Community Authority

An LAs Perspective on Monitoring and Assessment

Sandra Love Head of Service (Quality) Mary Devine Quality Manager

What do we do now?

What do we need to consider differently?

Community Authority

Areas of Focus

Pupils Establishments Clusters Authority Inter Authority/National Community Authority

Community Authority “Assessment involves planned high quality interactions with young people and is based on thoughtful probing questions derived from the learning outcomes achieved to date.

It invites pupils to think.

Young people are clear about the

kind and quality

of work required to achieve success in the agreed outcomes.” Journey to Excellence 2006 Dimension 2

Community Authority “ Teachers enable children to develop the skills to evaluate

their own and each other’s

work against clear criteria. Learners have a

clear awareness of their own learning needs,

how well they are progressing towards

learning targets,

the links with previous learning and any

action they need to take to improve

their work and inform their next steps.” Journey to Excellence 2006 Dimension 2

Understanding the Standard

Community Authority • Must link to AIfL and L&T Policy • Use of National Assessment Resource • Business meetings • CPD for moderators Does it impact on individual pupil?

Are we meeting pupils’ needs?

Sharing the Standard

Community Authority • at school level • at cluster level • at authority level Role of SSA and Authority moderation

Data?

Authority Assessment Group Professional Judgements Literacy and Numeracy Authority Reports Longer Term Targets Community Authority

Authority Moderation

Community Authority School Visits

Literacy

- sample writing - observation of reading - dialogue with pupils

Numeracy

- sample folio of Number, Money, Measurement - observation of mental maths problem solving practical maths - dialogue with pupils •Named focus in other curriculum area (science/s subjects)

Cluster Moderation

Community Authority Moderator for each primary/pre five Moderator for each subject area Cluster meetings Subject meetings

Issues

Reporting to Parents Governance Personal Learning Planning Wider Achievement Community Authority

Lord, if I die let it be on a staff development day when the distinction between life and death is imperceptible.