Unit 3. Activity 6: Use the 7Ps to help plan the meeting

Activity 6: Use the 7Ps to help plan the meeting

You have read some authoritative research about the power of “assessment for learning” and “feedback” can have on student’s achievement. You know that the assessment strategies used in your school are limited. You hope to encourage colleagues to extend their skill-sets and make more effective use of AfL and feedback in lessons.

FIRST PRYMARY TEACHERS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT ASSESSMENT IN THE CLASSROOM.

PURPOSE	The purpose of this meeting is to talk about the strategies of assessment in the classroom and improve those strategies knowing more about “assessment for learning” and feedback.
PRODUCT	The objective of this meeting is to connect the teachers with new strategies of assessment and the benefits for the learning process and the students, also we hope to accomplish in this meeting a schedule in which every teacher is going to introduce one new “assessment for learning” and “feedback” strategy in their class.
PEOPLE	The people who are going to be in this first meeting are the teachers of 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade of primary, later on we are going to have another meeting with 4th, 5th  and 6th grade, we divided the groups to have smaller groups in order to work efficiently.
PROCESS	Agenda: The meeting will begin at 9:00 am and ends at 12:00 am. Presentation of the PDF about the topic. Snack Questions and doubts round Answers from the experts. Schedule joint development: in this part the teacher will contribute with ideas and dates to obtain the main objective that is to put into practice the AFL and feedback.
PITFALLS	Always we are going to have pitfalls in this case the most difficult to manage is some teachers refusal to change, but that’s why we are going to be there with material for learning and our guidance to support them in this process.
PREP	Prepare the print material about the topic for the teachers to read at the meeting and to take home or class. Prepare also a small snack for the teachers who are invited to this 3 hours meeting.
PRACTICAL CONCERNS	The meeting is going to be at the multidisciplinary room of the school. The primary coordinator is going to ask the coking staff for the snack. I am going to talk to the gender to have the keys of the school for that day. Remember to send the newsletter for the parents to suspend the classes that day. Ask the technology professor to use a Video Bin for the PDF presentation. Send tow newsletter a week and two days after, to every teacher who is invited.