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| Overview: |
We now know that supporting teachers in their development of classroom formative assessment is one of the most, if not the most, effective way to improve student engagement and achievement, even when achievement is measured using standardized tests and exams. We also now know a great deal about how to support teachers in their development of classroom formative assessment through the use of school-based teacher learning communities.
In recent years, it has also become clear that artificial intelligence has the potential to transform not only how schools operate, but also what school is for. However, many of the claims about what AI can do for teaching are at best speculative, and at worst, likely to result in practices that significantly harm student progress. If we are to harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve what happens in classrooms, practitioners need to understand when the use of AI is justified, and more important, when it is not.
In this interactive two-day workshop, participants will learn:
- Why we need to increase educational achievement, what's been tried, and why it hasn't worked;
- Why formative assessment needs to be the priority for every school;
- What formative assessment is (and isn't);
- The role of artificial intelligence in improving classroom practice
- Practical techniques for implementing formative assessment; and
- How to sustain the development of formative assessment with teacher learning communities.
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| Objectives: |
Participants will learn what kinds of approaches to formative assessment are likely to have the biggest impact on student achievement, how they can be implemented in every classroom, and how the use of artificial intelligence can ease teacher workload and make formative assessment even more effective. Specifically, participants will
- understand why a focus on minute to minute and day by day assessment for learning must be a priority for every school
- learn about the five key strategies of assessment for learning, together with thirty practical techniques that teachers can use in their classrooms
- understand when artificial intelligence will, and when it will not, help teachers and students
- understand how to support colleagues in developing their practice of assessment for learning, through school-based teacher learning communities and AI-based coaching.
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| Agenda: |
Day 1
Session 1: Formative assessment: why, what and how
Session 2: Effective use of artificial intelligence in the classroom
Session 3: Eliciting evidence
Day 2
Session 1: Feedback
Session 2: Activating students—as learning resources and as owners of their learning
Session 3: Sustaining teacher learning with teacher learning communities |
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| Potential Audience: |
| K-12 and university teachers, curriculum supervisors, teacher leaders, and teacher trainers. |
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| Methodology: |
| The workshop will use a variety of techniques including formal presentation, small group discussion, and a variety of activities that model the use of effective formative assessment in the classroom. |
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| About Dylan Wiliam |
| Dylan Wiliam is one of the world's leading authorities on the ways that assessment can be used to improve student learning and has authored or co-authored over 300 articles, books, and book chapters on education. After 7 years teaching English, mathematics and science in urban secondary schools in London, he joined Chelsea College, University of London, which later merged with King's College London. During his time at King's College London, he ran the mathematics teacher education programme, co-ordinated a large scale testing programme, served for five years as Dean of the School of Education and from 2001 to 2003, was Assistant Principal of the College. In 2003 he moved to the United States, to take up the post of Senior Research Director at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, and in 2006 returned to the UK as Deputy Director of the Institute of Education, University of London. Since 2010 he has worked as an independent consultant, advising schools, districts, and regional and national governments on how education can be improved, but he retains his link with the University of London as Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment. |
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| Venue: |
Bangkok Patana School
643 ซอยลาซาล Bang Na Tai, Bang Na, Bangkok 10260, Thailand |
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| Hotel options close to the school: |
- Hotel Koon (10 min Taxi Ride)
- The Tepp Serviced Apartments (10 min Walk)
- The Orion Serviced Apartments (10 min Walk)
- Novotel Bangna (20 min Taxi Ride)
- Dusit Princess (25 min Taxi Ride)
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| Timings: |
8.30 am to 3.30 pm
Registration at 8.00 am on 30th March 2027 |
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| Investment |
USD 850 Closing Date 15th March 2027
USD 750 Early Bird Offer Till 1st December 2026
Includes: Certificate of Participation for 16 Professional Development Hours, light breakfast, lunch and a coffee break. |
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