Post on 03-Jan-2016
transcript
Agenda
1.00 Welcome, introductions
1.15 AfL Leading Teachers initiative
1.25 Alan Banks – the AfL Wiki
1.45 Gloucestershire guide to AfL – update
2.05 Sharing practice
2.30 Tea
2.50 Questioning and Dialogue – mini-inset
3.45 Plenary
4.00 Close
AfL Leading Teachers InitiativeObjectives: • to develop innovative practice in AfL; • to disseminate best practice across LA in networks; • to support AfL consultants with subject areas within
schools. Outcomes: • Growing resource of AfL materials to support
teachers.• Increased impact of AfL on learning; reduction in in-
school variations.
AfL Leading Teachers Network
Activities:• Trial and evaluate innovative practice in own classrooms• Develop strategies for tracking and securing pupil
progress• Support whole school development in own schools• Coach colleagues• Deliver training to / share practice with small groups of teachers
with identified needs• Contribute to LA run network meetings• Run smaller local networks for enthusiastic ‘AfLers’. • Continue to develop best practice guide• Developing primary / secondary AfL links
AfL Leading Teachers Network
Darin Williams English Dene Magna
Simon Ball Science Balcarras
Jane Caddy Maths Tewkesbury
Alan Banks Geography Barnwood Park
Peter Hayward Geography Sir William Romney’s
Rachel Crouch History Severn Vale
Gloucestershire Guide to Good AfLPurpose:• To develop a shared and common
understanding of AfL across subject areas• To deepen and extend teachers’
understanding and practice• To offer key generic tools and strategies
shown to work in Gloucestershire schools• To offer subject specific examples of AfL in
practice
Gloucestershire Guide to Good AfLContents:• Part 1 – teaching and learning.• Part 2 – leadership and management of AfL• CD of parts 1+2
• Internet www.assessment4learninggloucs.wikispaces.com
Gloucestershire Guide to Good AfLOrigins of materials:• National Strategy resources• Publications by leading AfL figures• Gloucestershire secondary schools• Consultants’ own materials• 8 schools project report• Internet
Questioning and Dialogue
Objective• To consider strategies to support teachers to
develop effective questioning and dialogue in lessons.
Outcome• You will have identified how you will support
progression in questioning and dialogue in your school.
Strategies for effective dialogue
• To what extent are these strategies being used by teachers in your school?
• By whom?• Which strategies are the most prevalent?• Observed impact on learning?
• What are the barriers that may be preventing some teachers from using them?
• How can your teachers be encouraged to make better use of these strategies?