Transforming lives through learning Profiling 3-18

Transforming lives through learning

Profiling 3-18


National context :

• BTC 5 – a framework for assessment: recognising achievement, profiling and reporting

• BTC 4- skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work

• Profiling 3-18

• P7 Profiles - entitlement from June 2012

• S3 Profiles - entitlement from June 2013

• Profiling in the Senior Phase


Key points

• learner ownership

• opportunities for reflection and dialogue

• local flexibility

• focus on skills development

• recognising wider achievement


RA, profiling and reportingLearner reflection and dialogue

Profiles Reporting to parents

Tracking

and

storage systems

QA

and

moderation

Evidence

of

learning

Recognising Achievement


Recognising Achievement, Profiling, and Reporting

‘Reflection and dialogue, in which learners participate throughout all phases of their education 3 to 18, are central to practice in recognising achievement, profiling and reporting.’

(Building the Curriculum 5, Recognising Achievement, Profiling and Reporting, p. 3).


BTC 5, page 4

A profile of a learner’s best achievements will be produced at P7

and S3. Profiles may be produced at other points to meet the

needs of a learner, as decided by the learner, school or

education authority. There will be an on-going process of

dialogue and reflection for all learners from 3 to 18. The

information drawn together through this process will enable

profiles to be

produced whenever required to inform the next stages of

learning


Profiling in the Senior Phase

• Profiling can:

provide a continuous link through learning and skills development to support transition to higher, further education and employment post school for all learners regardless of their achievements or aspirations

• Profiling is:

being increasingly recognised by partners and organisations as a method supporting and preparing young people for their post school destinations


Getting It Right For Every Child

‘The processes of recognising achievement and profiling and the processes involved in the GIRFEC practice model are mutually supportive.’

(Building the Curriculum: Recognising Achievement, Profiling and Reporting, p. 6)


Learner context :

• is experiencing a Broad General Education / is in Senior Phase• is developing skills and attributes as well as knowledge and

understanding• is becoming more aware of not just WHAT is being learned but

WHY and HOW• is beginning to join up learning across and beyond the curriculum • is developing skills for learning, life and work• is developing the 4 capacities to become a successful learner,

responsible citizen, effective contributor, confident individual• is aware that the focus is on achievement not just attainment• Is moving towards a positive destination


BTC 5, page 14

Children and young people achieve success in learning through

planned activities in a range of settings and in their lives at home

and in their local community. These activities may be provided by

youth organisations , clubs and interest groups, in community

provision or by activities organised by young people themselves.

It is important that, through their involvement in such activities,

learners build on progress in the skills and attributes that they are

developing. Recognition of as much of their achievement as

possible makes learning more relevant and motivating.


Culture

Health

Citizenship

Enterprise

Environment

Full range of contexts for achievement

Learner reflection

and dialogue

Sport and leisure

Outdoor learning

Voluntary workVoluntary


So..

• assessment needs to be more than the teacher writing a report about progress in learning and skill development.

• learners are becoming better equipped to understand and reflect on their own progress in learning and skill development

• dialogue about learning involves learners, teachers, key adults, partners, parents…..


The purposes of profiling and the profile


What should the profile include?

A good profile will include a learner statement, and is likely to include a reliable profile of achievement in literacy and numeracy, and information about progress in key aspects of health and wellbeing.

As skills in profiling develop, profiles will reflect achievements across all curriculum areas.


Reported Impact

• improved confidence in pupils• pupils getting to know themselves as learners• breaking down barriers of subjects and opening door to

interdisciplinary practice• real conversations about learning between colleagues• self and peer evaluation of learning and skills• increasing motivation• reflection on a ‘wealth of skills’• having their own say on what was achieved


Points to consider:• it’s about the process rather than the product

• need to plan and support opportunities to reflect on learning

• needs to be a focus on the development of skills

• need to be opportunities for / recognition of wider achievement

• need to involve parents / carers and partners in learning

• the learner needs to have ownership of the profile

• schools need to build on the P7 and S3 profiles


Profiling – key questions

• How do we make it manageable?• How do we make it reliable?• How do we ensure learner ownership?

• How do we promote learner dialogue? • How can profiling support transitions in the learner

journey?• How do secondary schools build on the P7 / S3

profiles?• How can profiling support transition to a positive

destination?

Documents

Transforming lives through learning Profiling 3-18