Teachers at the heart of what comes next Teachers like you have always played a vital role in shaping AQA qualifications. As we move through a significant period of change in education, we want to build on that relationship and create even more opportunities for you to contribute your expertise. The realities of teaching a subject, supporting different learners and delivering assessment in the classroom provide invaluable insight. By bringing that experience together with our assessment expertise, we can make better-informed decisions as qualifications and assessments evolve. That’s why we’re creating more ways for you to get closer to our thinking, tell us what matters and help inform what comes next. Introducing the AQA Teacher Insight Programme The AQA Teacher Insight Programme brings together different ways for teachers and school leaders, like you, to share their views and experiences with us. It includes our Teacher Panels, our partnership with Teacher Tapp, and dedicated research and testing opportunities designed to help us understand what teachers need as assessment reform develops. There are different ways to contribute depending on how much time you have and how involved you want to be. You could answer a quick monthly question through our Teacher Panels, share your views through Teacher Tapp or take part in more in-depth research. As our work develops, there will also be opportunities to get closer to emerging thinking, including subject-specific events, face-to-face sessions, networking opportunities and exclusive insider sessions. Bringing teacher voice into the reform journey Our partnership with Teacher Tapp is helping us hear from teachers at scale and build a richer picture of what is happening across the profession. Through regular questions, and research reports we can explore teachers’ experiences and views on some of the issues shaping the future of qualifications and assessment. Alongside our other research, these insights will help us understand the bigger picture while our Teacher Panels and more in-depth opportunities allow us to explore particular issues and subjects further. Karen Wespieser MBE, Chief Executive of Teacher Tapp, said: Teacher Tapp exists to make sure teacher voice is at the heart of education decision-making, so partnering with AQA during this pivotal moment for education in England is something we’re really excited about. This partnership means our independent evidence base will have a direct line into the qualifications reform process. We’re proud to be contributing our insights to the project, and to see teachers’ opinions, experiences, and values directly shape the future of qualifications, assessment, and support for teachers, students, and schools. From sharing your views to shaping what comes next Taking part isn’t just about answering questions. As assessment reform develops, we want to create opportunities for teachers to contribute at different stages of our thinking. That means moving from understanding the big issues affecting classrooms to exploring emerging ideas and subject-specific questions in greater depth. Through future product testing and research opportunities, teachers and subject experts will be able to engage with early thinking, share what could work in practice and highlight where there may be challenges or opportunities we need to consider. We’ll also share back what we’re hearing along the way, helping you to see the themes emerging across the profession and how teacher insight is informing our work. It’s about creating a closer relationship between the people developing qualifications and the people delivering them every day. Your experience can make a difference Every classroom and every subject is different. Your experience can help us understand what works, what could be improved and what teachers and students need from future qualifications and assessments. Our aim is to make better-informed decisions and work towards qualifications and assessments that work in practice for teachers and give every student the opportunity to show what they know and can do. And by getting involved, you can stay closer to the reform journey too. Ready to have your say? Getting involved can take just a few minutes. Join AQA’s Teacher Panels and contribute through quick monthly surveys. You’ll also be among the first to hear about networking events, face-to-face opportunities and exclusive insider sessions where you can test our thinking, help shape what comes next and get an early look at new ideas and products. As a thank you for your time, participants also have the chance to win one of three £100 Amazon vouchers each month. The future of your subject starts with you. Get involved with the AQA Teacher Insight Programme today to make your experience count and hear about opportunities to help shape what comes next. Get involved today: Let’s shape the future of assessment, together | AQA