JUNE-JULY INSTITUTES

Required Preparation for

Assessment Leadership in the International School

Rome in-person: 5 - 11 July 2023

PREPARE

HAVE ONLINE ACCESS TO:

  • Your school’s assessment policy (if no policy, any guidelines for teachers about assessment)

  • Examples of data that your school collects on student learning (e.g. report card data, external test results, running record data, etc.)

  • One unit from any section of your school which includes learning outcomes and associated assessments

  • Access to grade or record book

  • Example of widely used rubric, checklist or success criteria

  • Report card from any section(s) of your school

  • Example of formative feedback

ASSESSMENT LEADERSHIP PROCESS AT YOUR SCHOOL

While we will be building understanding, skill, and knowledge on assessment practices, the emphasis is on LEADING the assessment process in a school.  

  • If you are a principal, consider what your current role is with regard to student assessment. Include structures and processes like teams, schedules, etc. that support assessment of learning.

  • If you are not a principal, interview a principal in your school and reflect on  your principal's perception of their role in assessment.

  • For both cases above, also consider what is the BIGGEST ASSESSMENT CHALLENGE at your school.

  • Bring your reflections in whatever form serves you best (eg: outline, graphic organizer, paragraph)

FOR AFTERNOON SMALL GROUPS - A LEADERSHIP ISSUE OR PROBLEM 

As part of your experience, you will be assigned to a home group.  In preparation, please prepare a short case study or example that deals with a problem or situation you have confronted during your professional practice and for which you would value input from others. This does NOT have to be related to the course content.

ENSURE

You have access to these technology tools:

  • A laptop with a video camera, the ability to read PDFs and that can access the internet. A phone or tablet will not be sufficient. Ensure you have all necessary passwords and permissions (including the ability to download programs/apps) to use the laptop if you are using a school laptop.

  • A set of earphones that you can use with your laptop. 

  • Your school drives/platforms that will allow you to access any team/school planning documents

  • Zoom

  • Schoology (see information below)

  • Flipgrid (you will need to have a Google or Microsoft account)

  • Padlet (no account needed- an access code will be provided)

  • KumoSpace (no account needed; works best on Chrome and does not work on a phone or a tablet)

  • Access to Google is preferable

BY 1 JUNE 2023

JOIN SCHOOLOGY  To access all course materials, you will need to sign up (free) for our Learning Management System, Schoology. For the purpose of this course, please sign up as a student if creating a new account. All necessary course materials will be available about 10 days prior to the start date of your course.

Use the access code for your session below to join your course in Schoology using the "courses" dropdown at the top of the landing page once you login:

  • Access Code for 5 - 11 July 2023 Rome session: 7RS9-VSNZ-N3KFN

If you encounter any difficulties in accessing the course, please contact registrations@theptc.org.

We look forward to our learning together!

Lauren Mehrbach
Sarah Fleming

WHAT TO EXPECT