Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment

BY
STEM Learning Limited via Futurelearn

Using the evidence of student learning, develop teaching skills to portray across lessons with Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment online course.

Mode

Online

Duration

5 Weeks

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based
Learning efforts 3 Hours Per Week

Course overview

Certified by CPD services, and developed by National STEM Learning Centre, and FutureLEarn, this expert track Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification course on teaching is a 5 weeks course. This course helps in the betterment of the outcome of learning in STEM subjects by doing effective planning.

Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification syllabus is mostly guided by experts who have done assessments in learning. They can help the candidates identify their thinking capacity as a learner so that learning goals can be clarified, and teachers can mark their teaching progress, and work towards its betterment. This can be done using students’ understanding in between lessons and during those lessons.

Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment training keeps its aim of developing a plan based on learners' success criteria, starting points, and also helps them build their classroom questioning capabilities so that their teaching approach is adjusted based on the response of the students. Learners can also look forward to doing medium-term planning, and open out the benefits of working with peers as the practice keeps changing.

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The highlights

  • Course on mentoring mathematics teachers
  • Expert track online course
  • 5 weeks course
  • Sessions for 3 hours every week
  • Indulge in a self-learning process
  • Certificate of completion
  • Accreditation available

Program offerings

  • 5 weeks course
  • Online course
  • 3 hour weekly sessions
  • Certificate of completion
  • Progress mapping
  • Global classroom
  • Self paced course
  • Job-ready skills
  • Accredited course

Course and certificate fees

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Futurelearn

Who it is for

Let us get one thing straight this course is dedicated mainly to the teachers who are curriculum leaders or trainee teachers or even teachers who became qualified recently under any of the backgrounds like EngineeringScience, Maths, Technology or even Cloud Computing. Well if participants are primary or secondary school teachers for the kids aged 5-19 then this course will be super helpful for them. Again, if there are teachers who belong to backgrounds other than those mentioned can also participate. 

Eligibility criteria

Educational Qualification

Work Experience

  • Learners must have some kind of working background in primary, secondary education sectors.

Certification Qualifying Details

  • Qualifying for the Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification by FutureLearn asks the candidates to just pass through all the course materials, and then complete the required assessments.

What you will learn

Learning skills

Here is everything that the candidates will be learning when this planning programme ends: 

  • Candidates will discover the starting points of students so that they can plan securely to move them ahead successfully.
  • Learners can learn to showcase how they make evidence-informed judgments regarding their students.
  • Candidates can apply a different range of approaches so that they can respond and adapt to new teaching techniques.
  • Learners can develop their planning flexibility for the collection of evidence and opportunities, which includes making an assessment of areas and misconceptions.

The syllabus

Planning to gather evidence about your students’ learning

Planning to address misconceptions

Collecting evidence to inform your teaching

Planning to respond to student understanding during lessons

Medium-term planning to respond to student understanding across lessons

Admission details

If candidates need a clear picture of the admission process of this course then they will have to see all these 5 steps written below:

Step 1: Candidates must adhere to the official website related to the Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment course.

Step 2: Next the ‘Start your free 7-day trial’ button must be found on the homepage with a little bit of scrolling.

Step 3:  The participants then have to click on the above button for registration.

Step 4: As the button gets clicked candidates will be able to have a look at a webpage containing the login or sign-up details.

Step 5: For obtaining direct admission, candidates can simply either log in with their old accounts or make a brand new one by signing up.


Filling the form

Candidates for direct admission to this course can sign up with their valid email address on the website of FutureLearn. This official online site does not need any filling process of the application forms. The registration requires just a few minutes of a user’s time to get completed. 

How it helps

The Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification benefits are:

  • The content in the course has helpful demonstrations or illustrations.
  • Candidates will learn different strategies that they can implement in their classes for some change,
  • Learners receive a separate online award that they can share freely with their potential hirers.
  • Candidates can have authority over their learning period as this is a subscription-based online programme.
  • To understand how much candidates have learned during their time in the course, they can participate in quizzes to rate their knowledge.

Instructors

Ms Andrea Mapplebeck
Teacher
STEM Learning Limited

Ms Chris Harrison
Instructor
Freelancer

Mr Dylan Wiliam
Instructor
Freelancer

FAQs

For this online programme is there a refund policy made available?

There isn’t any refund policy as this programme is based on a subscription model.

How will candidates find out that their payment has been successfully accepted at FutureLearn?

As the candidates pay the fee for Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification, if successful they will get an intimation on their email ids that they had used at the time of registration.

As the course time gets over after how long will the candidates get their printed achievement certificates?

 Within 6 weeks of getting their digital certificates, candidates are issued their printed copies of certificates.

What happens when the course gets completed before the subscription?

If by chance the candidates’ subscription is still on while they complete the course beforehand then their subscription will get canceled.

What mode of payment can be used for the Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment programme.

 Mastercard, Visa, or American Express credit or debit cards, and PayPal, can be used for the purchase of this programme.

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