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Ormiston Junior College – Using personalised assessment to grow self-regulated learners
Luke Sumich - Principal and Viv Mallabar and Kat Liu-Asomua - leadership team.
Ormiston Junior College (OJC), situated at Flat Bush in East Auckland and established in February 2017, is a middle school for students from years 7 to 10. Although the student population is small at the moment, the school will eventually accommodate 1000 students.
The college is in a new building, constructed as an ILE (Innovative Learning Environment). The new design of the teaching spaces has allowed the school to develop an innovative approach to teaching and learning.
- The system has allowed school leaders to weave together curriculum achievement objectives, key competencies and values to create an integrated assessment based on the New Zealand Curriculum.
- Student-centred learning – students work at their own pace and level to bid for and earn badges.
- Student self-regulation at the heart of the system; they choose, in consultation with their teacher, the context for and direction of their learning.
- The badge system that engages the students – they enjoy it and trust the process.
- The integration of teaching, learning and assessment allows teachers and students to make natural connections across all learning areas.
- Students form a knowledge network to help each other: for example, how to connect learning to criteria.
- Online access is building a community narrative about the assessment focus.
Senior leaders at OJC stress that they are in a constant state of evaluation and review of their process, including the badges and the criteria for gaining them.
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