Purpose

The Inclusive Assessment Program professional learning online courses supports teachers to develop an understanding of how to administer, access, analyse and monitor students results from each tool. Teachers will build their understanding and confidence in recording student observations in the online tools and gain an understanding of how to use the data to inform teaching practice and for reporting purposes.

There are 2 courses:

• Inclusive Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (L&N) Precursors
• Inclusive Assessment Program – Passport for learning.

Who should participate?

SSP teachers and support unit teachers (K to 12).

Teachers of students with moderate to severe intellectual disability or mild intellectual disabilities who require extensive support for emotional regulation or physical disabilities and need support developing their early language and learning skills, particularly those who may be non-verbal and/or pre intentional in their communication.

Mode of delivery

Online

Course overviews

Inclusive Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy Precursors

Completing this course will support teachers to:

• recognise which students will benefit from this tool
• select the appropriate sub-elements for assessment from the Literacy and Numeracy Precursors
• use the online tool to record student observations and use this data to inform explicit teaching.

Inclusive Assessment Program – Passport for learning

Completing this course will support teachers to:

• acquire a comprehensive understanding of the purpose of the Passport for learning
  
• recognise which students this assessment tool will benefit
  
• understand how to use the Passport for learning assessment tool and the data to inform your teaching practice.

Contact

If you have any questions, contact  literacy.numeracy@det.nsw.edu.au.