Leading Assessment Practices

Program Overview:

School leadership as a lever for improving student outcomes means that today’s leaders must be very clear on which practices do and do not lead to school improvement. As a school leader, knowing why something is important, knowing what to do about it, knowing how to do it, and knowing when to do it are key questions to ask around assessment.

There is clear evidence that assessment for learning raises student achievement. Improving leadership knowledge and skill is a strategy directly aimed at raising student achievement.

Who will benefit:

Principals, deputy principals, senior leadership teams, school leaders and curriculum leaders will benefit from attending this one day workshop.  

Content:

• Be provided with assessment auditing tools and questions to reflection on their school’s collection of data.
• View the Brightpath software, research and resources to lead their school using brightpath
• Participants will review WAPPA’s position paper on what evidence and research says about assessment practices.

Learning Outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

• Gain an understanding about current research regarding best practice relating to assessment.
• Identify key questions to undertake discussions with staff around whole school assessment planning along with examples.
• Develop an assessment for learning action plan for your school.