdf of the course booklet 

Course Outcomes:

• Practical strategies to effectively support remote teaching and learning
• Practical strategies to effectively assess progress remotely
• Five research-led approaches to measuring progress, in the classroom or online
• Practical strategies to secure and evaluate distanced progress over time

Course Outline:

Session 1: Assessing pupil progress – what’s changed and what hasn’t in a COVID 19 World

Assessing progress: What has changed and what hasn’t in a COVID 19 World

Assessing progress without classrooms: Teaching, learning and assessment from a distance

Assessing progress without teachers: Learning in lessons and online

Session 2: 5 strategies for assessing progress in the classroom and online

Assessment strategy 1: Measuring progress in skills

Assessment strategy 2: Measuring progress in knowledge

Assessment strategy 3: Measuring progress in accuracy

Assessment strategy 4: Measuring progress in resilience
Assessment strategy 5: Measuring progress in independent learning

Session 3: Assessing pupil progress over time

Progress over time: Principles and strategies to guiding step-by-step success

Progress over time: Summative assessments that mean something

Progress over time: Evaluating the journey