TEACHER DA TRAINING: LEARN WITH US

Over many years of delivering teacher training in Dynamic Assessment (DA) across the UK and beyond, we have seen the profound impact this approach has on understanding learners, creating personalised feedback, and setting academic and wellbeing targets. However, for a true shift in ethos, everyone involved with the learner needs to adopt a dynamic mindset.

Dynamic assessment offers an alternative approach to evaluating children, primarily used by educational psychologists and speech therapists, but increasingly recognised by all education professionals. Unlike standardised assessments, which compare a child’s score to a norm, dynamic assessment focuses on understanding how a child learns and identifying areas for intervention. It emphasises the adult-child relationship, based on mediated learning theory, to support the child’s learning improvements.

Grounded in the theories of Lev Vygotsky and Reuven Feuerstein, our approach to dynamic assessment and mediated learning is backed by over 40 years of practical experience. Dynamic assessment helps children become more aware of how they can enhance their learning by involving them fully in the process. We’ve developed child-friendly materials with simple language and visual aids to help children understand their learning style.

Dynamic assessment operates on the belief that a child’s cognitive development is better understood through collaboration, rather than just assessing what they can do independently. The collaborative and flexible nature of the assessment, tailored to explore a child’s learning style, are key features.

Our training and certification programmes are designed to help education professionals develop their skills in this innovative assessment and intervention method.