Developing Teacher's Evaluation and Assessment Skills

The contents and implementation of the training

TRAINING SEMINAR, DAY 1, 16th of MAY, 2007 Ideas of assessment in VET
Time	Subject Matter/Content	Teacher activity	Student activity	Resources
10.00 – 10.15	Orientation to the assessor (vocational teacher) competence	Teacher introduces competence achieved studying the module”The assessment of learning achievements”	Students listen	Slides
10.15 - 10.45	Identifying vocational teachers’ needs of assessment skills	Teacher gives a questionnaire for students to fill up	Students filling up a questionnaire	Questionnaires
10.45 – 11.00	Needs of the assessor	Teacher introduces the task	Students work individually and in pairs	TASK 1
11.00 – 11.20	Conception of learning achievements	Teacher lectures	Students listen actively and participate	Slides
11.20 – 11.40	Understanding of assessment process	Teacher introduces the task	Students work in groups	TASK 2
11.40 – 11.55	Assessment and evaluation differences	Teacher lectures	Students listen	Transparencies
11.55 – 12.30	Participants’ experiences and views about the system of assessment	Teacher orientates the group to the task	Students work in groups and present their work to the others	TASK 3 Task papers needed in the working
12.30 – 13.00	Reflection on seminar 1	Teacher ask the students to give feedback about the importance of this part of seminar	Students give their views on the seminar
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.15	Introduction of the strategy of assessment	Teacher introduces	Students listen	Slides
14.15 - 14.40	Why do we assess? (Rain of the thoughts)	Teacher write students thoughts in a big sheet and summarize the answers	Students express their thoughts	TASK 4
14.40 – 15.20	Presentation the components of assessment system	Teacher presents	Students listen actively	Slides
15.20 – 15.30	Presentation the process of assessment (model)	Teacher presents	Students listen	Transparency
15.30 – 16.00	Discussion about the model of assessment	Teacher activates	Students bring up their views	TASK 5
16.00 – 16.30	Introducing the requirements of the organization of the process of assessment	Teacher introduces	Students listen actively and participate	Slides
16.30 – 17.00	The main problems of assessment	Teacher gives a questionnaire for students to fill up	Students filling up individually	TASK 6
TRAINING SEMINAR, DAY 2, 17th of MAY, 2007 Kinds, forms and methods of assessment
Time	Subject Matter/Content	Teacher activity	Student activity	Resources
9.00 – 9.15	Orientation to the day’s theme	Teacher orientates	Students listen	Transparency
9.15 - 9.45	Reflection of the last day(teacher-I – others)	Teacher moderates	Students sharing experience
9.45 – 10.25	Short presentation Bloom taxonomy levels	Teacher lectures	Students listen actively and participate	Slides
10.25 – 11.15	Kinds of assessment	Teacher introduces	Students listen	Slides
11.15 – 12.00	Differences of assessment kinds	Teacher gives student task papers and introduces the task	Students work individually and in groups	TASK 7, task papers
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 13.45	Describing the methods of assessment	Teacher lectures	Active listening and commenting	Slides
13.45 – 14.30	Advantages and disadvantages of learning and assessing individual and in groups	Teacher introduces the task	Students work individually and in groups	TASK 8
14.30 - 15.00	The main aspects of constructive feedback	Teacher orientates	Students listen actively	Slides
15.00 - 15.30	Using feedback	Teacher introduces to the task	Students work individually and comment	TASK 9
15.30 – 16.00	Importance of self assessment method	Teacher presents	Students listen	Slides
TRAINING SEMINAR, DAY 3, 18th of MAY 2007: Application new ideas of assessment in VET
Time	Subject Matter/Content	Teacher activity	Student activity	Resources
9.00 – 9.15	Orientation to the day’s theme	Teacher orientates	Students listen	Transparency
9.15 - 9.45	Reflection of the last day(teacher-I – others)	Teacher moderates
9.45 – 11.30	Describing each level of Bloom taxonomy	Teacher lectures	Students listen actively and participate	Slides
9.45 – 11.30	Formulating of questions in each level	Teacher asks students to give an example of formulating questions	Students formulate assessment tasks according Bloom taxonomy and subject they are teaching	TASK 10
11.30 – 12.00	Presentation of questions types	Teacher presents	Students listen actively	Slides
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 16.00	Introduction of homework. Discussing about homework, organizing the individual consultations	Teacher leads the group into discussion on these themes	Active participation, dialogue

Introduction Finland

Seminar 1 Lahti

Seminar 2 Lahti

Seminar 3 Lahti

Introduction Lithuanian

Seminar 1 Kaunas

Seminar 16.5.2007 a (pdf)

Seminar 16.5.2007 b (pdf)

Seminar 17.5.2007 (pdf)

Seminar 18.5.2007 (pdf)

Training Programme Outline (pdf)