Assessment is for Learning

Assessment AS Learning - goal setting

To what extent do our children and staff help to set their own learning goals?

The Child at the Centre and National Care Standards

Quality Indicator	Theme	Care Standard
5.4 Assessment for learning	Use of assessment information to identify and plan future learning	Standard 5: Quality of experience Standard 6: Support and development Standard 13: Improving the service
2.1 Children’s experiences	The extent to which children are motivated and actively involved in their own learning

*QIs and themes in bold indicate those which most closely relate to this key feature.

Our children and staff contribute to identifying their own next steps and learning goals through dialogue based on feedback and evidence of learning.
We encourage children to plan and record next steps in learning through the personal learning planning process, for example future goals are negotiated with children and recorded in useful ways, such as learning stories or photos (various forms of digital media may be used).
We provide regular opportunities to help children and staff develop the habit of thinking about their own learning.

To what extent do we help children and staff to think about and identify their learning needs?
To what extent do we help our children to become confident individuals by setting next steps or learning goals through, for example, dialogue based on feedback and evidence of learning?
To what extent do we provide opportunities for our children and staff to reflect on their own learning?