Teacher's Education/Commonwealth Training Workshop April 1-4 2025

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This course is the last course in a series of five geared towards education and development of the secondary English teacher. It is designed to expose secondary teachers of English to the principles underlying classroom-based assessment in English and to provide them with a broad range of strategies that they may use to assess language and literature proficiency in the secondary English classroom. The course will focus on the types and uses of assessment (formal, informal, diagnostic, formative and summative) data to improve teaching and learning in English – language and literature. As such, the types and uses of formal, informal, diagnostic, formative and summative assessment and the benefits for both the teacher and the students at the secondary level will be emphasized. This includes enabling teachers to use formative assessments to assess student learning effectively–before, during and after instruction–and interpreting and analyzing assessment data to plan for instruction. Teachers will also be exposed to best practices in classroom-based assessment in English that provides consistent and clear feedback to students, teachers, parents and administrators. The alignment of specific outcomes and assessment strategies and tools will also be highlighted.