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Dear PE colleagues,
The EverLearner PE Teacher Academy is now officially live, and I encourage you to visit and have a gander before reading this blog. The Academy is the home of PE-specific CPD for PE teachers, PE course managers, Heads of PE, Directors of Sport, as well as trainee and ECT PE teachers. We have built it because there is a serious lack of PE-appropriate training that PE teachers can benefit from, specifically about classroom-based PE teaching.
In the last few weeks, I have written about our work in PE pedagogy CPD and PE cognitive science CPD, PE curriculum CPD and PE Subject knowledge CPD. This week, I wish to take this further by guiding you on PE course design and assessment CPD. Put simply, PE teachers, whether delivering a GCSE, A-level, BTEC or WJEC Technical Award (list of PE and Sport courses not exhaustive), have the right to be trained in how to manage PE courses, establish course plans and consider, with sufficient knowledge of alternatives, different PE assessment models. Therefore, as of now, PE teachers can experience training and guidance specific to their qualifications via The EverLearner PE Teacher Academy.
Allow me to ask a fundamental question:
Whilst I could be wrong, I believe that you will have answered yes to that question.
Now, allow me to ask a further question:
Whatever answer you have given to that question in your mind, I invite you to ponder it for a while. How many steps does a colleague have to take, currently, to access that information? How reliable and developmental is the information? How many proactive steps based on self-motivation and determination must a colleague take to acquire the information?
It is my contention that some PE teachers and other colleagues currently learn about different assessment methods, say, in spite of the reality that there is no go-to place to learn the key ideas. I cannot agree with this as an acceptable reality and, for this reason, and without ever wishing to deny the crucial elements of learning through experience and practice and from mentors in our own contexts, I have chosen to provide this learning space for PE teachers and other colleagues.
Course design and assessment is not just for Heads of PE.
From now on, all PE teachers can learn about course design and assessment models in PE and Sport. Yes, Heads of PE will absolutely wish to learn about such things through The Academy, but all PE teachers can do so without barrier. Furthermore, Heads of PE and departmental leaders can ensure there is progression and sustainability in their teams, specifically because all members of the team can learn such things via The Academy.
PE Teacher Academy courses are offered across five specialisms:
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Section: |
PE Pedagogy | PE Curriculum | PE Subject Knowledge | PE Cognitive Science | PE Course Design and Assessment |
And each has its purpose:
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Section: |
PE Pedagogy | PE Curriculum | PE Subject Knowledge | PE Cognitive Science | PE Course Design and Assessment |
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User story: |
As a PE teacher, I want to learn how to set up a classroom, run learning activities and provoke my students to learn deeply and broadly in physical education. | As a PE teacher, I want to develop an intricate knowledge of the specific qualification that my students need to learn and I need to teach. | As a PE teacher, I want to learn the fundamental principles of my subject without the straitjacket of it being for a specific qualification. I want to be able to learn ideas that will allow me to teach from KS3 to KS5. | As a PE teacher, I want to understand what scientific research suggests are the ways in which human beings learn, remember and forget. I want to study these things in the specific context of PE teaching and learning. | As a PE teacher, I want to be proactive in setting up and maintaining reliable and sustainable structures for my PE qualifications. |
Images of Course Design and Assessment courses on TheEverLearner.com
Image above shows: Assessment in PE and Sport is one of three enrolled courses`
Image above shows: The course is available for me to study. Notice, I’ve made a start.
Image above shows: Topic 2 contains three lessons.
Image above shows: Lesson 1 of topic 2. Developing a knowledge of formative assessment in PE.
Image above shows: I’m ready to take the second checkpoint assessment. Notice the interleaved content.
Images above show a series of questions from the checkpoint
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Usage cases
I am fascinated to observe how different teachers and departments will utilise the course design and assessment courses within The EverLearner PE Teacher Academy. It is predictable that the courses will be valuable to course managers of a qualification, but I also hope that less-experienced teachers will see clear benefits too. How many of us in the PE teaching sector might be prone to making assumptions about our qualifications? I feel this is common, and the course design and assessment courses will help us all to challenge those assumptions.Conclusions
So, there you have it. The EverLearner PE Teacher Academy Course Design and Assessment edition is ready for you.Before I finish, I want to remind you of some key features of all of our Academy courses:
✅ Between one and one and a half hours of study per course
✅ Two checkpoint assessments per course
✅ Online note-taking for video content
✅ Ability to study up to three courses concurrently
✅ Ability to activate and deactivate courses as you wish
✅ Available to entire PE departments
Thanks for reading and don't forget to register your interest, if you haven't done so already 👇:
James
