Consistent teacher judgement online: A resource for schools
Overview What is moderation School story Moderation in practice Planning Resources WebBoard


Overview

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This program is designed to enhance Moderation, Section 4 of Consistent Teacher Judgement in action (CTJ in action). It provides the opportunity for participants of CTJ in action to engage in online professional dialogue around students’ achievement.

Participants use WebBoard to communicate with other teachers from both rural and remote schools across NSW. They compare professional judgements of students’ work in order to confirm or adjust them with reference to syllabus outcomes for English K-6.

Pre - reading

Participants need to locate and read the first 3 sections of the "Consistent teacher judgement in action - A resource for schools " folder which was produced by Professional Support and Curriculum Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Training in 2002.


This web site is divided into the following areas:

What is moderation?

This area includes a presentation (pdf–44k), which defines moderation, explains how it supports consistency of teacher judgement and outlines the factors, which support or inhibit moderation.

School story

In this area you will find a case study of moderation practice at Tregear Public School. It includes some videoed footage. This will allow you to discuss with your staff the strategies you may use in your school setting.

Moderation in practice

This area focuses on participation in moderation with online colleagues. Initially you will be moderating prepared work samples. You will then engage in moderation of uploaded work samples.

Planning

In this area you will use the knowledge gained through CTJ Onine to plan future school assessment practices.

Resources

This area provides resources to assist you to participate in online moderation.

WebBoard

This area provides a link to WebBoard the online discussion area. You will need to have your user name and password ready to gain entry to WebBoard.

Information for Facilitators


Plugins

Some work samples contain links to files in pdf (portable document file) format. These pdf files may be viewed online or downloaded to your computer and viewed offline. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

Some work samples also contain mov (movie) files. These mov files are video files that will display automatically if Quicktime Player is installed on your machine.

The latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader or Quicktime Player can be downloaded, free of charge, by clicking on the appropriate icon below:

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Disclaimer
“The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training.”

Acknowledgement
“This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training as a quality teacher initative under the Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme.”