Audience

This workshop will be suitable for teachers and leaders that want to improve their assessment of student learning. This includes classroom teachers, single subject teachers or coordinators teaching in elementary to middle school.

Workshop

This workshop will focus on how to effectively assess students in order to plan to meet their needs. It will look at the difference between formative and summative assessment and give participants the opportunity to develop assessment strategies they can implement in their teaching. The workshop will examine all aspects of formative assessment and how to effectively use day to day formative assessments to meet the needs of students.

What to bring:

Participants will need to bring assessment tools they currently use and samples of student work to look for evidence of learning.

The workshop will focus on:

• What is assessment? Why do we assess?
• What is the difference between an assessment tool and an assessment strategy?
• Examining the difference between Assessment For, Assessment Of and Assessment As Learning
• The difference between big data and small data (focus of the workshop is on small data)
• What is the role of backwards planning and assessment?
• How do we determine expectable evidence of learning?
• Using the Innovative Global Education Rubric of Understanding to develop levels for assessing conceptual understanding
• What makes a good summative assessment task?
• Examining the importance of formative assessment for student learning
• Understanding the role of prior knowledge
• Exploring formative assessment tools and strategies that assess students’ understanding of conceptual learning
• Understanding the role of feedback as a formative assessment strategy
• Examining the importance of learning intentions and criteria in assessment
• Understanding and examining the role reflection and self assessment as a part of the learning process
• Examine day to day formative assessment strategies and how can we use them in our everyday teaching to improve student learning
• Reflect on where to go next with our assessment practice

Payment must be made via bank/wire transfer prior to the workshop. Because wire transfers often pass through several intermediate banks before they are deposited, the process may take several days to reach the SCIS account. It is often difficult and/or impossible to determine who is making the payment from the bank notice of deposit.

To ensure that your payment through wire transfer is properly credited, please fax a copy of your proof of remittance to +86 (21) 62614639 or email a copy to payment@scis-china.org. Please write EARCOS Professional Learning Weekend, your name, and your school name in the subject line of the email or at the top of the fax.

Transfers from outside of CHINA (in USD):

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Shanghai Branch

670 Huang Jin Cheng Dao, Shanghai, China

Shanghai Community International School

Account: 1001310909148001247

Swift Code: ICBKCNBJSHI

Transfers from within CHINA (in RMB*):

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Shanghai Branch

中国工商银行上海黄金城道支行

Shanghai Community International School

上海长宁国际外籍人员子女学校

Account: 1001310919000039017

(*according to the exchange rate the day of the transaction)

For schools in China, we will not be able to issue an official fapiao but we can issue a receipt that may be valid for reimbursement.

There are many hotels in the area near the SCIS Hongqiao (HQ) campus. Below are four recommendations of hotels ranging across different costs and ratings, with average/anticipated room cost listed for the end of November. Each is linked to the English Ctrip website for the hotel. Ctrip is a popular booking site in China, similar to Agoda and Booking.com. Participants at the Professional Learning Weekend are responsible for their own accomodation booking and transport to/from the SCIS HQ campus.

Mission: To develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring learners who contribute positively to their communities.

Set in the heart of the Hongqiao/Gubei area, SCIS has grown alongside the Shanghai community since it was founded in 1996. Proudly an IB World School running PYP, MYP, and DP, our graduates have established themselves across the globe as leaders and innovators, while always keeping hold of their SCIS Dragon spirit. We welcome all participants at our EARCOS Professional Learning Weekend and look forward to growing with you as we educate the next generation of international citizens.