This seminar will explore both summative and formative assessment, emphasizing their roles in evaluating students’ achievement and supporting learning. Participants will discuss key concepts and scales used to describe different levels of achievement, and how these can be meaningfully linked to assessment practices. The session will introduce the principles of competency-based assessment and guide participants in designing criteria that address all dimensions of learning – knowledge, skills, and attitudes – ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of students’ competencies. In addition, the seminar will highlight approaches to formative and self-assessment, strategies for giving and gathering feedback, and a range of practical examples for classroom application.
In 1992, Irena Laužadienė graduated from Vilnius Pedagogical University and gained the Master‘s Degree of mathematics, computer science and computing technology with a teacher’s qualification. Due to no demand for mathematics teachers and high demand for English language teachers in Rokiškis, Irena requalified to be an English language teacher. She gained a Bachelor‘s Degree of English Philology in 2002. She has been working as an English teacher at Rokiškis Romuva Gymnasium for more than 25 years.
Every year, Irena Laužadienė assesses the speaking part of the State Examination in English, and this year, she also joined the group of assessors of the writing part of the English exam.
She has been a LAKMA member since 2019 and a member of the LAKMA Board as a contact person for Rokiškis region since 2020. Annually, she participates in LAKMA conferences and projects, such as Prelim 3. She is a chairperson of the Rokiškis Romuva Gymnasium Methodological Council and the leader of the Methodological Circle of English and German teachers in Rokiškis region. Since 2019, Irena has been an English teacher expert.