The Learning, Teaching & Assessment Cycle

Professional Learning Resource Suite

The West Partnership have created time-efficient and accessible Professional Learning Videos as well as detailed PowerPoint Presentations.

Each resource can be adapted to suit your needs with reflective questions, activities and further reading for every stage of the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Cycle.

This suite of professional learning can be utilised by individuals, as well as collegiately within schools and clusters to support and develop practitioners’ knowledge and capacity.

This resource builds on the Moderation Cycle (and associated resources on the Moderation Hub), originally developed by Education Scotland.

All materials are made available below.

Stage 1 - Learners are at the heart of every stage of the cycle.

Part 1

Learners are at the heart of every stage of the cycle.

Stage 2 - Plan learning, teaching and assessment using the Es and Os to meet learners needs.

Part 1

Experiences & Outcomes

Part 2

Experiences & Outcomes

Stage 3 - Learning Intentions reflect standards within the Es and Os Success Criteria are clear, relevant and measurable.

Part 1

Learning Intentions

Part 2

Success Criteria

Stage 4 - Learning, teaching and assessment reflects an appropriate balance between ongoing and periodic assessment.

Part 1

Learning, Teaching & Assessment

Part 2

Planning Assessment Approaches

Part 3

Ongoing & Periodic Assessment

Part 4

Key Features of High Quality Assessment

Part 5

Ongoing & Periodic Assessment

Stage 5 - A wide range of appropriate evidence is gathered which demonstrates breadth, challenge and application.

Part 1

Evidence

Part 2

Qualitative & Quantitative Data

Part 3

Direct Observation

Part 4

What is Evidence

Part 5

Valid and Reliable Evidence

Part 6

Achievement of a Level

Stage 6 - Regularly use standards within the Es and Os and Benchmarks to evaluate and monitor learners' progress.

Part 1

Evaluate

Part 2

Evaluation

Part 3

Evaluate

Stage 7 - Feedback is linked to success criteria and next steps are identified.

Part 1

Feedback & Next Steps

Part 2

Feedback & Next Steps: Common Issues

Part 3

Feedback & Next Steps

Stage 8 - Reporting highlights progress and next steps in learning.

Part 1

Reporting

Part 2

Reporting

High quality exemplars taken from the West Partnership Moderation Event, March 2024.

The following exemplars show planning for learning, teaching and assessment, including learner evidence, for Money from Early to 2nd level.

DOWNLOAD EXEMPLARS & Evidence HERE

High-quality exemplars taken from the West Partnership ASN Moderation Event, February 2024.

The following exemplars show planning for learning, teaching and assessment, including learner evidence.

DOWNLOAD EXEMPLARS & Evidence HERE

Exemplars of high-quality moderation feedback on practitioner planning and evidence submitted for the Digital Moderation Event, March 2022.

This event was hosted on Microsoft Teams using PLC OneNote as a collaborative platform.

DOWNLOAD LITERACY EXEMPLARS & Evidence HERE

DOWNLOAD NUMERACY EXEMPLARS & Evidence HERE

Qualitative feedback from the event included the following:

Working through the questions with colleagues promoted some interesting discussion and shared expectations and understanding - I think reassuring we were ‘all on the same page’.

It was beneficial to evaluate other practitioners' work and work collaboratively with others.

It was good the feedback provided was created on a platform that all of us could contribute to at the one time (notebook). It allowed for everyone to share their opinion and agree/disagree with the wording of comments.

This has given me the confidence to support others within my establishment with the moderation process. It has also helped me to improve my creation of LI and SC referring to the Experiences, Outcomes and Benchmark Statements. I have found the whole process really worth while. I really enjoyed it. I feel I am much more confident than I was when I first completed this course in 2019/2020.

It gives me confidence that I am on the right track at being able to do implement it successfully.

This event has deepened my understanding of the planning and assessment process.

Such a valuable and worthwhile event that will be shared with all our staff. Great to listen to others’ opinions and take on board the professional dialogue.

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The Learning, Teaching & Assessment Cycle

Professional Learning Resource Suite

Part 1

STAGE 1 Reflective Conversations

STAGE 1 Reflective Activities

Part 1

Part 2

STAGE 2 Reflective Conversations

STAGE 2 Reflective Activities

Part 1

Part 2

STAGE 3 Reflective Conversations

STAGE 3 Reflective Activities

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

STAGE 4 Reflective Conversations

STAGE 4 Reflective Activities

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

STAGE 5 Reflective Conversations

STAGE 5 Reflective Activities

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

STAGE 6 Reflective Conversations

STAGE 6 Reflective Activities

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

STAGE 7 Reflective Conversations

STAGE 7 Reflective Activities

Part 1

Part 2

STAGE 8 Reflective Conversations

STAGE 8 Reflective Activities

High quality exemplars taken from the West Partnership Moderation Event, March 2024.

DOWNLOAD EXEMPLARS & Evidence HERE

High-quality exemplars taken from the West Partnership ASN Moderation Event, February 2024.

DOWNLOAD EXEMPLARS & Evidence HERE

Exemplars of high-quality moderation feedback on practitioner planning and evidence submitted for the Digital Moderation Event, March 2022.

DOWNLOAD LITERACY EXEMPLARS & Evidence HERE

DOWNLOAD NUMERACY EXEMPLARS & Evidence HERE

Leadership of Learning

Evaluating & Reporting

West OS

Resources

Remote Learning