Assessment FOR Learning - involvement

To what extent are our children and staff fully involved in deciding next steps in their learning and identifying who can help?

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 6: Support and development Standard 9: Involving the community Standard 10: Involving other services
5.2 Teaching for effective learning	Judgements made in the course of teaching
5.3 Meeting learning needs	Identification of learning needs The roles of staff
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 can discuss their learning and progress with adults and peers. This helps them to identify strengths and next steps in their learning.
Our children are confident and are able to ask for help at any time.
Our children have opportunities to develop the skills and capacities they need to become more effective in evaluating and directing their own learning.

To what extent do our children and staff have opportunities to participate in a dialogue about their learning that allows them to identify their next steps?
To what extent are our children and staff supported to set their own learning goals?
To what extent do we respond to questions in a positive manner to help children and staff develop as confident individuals?
To what extent do our children and staff have opportunities to develop the skills and capacities they need to become more effective in evaluating and directing their own learning?
To what extent do children and staff and make use of resources available within the wider community, including external agencies as appropriate to support them if they need help?