As a trainee teacher, teaching Information Technology, I have been asked to produce an online presentation using Padlet to examine the range of assessment records that may be used across a range of disciplines and to outline the reasons for their design and use. For this presentation, I will critically evaluate and judge a range of assessment records and will justify the reasons for this, highlighting whether the records are for internal and or external bodies. I will also like to consider how the records may be reviewed or offer alternative forms of record keeping for assessments. Again, I will be justifying the reasons for this. This presentation will cover the following points;

 

I use my diary to keep on top of my students’ attendance and see which topics they have covered/missed. At the end of each taught unit, students are then expected to undertake a summative assignment to measure their ability based on what they have learnt. Once they complete their assignment, I will then mark them, give a grade and feedback and get 10% of sample work verified internally to ensure there are no issues with the way i have marked students work. The students get to see their marked assignment along with their feedback so that they can look at it and improve their work and grades for future assignments.

·      Write down two things you have learned

·      Write down one thing you need to work on

·      Write down one thing you are good at

These questions help me to see if students are progressing and this has taught me how I should change the way I plan and deliver sessions. Based on my teaching experience this has worked well for me and I will continue to ask these questions.

 

I think shared record keeping folder would allow me as well as other teachers to see students completed summative units, progress, and their achievements. The internal system ProMonitor is used at Regent college to input students data in this way. However, a drawback to this is that staff do not update students marks/grades promptly. It is therefore of use to have a shared folder containing students grades and performance to provide other teachers with an insight of how well the student is doing.

However, at the beginning of my teaching career, I spoke to all my students to determine their general skills, attributes and attitudes towards learning and to try and find a mechanism to overcome any barriers they face during their studies. I also feel like end of session evaluation or students feedback will support me to understand my students and prompt ideas for improving teaching and learning.

However, I plan to keep students formative and summative assessments records which I believe will help me to see whether my students are progressing or not and how to improve their learning.

Furthermore, as I did not start teaching from the start of the academic year, so I did not have the chance to know all my students motivation or attitudes towards learning, therefore, I plan to have one-to-one discussions with my students to establish positive attitudes towards learning and to reduce/overcome barriers which they may have that may have negative impacts on their learning.

I believe that this alongwith with the evaluation/questions will have a positive impact on my students learning as well as myself because I will be able to understand my learners more and to improve my teaching practice by developing new learning methods and finding different approaches to teaching, which they may benefit from.