Moving Forward: Assessment and the Revised EYFS Framework Webinar

Описание: How does assessment fit into the new EYFS framework?
If Development Matters is now to be viewed as a curriculum rather than a progress tracker, where do we go from here?
How do we profile our children?
How do we track progress?
How can Birth to 5 Matters support practitioners?

"Assessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children, nor require excessive paperwork. When assessing whether an individual child is at the expected level of development, practitioners should draw on their knowledge of the child and their own expert professional judgement."
(Statutory Framework for the EYFS 2021)

Speakers:
Michael Freeston
Director of Quality Improvement. Early Years Alliance
Michael has worked for the Alliance for 18 years. He coordinates all aspects of the Alliance’s quality improvement support to the early years sector, including policy and procedures development, inclusion, workforce development and training. He also represents the Alliance on a range of policy forums with DfE, Ofsted and Cache.
Michael represents the Alliance on a number of national strategic bodies including DfE, Ofsted and Cache/NCFE. He was a member of the Expert Panel advising the Nutbrown review of early years qualifications and workforce development in 2012 and member of the Advisory Group for the Children’s Workforce Development Council for England until its demise in April 2012 . He is a member of the Steering Group for Birth to 5 Matters.

Alexandra Samara
Educational Director Early Years at Alpha Plus Group
Alexandra has been working for the last year and a half for the Alpha Plus Group as a Director of Early Years. Alexandra is passionate about early years education and how it can shape children’s dispositions and attitudes towards future learning. She has studied Child Development and Leadership & Management, as well as holding a BA in English Language and Literature.
Alexandra was a qualified Ofsted inspector and an assessor and mentor for the Early Years Teaching Programme. Her experience includes working for fifteen years as an Early Years Consultant in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, and supporting private nurseries and independent schools to improve the quality of their early years practice.
Alexandra has acted as a coordinator for various projects by the Department for Education, such as the “Every Child a Talker” project and was a moderation manager for the EYFSP assessment at the end of Reception.

Claire Dimpfl
Owner and Head of Tadpoles Nursery School
Claire founded Tadpoles Nursery School back in 1976, after having spent three years as a teacher. Then operating under the name of Lamont Road Nursery School, before being renamed Ifield Road Nursery in 1981. The nursery was given its current name of Tadpoles Nursery School in 1993.
Today, Tadpoles Nursery welcomes teams from Estonia, China, Singapore and Sweden among other countries to learn about best practice in Early Years.
All Claire’s experience in early years’ education has helped create a unique learning provision for children aged between two years and five years, using a play-based approach to encourage children to grow and learn. Claire has also developed, within Tadpoles, an award-winning organic garden for the children, and champions a focus on all aspects of ecology within the children's education.

Natalie Going
Manager of Tadpoles Nursery School
Natalie graduated from University of Roehampton with a PGCE specialising in Early Years in 2003. Natalie went on to be the class teacher at Melcombe Primary School across both nursery and reception classes in their Early Years setting, followed by two years at Minors Nursery in Nottinghill. Natalie then moved to Bangalore, India to work with young children before coming back to London and starting with Tadpoles Nursery in 2008. Natalie continues to teach at Tadpoles as well as becoming Manager in 2015.

Hosted by Jackie Harland MBE and Helen Garnett, founders of Arc Pathway.