Instructors:

Material:

All of the material for the learning program will be posted online as the learning program progresses. The materials will be easily accessible, practical and relevant to AfL. You will be able to download all of the materials from the website.

Progression of the Learning Program:

There are 8 asynchronous and 8 synchronous meetings within the learning program. The teachers participating in the AfL group will be given tasks over the course of the learning program. These tasks will build on one another to culminate into a single final product. The tasks will guide you through a process of inquiry that addresses the practical nature of AfL in the classroom and in schools. The final product will reflect the inquiry process and it will be something that you can share within your colleagues to help build capacity in AfL within your school and district. By the end of this learning program, all participants will be more informed about AfL and how AfL properties can be incorporated into regular practice to enhance classroom assessment and teaching in general.

Topics

1.       Introductions, etiquette, expectations, questions and answers

2.       Understanding the difference between assessment for –of –as learning

3.       Characteristics of AFL review

4.       Relating the AfL properties to your classroom teaching

5.       An inquiry framework: Looking at AfL in my classroom

6.       Examining my own practice: AfL strategies that I use now

7.       Developing practical learning progressions

8.       Using the learning progression to support my daily teaching work

9.       Using AfL to plan my lessons

10.   Making an AfL property a classroom reality: Practicing and recording

11.   Discussion and presentations: Seeing the change

12.   Discussion and presentations: Reflecting on the change

13.   The integration of AfL properties

14.   Case Study: Observing and articulating the properties for others

15.   Case Study review: Reflecting on how to share the capacity

16.   Sharing the final assignment: Building capacity in your school and district

Attendance and Participation:

This is not a typical course. The learning program was designed for professional educators committed to the learning process. As such, the success of this learning program will depend on the responses that we provide one another as part of a professional learning group. Your regular and active participation will affect the success of the online learning program.  At the end of this learning program, we anticipate that the participants will form a network that will prove supportive for improving classroom assessment practices and for building capacity in your working environment.