PAT PROFESSIONAL Learning

Build expertise in using data in your everyday practice.

PAT professional learning supports leaders and teachers using PAT in their schools. Whatever your starting point, there’s a course to suit you.

Achieve school improvement goals by building teaching expertise.
Improve the effectiveness of teaching
Generate evidence of impact in improved learning outcomes.

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Discover the course that will take your data skills to the next level.

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Professional learning

It takes expertise to understand and interpret assessment data and turn it into targeted teaching. These courses are designed and facilitated by ACER experts in online learning.

On demand

Data-Driven Decisions: PAT

analysing PAT data; learning progressions; differentiated learning

On
Demand

Online

Getting Ahead with PAT

Using PAT data, capacity building, creating a PAT culture

Dates
Available

Online

Getting Started with PAT

PAT data analysis; learning domains; teaching strategies

Dates
Available

Online

It takes expertise to understand and interpret assessment data and turn it into targeted teaching. These courses are designed and facilitated by ACER experts in face-to-face learning.

Understanding PAT | Progressive Achievement workshop

Dates
Available

Multiple
locations

ACER is pleased to offer a series of webinars targeted to schools using, or about to use, the PAT Progressive Achievement suite online.

Semester 1 2021

Understanding PAT: A session for new teachers | 17 February 2021
Using 2020 PAT data to inform 2021 teaching and learning decisions | 25 February 2021
Setting up your online account for 2021 | 3 March 2021
Using the PAT Teaching Resources Centre in the classroom | 10 March 2021
Using PAT Early Years in the classroom | 5 May 2021
Using eWrite in the classroom | 12 May 2021
Using ACER’s Surveys and Questionnaires to gain insight into student wellbeing and attitudes | 19 May 2021
[School Life Questionnaire (SLQ), Attitudes and Values Questionnaire (AVQ) & Social-emotional Wellbeing survey (SEW)]

These webinars feature content relevant to assessments, surveys and resources that are delivered using ACER’s online assessment platform.

Webinars give PAT users the opportunity to engage with expert presenters, including members of ACER’s Assessment and Psychometric Research program, product authors and product managers, test developers, research fellows and education consultants.

Registration for webinars

Existing users

Log into your ACER school account, visit the 'help' section to register.

New users, or need purchase support?

If you’re not sure if your school has an account, if you don’t have a login or you just need some help registering, get in touch with our friendly support team and we’ll have you up and running in no time.

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Whatever your experience level, we have professional learning to suit you - or ask us about a bespoke option tailored to your needs.