Dr Jenny Poskitt

Dr Jenny Poskitt is Director Graduate School of Education, Massey University, New Zealand. Dr Poskitt began her career as a primary teacher, teaching in three different schools. She was seconded as a researcher in a national project on Curriculum Review and subsequently appointed to Massey University. Her tertiary teaching and research interests relate to assessment and moderation, professional learning, research methods, middle year and tertiary level student learning and engagement. With three children spanning primary to secondary level schooling, Jenny is realistic about the challenges in education.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Thursday 26th Jan - 2.15pm to 3.45pm

NZ OTJs:
from razzamatazz to revolution?

When NZ began the journey of overall teacher judgments (OTJs), an important component of students’ achievement against National Standards (NS), there was noisy protest amongst the education sector. Whilst valuable lessons could be learned from countries such as Australia, little was known about NZ teacher capacity to formulate accurate and consistent judgments, nor how comparable such judgments were in relation to those of their colleagues’. Some intriguing findings from New Zealand research into primary teachers’ understanding and practices with OTJs are examined in the address along with some revolutionary ideas.