Welcome back! This is the first issue of our assessment for learning e-newsletter for the 2009-2010 school year.
One school's journey in educational improvement
Branksome Hall is an independent school for girls in downtown Toronto. The school's assessment for learning journey began 10 years ago and has provided an ongoing focus for school improvement. This journey was undertaken in parallel with the implementation of the three International Baccalaureate (IB) Programs: the Primary Years Program for junior kindergarten to grade six, the Middle Years Program for grades six to ten and the Diploma program for grades 11 and 12. Branksome is a university preparatory school and all of its students are enrolled in the International Baccalaureate programs, while also completing the requirements to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
Branksome was extremely fortunate to have had Ruth Sutton launch the school on its assessment journey. She visited the school on several occasions and challenged staff members to keep in mind that the primary purpose of assessment is to support student learning, and that indeed "teaching is about communicating in order to enable others to learn."
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New professional development program has focus on evidence of learning
ETS Canada is excited to announce the release of Keeping Learning on Track (KLT). KLT is an interactive professional development program that supports teachers to adopt day-to-day assessment for learning strategies that have been shown by research to powerfully increase student learning.
The program is centred around one big idea: Students and teachers using evidence of learning to adapt teaching and learning to meet learning needs minute-to-minute and day-to-day.
You can become a KLT leader by attending our three-day workshop in Toronto in December.
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