Developing moderation across East Ayrshire

Secondary Curricular Areas

Wed 9th November 4pm-6pm St. Joseph’s Academy

Wed 16th November 4pm-6pm St. Joseph’s Academy

Wed 23rd November 4pm-6pm St. Joseph’s Academy

Wed 30th November 4pm-6pm St. Joseph’s Academy

Technical PE Sciences Art & Design

Business Education HE Mathematics Music

English Guidance (PSE) Modern Languages

Social Studies RME & RCRE

AND•NQAG Training lead group (November twilight and half day)•Curricular specialists (suggest not PTs) to work in partnership with primary colleagues on Level 2 Literacy (Reading) within a curricular area context moderation (from January 2012)

Secondary Schools

Primary Level 2 Literacy (Reading)

Primary Schools

Primary Schools

Moderation Across East Ayrshire - Personnel

• Level 3 Curricular Areas• PTs/Subject/Faculty

Leaders• SfL representatives to

work with Curricular Teams

• Primary representatives to work with Curricular Teams

• Level 2 Literacy• 1 delegate per school to

join LC Team and lead developments in their school

• Secondary Curricular Area specialists to work with primary colleagues on context for literacy

Moderation Across East Ayrshire - TimescalesLevel 3 Curricular Areas

•Meeting 1 CMM - Sept/Oct 2011•Meeting 2 twilight session (supported study) planning and quality assurance – Nov 2011•Additional meetings for first cohort of NQAG training - Nov 2011•Teaching and learning – Nov 2011 – Feb 2012•Submission of evidence – March 2012•Moderation and feedback – May-June 2012

Level 2 Literacy

•Initial planning meeting - Jan 2012•Additional meetings for first cohort of NQAG training - Jan 2012•Agreement of focus and planning for the new session - beginning Mar 2012

Moderation Across East Ayrshire –managing staff participation

• Level 3 Curricular Areas• 4 meetings• Meeting 1 CMM• Meeting 2 Twilight• Meetings 3 & 4 SQA Exam

Leave• Some additional meetings –

e.g. NAR (twilight) and NQAG (one PM)

• Level 2 Literacy• 4 meetings• Meeting 1 Twilight• Meeting 2 Twilight• Meetings 3 & 4 – What is

your preference?• Some additional meetings –

e.g. NAR (twilight) and NQAG (one PM)

PotentialBy June 2012

•Increased staff confidence in planning and carrying out T, L & A.•Secondary departments able to state with confidence their significant and distinctive contribution to RoA (and begin to QA this).•Primary specialists working with secondary curricular specialists – reciprocal support/ valuable steps in enhancing quality of learning across P-S transition.•Detailed feedback on evidence submitted with clear next steps for teachers/departments.•Summary report by each team to inform future improvement.•Potential for SMT, QIT to sample the evidence/findings.•Staff able to begin discussion of what a portfolio of work towards a CfE Level might consist of. First steps towards a moderation board?•Professional recognition for staff leading developments.

To be developed ... 2012

• Level 1 Moderation• Internal within LCs• Your advice

• Early Level Moderation• Sessions on tracking and transitions EY-P1 staff• NAR Project - Science• Your advice

• Special Schools• Existing good practice in sharing the standard• Your advice

The Assessment Steering Group will ...• involve the right people• draw on existing good practice

To summarise!Secondary• Encouragement of staff to attend

Meeting 2 (twilight QA) – ideally should be all curricular/subject area PTs.

• Your agreement that named staff can be invited to NQAG training.

• Agreement that selected curricular staff may participate in Level 2 moderation as required by the process from January 2012.

Primary• LC agreement on either LIT 2-16a

or LIT 2-18a Literacy (Reading: Understanding, Analysing and Evaluating) as a focus.

• LC agreement on a curricular context as a focus (FORM A).

• Your nominations of staff to participate in Level 3 curricular area moderation with secondary colleagues (FORM B).

• Your advice – regarding scheduling and management of staff participation in Meetings 3 and 4.

TransitionsP7 Profile

• Gary Mason (Acting PT, Bellfield Primary School) work highly commended

• Other useful exemplars on ES website– Shawhead PS (D&G)– St. Luke’s PS (NA)

• ARR Steering Group will form short-life working group to produce an EA P7 Profile guidance and format.

• MerIT and Glow will be investigated to see which can best support the production of profiles.

• A national workstream on S3 Profile will be progressed. EA will participate.

ES Website Profiling Section

CPD materials

An example

Achievement

Recognising Achievement Development Team (Chair: Linda McAulay)

• Positive response to MerIT training sessions

• Next stage will be Seemis uplift of data – LM will contact you

• East Ayrshire Directory of Achievement

• Amazing Things website• EA’s contribution to NAR 3

is Recognising Achievement – Loudoun Academy – completes in early 2012

CfE Update

• SQA events for secondary PTs – invites to Lead PTs

• National developments in moderation (EY), profiling, reporting to elected members

• T & L policy• Literacy strategy• Literacy across Learning

CPD from ES

• Numeracy Development Team focus on strategic approaches to NAL in secondary schools

• New HWB Co-ordinator appointed

• Reporting group addressing priorities from the survey