1. TLM Qualifications Mark Book and Learner Site
Reducing administration and improving pupils engagement in assessment.

2. Rick Barnes Head of Computing and Information Technology
Bedale high school
North yorkshire
@barnesrick

3. Why Change to TLM Expiration of Previous qualification
Royal society Report
Computing at School
Curriculum reforms
Need to find a more manageable assessment system
Non specialist teachers
Last year
155 pupils
1 teacher
84% Pass or above
Work load ???

4. Our Plan IT Computing KS3 KS4 Compulsory
TLM Level 2 Certificate for IT User Skills in Open Systems and Enterprise
Optional
TLM Level 2 Extended Certificate in IT User Skills in Open Systems and Enterprise
TLM Level 1 Certificate in IT User Skills in Open Systems and Enterprise 
TLM Level 1 Certificate in Open Systems Computing
TLM Level 2 Certificate in Open Systems Computing 
This left holes in our plan
No levels for KS3
No computing qualifications in place
1st OCR computing – Option
Then we added TLM Level 1 to replace levels
But we were still short of a way to assess computing and no new levels planned
OCR GCSE Computing

5. Moving to TLM Initial Plan to phase in the use of the learner site
Starting with Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils new to the qualifications
Retaining existing tracking and evidence systems for Year 10 and 11
Plan to start with low risk year groups and continue with out previous set up for delivering the ITQ

6. Moving to TLM What really happened
Using the system highlighted the benefits of self assessment and submitting work in smaller sections provides more immediate progress checks and feedback opportunities
Feedback process similar to our previous systems but added to the tracker pupils have engaged more with this process
Non specialist teachers added to the team meant that what might have worked for staff that already knew one system wouldn’t work
Too many things
Too many places
Fragmented marking

7. Mark Book - School Admin
CSV upload of pupil data
Simple group management
Groups can be assigned school assessors
Live link between the learner site and the mark book site
This meant that in less than 2 weeks we were able to move all pupils on to the new system, before they even knew we hadn’t planned it that way in september

8. Mark Book - Teacher
Staff have full access to detailed data for their classes
Staff can request awards for their classes at any time
Moderation and feedback directly between class teacher and TLM
Certificates available to print as soon as moderation completed
Certificates improve pupil motivation
Not sure that staff will ever want to take this much control but they can if the want to
Mark Book

9. Learner Site - Staff Print initial usernames and passwords
Register pupils/classes for units
Access submitted work
Agree pupils self assessments to award criteria
Give feedback and return work that needs improvements
Track class progress
Track individual pupils
By Unit
By Criterion
Staff have all the tools they need to administer their groups, assessment and tracking

10. Learner Site - Pupils Pupils can submit work
Text comments
Upload files
Links to online evidence (blogs, videos )
Select assessment criteria
Self assess work
Send work to their teacher
Track Progress
Read feedback and resubmit work
Pupils can work in ways that suit them although we might not be ready for them.
Learner Site

11. Benefits to Pupils 2013 Results 2014
4 pupils following a work related timetable who would not have received any qualifications
2 Year 9 pupils who had started the qualification asked to complete the remaining units in their last few weeks with us and left the school certificate in hand.
2014
Some pupils are already using the tracking system and assessment grids to work more independently (4 weeks)
More pupils choosing to act on feedback without teacher input
Some year 9 pupils will have their first unit certificates before they get their report this term. (9 Students have already completed their first unit)
Positive indicators from a small sample group
the progress of last years year 9
the new year 9

12. New Strategies Early start Settling activities
Pupils learning the systems from year 7
Multiple pathways (lots of units)
Curriculum coverage (lots of units)
Settling activities
Pupils used to wait for the whole class before they found out about todays lesson
Lower school students used to practice touch typing until all computers were ready (some up to 7 years old)
Now pupils look at the tracker, check feedback and get on with improvements

13. New Strategies It’s not something we asked them to do
A few started to check
Then they started to make improvements
Then the class saw them making more progress
More joined in
We jumped on the band wagon and told them they had to start all lessons like this

14. Benefits to School Reduced Admin On demand Moderation
Increased pupil motivation
Reduced costs

15. More Benefits The management and storage of evidence is managed by TLM
Evidence is linked directly to the assessed criteria, easy to trace and audit
Choice of file formats allows pupils to submit evidence in a format that suits them not the assessment system
Images (Screen capture)
Descriptions
Links to blogs
Video evidence
Audio evidence
Other uploaded files

16. The Future Cross curricular links Music Technology Humanities
Several units will link well with existing work in other departments
Music
Sound editing
Specialist software
Technology
Specialist Software
Humanities
Presentations
Video editing
Arts – Photography
Imaging software

17. Literacy
Descriptive criteria provide excellent opportunities for literacy
Blogging, pupils are creating evidence and presenting it to a global audience (and getting feedback)