This course supports teachers at ISH in embedding, or further strengthening, formative assessment strategies in their everyday classroom practice. While it is designed primarily for new teachers at ISH, the course is also suitable for ‘returning’ teachers who wish to refine and deepen their formative assessment practice.
Participants will explore ISH’s shared approach to formative assessment, engage with curated resources from the Formative Assessment @ ISH Portal, and plan, teach, and reflect on a lesson that intentionally incorporates one or more of the five key formative assessment strategies.
Format
⏳ Approx. 1.5 hours/week over roughly 6 weeks (asynchronous) - via ISH Academy
🤝 Final face-to-face session
👥 Optional: Participants may also book one (or more) 15-minute 1:1 appointment(s) with the course facilitator – Silvia Semana – at any point during the course to ask questions, explore ideas, or get personalised support. If you wish to do so, please use this link.
Main Goals
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Use the Formative Assessment @ ISH Portal confidently as a professional learning resource
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Apply ISH’s shared understanding and language of formative assessment in own teaching practice
- 教師: Semana Silvia
Introduction to Bullet Journaling with Karolina: The Bullet Journal Method is a mindfulness practice that’s designed as a productivity system. Thanks to ISH Academy, you have a unique opportunity to join our first official Bullet Journal course that will be provided by soon-to-be Bullet Journal Trainer - Karolina!
In this course you will learn the ins and outs of the Bullet Journal Method, as well as the philosophy behind it. The aim of the course is to help you organize your daily life (with all its challenges), learn to set up realistic goals and actually follow through on them, improve your focus and give you more control and peace of mind than ever before.
Don’t be fooled by the name - the content of the course is suitable for everyone, whether you are new to bullet journaling and you are curious about this method, or you are a season bullet journal practitioner and would like to give your practice a new twist.
To ensure that everyone can join in, we will be providing a mix of online and live sessions. Don’t wait too long: The first online session will appear in the ISH Academy environment on Wednesday, 21st of January and the first live session will take place on Wednesday, 4th of February, from 15:30 to 16:30. More details will follow.
P.S. It is also possible to join online sessions only - reach out directly to Karolina, if you have more questions.
Agam Academy's Effective Lesson Planning is a 6-week course designed for Indian educators seeking to enhance their lesson planning skills. Tailored to the Indian education system, this programme offers 1.5 hours of video content, expert strategies, and interactive activities to empower teachers in creating well-structured, engaging lessons that align with the diverse needs of the Indian curriculum.
Led by Nicholas Bruce, an experienced international educator, the course covers the four-part lesson plan, planning tools for diverse learning styles, and techniques for creating active, fun lessons. Participants will gain practical insights, downloadable resources, and a certificate upon completion, all aimed at improving teaching practices and student learning outcomes in Indian classrooms.
- 教師: Bruce Nicholas
This is a four-week, asynchronous online program being developed exclusively for the schools of the Stichting Rijnlands Lyceum. Facilitated in English and Dutch, the course will guide educators in understanding the DigCompEdu framework, implementing it strategically, measuring progress, and engaging stakeholders to future-proof their digital literacy practices. Participants will also utilize the SELFIEforTEACHERS self-reflection tool. This comprehensive program aims to empower educators within the Stichting Rijnlands Lyceum network to enhance their digital competencies and pedagogical strategies.
Whether you are an experienced teacher with lots of strategies in your back pocket, or new to your career and eager to find out about how to organise an effective learning environment, hopefully you’ll get a few ideas from this course.
Each week will have a theme, in which a few strategies will be shared (along with a bit of theory, because, y’know, this is professional development after all!). You will then be given a couple of weeks to test out a strategy (or maybe more) and then come back together to see how you’ve gotten on.
- 教師: Bruce Nicholas
Whether you are an experienced teacher with lots of strategies in your back pocket, or new to your career and eager to find out about how to organise an effective learning environment, hopefully you’ll get a few ideas from this course.
Each week will have a theme, in which a few strategies will be shared (along with a bit of theory, because, y’know, this is professional development after all!). You will then be given a couple of weeks to test out a strategy (or maybe more) and then come back together to see how you’ve gotten on.
- Facilitator: Bruce Nicholas
This course has been created to help teachers expand their subject assessment options. Traditionally, the essay has been the go-to medium for assessment. However, subject areas and subject boards are looking for other ways to empower their students to make choices about how they respond to an assessment or display their learning.
The course will consist of the following sections
1. What is an assessment by multimedia?
2. The Advantages of multimedia as an assessment tool
3. Using multimedia as an assessment in your subjects
4. Tips and Tools for students to use multimedia for an assessment
- Course Creator: Watts Martin