NAR – Our Learning Journey

The National Assessment Resource supports assessment approaches for Curriculum for Excellence and is a key tool to help meet the moderation requirements within Building the Curriculum 5. NAR supports practitioners in developing a shared understanding of standards. It clarifies expectations of, and improving practice in, approaches to assessment.

In this seminar the speakers will share their experiences of developing assessment exemplars. They will highlight how they worked collaboratively to:

• design appropriate activities that allowed learners to work towards achieving selected experiences and outcomes
• provide opportunities for learners to show what they know and can do
• evaluate evidence with reference to agreed learning intentions and success criteria ('how much' and 'how well')
• use the information from moderation to plan next steps in learning
• record and report on learning using the evidence of learning and annotations.

Participants will learn about how staff, through collaboration, built on and developed their assessment skills to the point where they were well placed to model their approaches for others through the materials they contributed to NAR. Participants at this seminar will have the opportunity to discuss and share these experiences. This seminar will be delivered by practitioners, supported by a Development Officer from Education Scotland.

Development Officer, Education Scotland

Sarah MacPhee and Patricia Macleod, teachers from the Glasgow Gaelic School

Sarah is a P5 class teacher in Gaelic medium setting. She has taught at various stages throughout the school.

Patricia was the P7 teacher but at present is Acting Deputy Head within the early stages of the school.