Consistent Teacher Judgement Online - Science and Technology K-6

CTJ (Consistent Teacher Judgement) Online is based on the professional development program Consistent Teacher Judgement in Action. CTJ Online focuses on Module 4 of that project: Moderation. Whereas Consistent Teacher Judgement in Action was designed as for face-to-face delivery, CTJ Online is delivered by I.C.T. (Information and communications technologies).

CTJ Online aims to provide you with support in making judgements about achievement of your student outcomes by:

  • providing support materials on moderation
  • encouraging you to consider student achievement against syllabus outcomes
  • further developing your understanding of Science & Technology K-6 syllabus outcomes
  • guiding your learning through an online facilitator
  • providing opportunities for you to engage in professional dialogue with your peers and an online facilitator

The audience for the project is teachers in P5 and P6 schools in non-metropolitan areas who have a commitment to improving their current SciTech program.

CTJ Online is part of the Australian Government Quality Teacher Program; Project AGQTP T01.

Delivery

CTJ Online is delivered via:

  • two face-to-face workshops located within your area
  • resources on the CTJ Online web site
  • discussion on the online discussion board linked to the CTJ Online web site, facilitated by an online mentor

Timeline

One-day workshop 1: May 2, 2005
One-day workshop 2: June 6, 2005

May 2 - July 1 , 2005: online course

Support

Participants will be provided with:
  • relief (travel and accommodation where appropriate) to attend the workshops
  • access to an online mentor who will provide content support for the project by email, phone, fax
  • access to the project manager who will provide overall administration of the project and technical support, by email, phone, fax.

Project outcomes

Teachers will:

  • Have a better understanding of consistency of teacher judgement
  • Have a better understanding of moderation of student worksamples
  • Investigate what is science and technology?
  • Have a better understanding of the outcomes in S&T K-6
  • Engaged in professional dialogue with the online mentor and their colleagues around issues of moderation, teaching and learning Science and Technology K-6
  • Have moderated student worksamples from schools beyond their own school as part of an online community
  • Gained technology skills and experience in using email, email attachments, online discussion, scanning student worksamples, online chat, uploading student worksamples to the online discussion board

Contacts

Critical Friend
Suzanne Ziems
Senior Project Officer, Curriculum K-12 Directorate
Ph: 9886 7139
email: suzanne.ziems@det.nsw.edu.au

Local Facilitator
John Spier
Killarney Vale Public School
Ph: 4388 1066, mob: 0425 228688
email: jmspier@comcen.com.au

Project Coordinator
Vicki Lowery
Senior Project Officer, Curriculum K-12 Directorate
email: vicki.lowery@det.nsw.edu.au
Phone: 9886 7747, Mob: 0419 609920
Fax: 9886 7797