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Leading Assessment (EDUC90754)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
July
Associate Professor Suzanne Rice: s.rice@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject is designed around the key assumption that assessment practice and policy is a central component in successful school leadership and instructional decision making. Participants will explore assessment and reporting frameworks that focus on improved pedagogy. Recent developments in assessment and reporting will form a basis of the subject. These developments include consideration of how innovative methods of student assessment might be applied in the classroom; and how assessment data can be used at individual student-teacher level, at class-coordinator level, and at school leadership level. Participants therefore will be engaged in reviewing approaches to student assessment, teacher use of these assessment data to make instructional decisions, and leadership use of data to inform curriculum, staffing, and school policy related matters. The subject aligns with the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership National Professional Standard for Principals.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Evaluate innovative modes of assessment.
- Relate assessment methods and outcomes to instructional decision making at student, class, cohort and school level
- Compare resource needs to assessment data and instructional intervention
- Use data driven analysis to identify teacher professional development needs in terms of pedagogy and discipline knowledge and skills
Generic skills
On completion of this subject participants will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
- Be effective collaborators and show teamwork skills through the assessment tasks
- Implement critical analyses of how innovative assessment practices can be adapted to classroom use
- Apply technical understanding of assessment development data use through consideration of schools data and innovative approaches to assessment.
- Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate a viable model for integration of current approaches to assessment within a school.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission to the Master of Instructional Leadership (MC-INSLEAD)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
A 2,500-word (equivalent) analysis of school data and its implications for instruction, teacher development and policy at a school level due third quarter of the teaching period 50%
A 2,500-word (equivalent) discussion of development of within-school assessment practices to reflect learner skills growth due end of semester 50%
This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 75% attendance at tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- July
Principal coordinator Suzanne Rice Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 28 June 2019 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period Students will be required to complete reading that will be provided via LMS Teaching period 5 July 2019 to 24 August 2019 Last self-enrol date 28 June 2019 Census date 19 July 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 August 2019 Assessment period ends 3 October 2019 July contact information
Associate Professor Suzanne Rice: s.rice@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Pre-teaching period:
During the pre-teaching period Students will be required to complete reading that will be provided via LMS
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Instructional Leadership - Links to additional information
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024