1. Peer and Self Assessment: Help others help you!!By
Lisa Fulbright
Mickey Morehead

2. Who should attend this workshop?
Primary teachers
Secondary teachers
Administrators
Curriculum coordinators

3. Aims of the workshop
To help students be able to improve their learning with the use of peer and self assessment strategies
To increase the independence of your students
To help students become competent with the use of peer and self assessment

4. Why would you want to use it? Because you believe:
Students should be valued participants in their own learning
Students should be able to identify their learning gaps and solve their learning needs, with teacher assistance
To help students develop skills for life-long and self-motivated learning by learning peer and self assessment strategies

5. Possible Concerns
Are primary students too young to self and peer assess?
Will students find the process too difficult?
How are you at giving up some control in your classroom?!
You can probably think of other concerns you may have.

6. Goals to Accomplish
Develop an environment within the classroom that will support peer and self assessment (Trust and respect)
Encourage students to become more involved in their learning
Improve teaching by assisting students in the learning of these strategies
To be more of a facilitator and less of a dictator in the classroom

7. Steps to Implementation Early stages
Share models of work with the students to show students what will be expected
Model success criteria with examples of work
Gather the students together daily at a set time to discuss and reflect with them on any learning goals in relation to a successful assignment

8. Developing a trusting and respectful environment
During the early stages ask volunteers to share their work with the class. Have the class identify two to three items that represent how the assignment was well done and one item that may help improve the work
Have the students work in pairs completing the same task. How did they do it right (2 or 3 items) and how can they improve (1 item)

9. Steps to Implementation Later stages
Develop as assessment sheet where the students can indicate how well they have met certain criteria (CBM’s – Graphs are particularly favorable)
Have students review their own progress and reset their goals.
Have students reflect and give opportunities for improvement and examples of what they have learned
At this point the focus is starting to shift
from the teacher to the student

10. Possible Results
Students are beginning to manage their own learning and become more focused on the next step/steps in their learning process
Students are aiding in each other’s learning by sharing two positive ideas about their work and one idea for improvement
It can be used with all levels of learning – both high level students and those with learning challenges

11. More Results
The students will begin to take more ownership in their own education
The climate of the classroom has shifted from one of a teaching to a learning environment
Students will begin to work more independently and rely less and less on the teacher
Students will be able to look at successful work samples and talk about what they had done well

12. Benefits to the Teacher
Ability to give away some control of the student’s learning
Ability to become better at sharing learning targets and expectations
Become more focused on providing feedback and expectations to the students
Spend less time on grading and recording assessment data!!!!!!!!!

13. In Conclusion
Begin by having students assess their work orally slowly moving to written assessment
Provide opportunities for peer and self assessment within each unit of study
Create a trusting and respectful environment where students are comfortable with sharing their ideas and accepting constructive criticism and advice

14. Some things to consider
How could you currently use peer and self assessment in your classroom?
How would you change the way you currently keep records?
What would you do with the time that is now available?

15. Possible Classroom Strategies
T.T.P.A.T. – Turn to a partner and talk
Think – Pair – Share
Say It – Draw It – Write It
Key Words
What strategies do you currently use that could be used to implement this process?