Common use of Formal Assessment and Moderation Clause in Contracts

Formal Assessment and Moderation. Assessment of a diagnostic or formative nature should be considered part of a teacher’s normal preparation and correction activities. Moderation sits firmly within learning, teaching, and assessment, and has the learner at its centre. Moderation provides a means of arriving at a shared understanding of standards and expectations to inform future learning and teaching. However, collegiate time should be allocated for National Assessments and National Qualifications (prelims, NABS etc) and moderation. Professional Update (PU). Two hours should be allocated for PU meetings to allow time for self-evaluation in preparation for the Review meeting. Additional activity to support PU, over and above the individual maximum 35 hours detailed in section 7, may be agreed as part of the collegiate calendar. If included, the use of the additional time should be agreed as part of each individual’s plan through the PU scheme.

Formal Assessment and Moderation. Assessment of a diagnostic or formative nature should be considered part of a teacher’s normal preparation and correction activities. Moderation sits firmly within learning, teaching, teaching and assessment, assessment and has the learner at its centre. Moderation provides a means of arriving at a shared understanding of standards and expectations to inform future learning and teaching. However, collegiate time should be allocated for National Assessments and National Qualifications (prelims, NABS etc) and moderation. Professional Update (PU). Two hours should be allocated for PU meetings to allow time for self-evaluation in preparation for the Review meeting. Additional activity to support PU, over and above the individual maximum 35 hours detailed in section 7, may be agreed as part of the collegiate calendar. If included, the use of the additional time should be agreed as part of each individual’s plan through the PU scheme.