Developing Teacher's Evaluation and Assessment Skills

The contents and implementation of the training

The over-all aim of the programme is to promote teachers’ and workplace instructors’ assessment skills, especially, in identifying and assessing prior learning in adult education settings. The practical aim is that teachers and workplace instructors develop assessment tools together during the training and pilot them in practice.

The first seminar, Day 1 24 May 2007: WHAT IS ASSESSED AND WHY?

The aims:
The aim of the seminar is to promote development of common understanding related to identifying and assessing prior learning as part of assessment of competence-based qualifications. Also, the aim is to enhance participants’ knowledge and understanding concerning essential concepts of competence assessment.

Time	Subject Matter /Content	Teacher Activity	Student Activity	Resources
9.00-9.30	Introduction to the whole training programme and the aims of the first seminar	Teacher introduces the content	Student listens	Handouts
9.30-10.00	Task 1: Becoming acquainted with the group and their interests	Teacher introduces the task	Pair work Group work	Slides
10.00-10.15	Short introduction to and principles of the competence-based qualifications system	Teacher introduces	Student listens
10.15-10.30	Break
10.30-11.30	What is assessed: Formal, informal and non-formal learning as part of assessment in competence-based qualifications (A1) Phases of personalising and identification and assessment of prior learning (A2)	Teacher leads the group into discussion on these themes	Active participation, dialogue	Transparencies
11.30-12.15	Lunch
12.15-12.45	Task 2: Participants’ experiences and views about identification and assessment of prior learning	Teacher orientates the group to the task	Discussion in small groups	Slides
12.45-13.30	Sharing the outcomes of group work in Task 2	Teacher leads the discussion	The groups present their work and all actively participate by bringing up questions and comments
13.30-14.00	Why do we assess: Functions of assessment (A2) Assessment as facilitator of professional development (A2)	Teacher introduces the concepts	Active listening and interaction	Slides
14.00-14.30	Break
14.30-15.00	Task 3: Current assessment resources used by participants	Teacher orientates the group to the task	Discussion in small groups and writing the outcome of the discussion on flip chart	Transparencies Flip chart Paper
15.00-16.00	Sharing of the outcomes of task 3	Teacher comments	The groups present their work
The first seminar, Day 2 25 May 2007: WHAT IS ASSESSED AND WHY?
Time	Subject Matter /Content	Teacher Activity	Student Activity	Resources
8.30-8.45	Task 4: Reflection on previous day’s content and work	Teacher brings the students into the centre of the classroom to an empty space and gives the task	Students are given paper plates and they have to write the most meaningful experiences on one side and open questions on the other side	Paper plates Pen
8.45-11.00	What is assessed: The nature, analysis and development of competence (A3, A2)	Teacher introduces to the theme	Active listening	Slides
11.00-11.45	Lunch
11.45-13.15	Task 5: Competence-based qualifications -descriptions of competences	Teacher leads the group into analysing the documents	Students work in groups and study and analyse the documents	Slides Official documents by the National Board of Education Slides Handouts
13.15-13.30	Break
13.30-15.50	Introduction to the intermediate assignment 1 what will be done, how and what is the schedule what is expected from the assignment and how it will be reported	Teacher introduces the underlying ideas behind assignment 1	Field-specific groups have a team meeting
15.50-16.00	Reflection on seminar 1	Teacher asks the students to give feedback (pros and cons)	Students give their views on the seminar

Introduction Finland

Seminar 1 Lahti

Seminar 2 Lahti

Seminar 3 Lahti

Introduction Lithuanian

Seminar 1 Kaunas

Training Programme Outline