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FREE Half-day Learning & Networking Experience
Unlocking Every Learner's Potential
Whole Child Assessment and Data-Informed Practice
Shanghai | Saturday, October 24, 2026
Shenzhen | Saturday, November 7, 2026
12:45PM - 6:30PM (with an optional 90-minute social hour)
Attend with a colleague!
Look beyond a single measure
What does it mean to understand every learner beyond test scores and language proficiency?
In multilingual and international school communities, every learner brings a unique blend of linguistic, cultural and academic strengths.
This half-day event will help educators look beyond surface-level metrics and explore holistic assessment strategies and responsive, data-informed practices.
Participants will consider how to honour the whole child, including mind, heart and identity, while using educational solutions to create personalised learning experiences, respond to diverse needs and accelerate growth in multilingual learning environments.
The event combines expert input, school-based case studies, breakout sessions, professional discussion and opportunities to connect with educators and school leaders. Together, we seek answers to this essential question:
How can schools support the whole child—mind, heart, and identity—while using data effectively?
What to Expect
In bilingual and international schools, learners bring different linguistic, cultural, and academic strengths. This workshop will help educators look beyond surface-level metrics and use holistic assessment and responsive, data-informed practices to better understand and support each learner.
Discover how education solutions can support whole-child assessment and help schools create more personalised learning experiences for students in multilingual environments.
Understand
Understand a holistic assessment framework that integrates linguistic, cognitive, and social-emotional dimensions.
Identify
Identify root causes, including whether language barriers may be contributing to apparent learning needs.
Build
Build a consistent school-wide approach to using data, from baseline assessment to intervention.
Implement
Implement responsive, differentiated practices in mixed-ability multilingual classrooms.
Connect
Connect with peers to exchange educational insights.
Who should attend?
This event is designed for educators and school leaders responsible for understanding learner progress and improving classroom or whole-school practice.
It is particularly relevant for:
English teachers and classroom practitioners
Heads of school and senior leaders
Academic, curriculum, and teaching leaders
Assessment and data leads
Bilingual programme leads
Inclusion and student support leaders
Attend with a colleague!
Schools are encouraged to register two colleagues, ideally representing different roles or perspectives.
Attending together will help colleagues develop shared language, compare what the learning means for their school and support implementation after the event.
For example, a school might send:
An English teacher and an assessment coordinator
A classroom practitioner and an inclusion leader
A curriculum leader and a head of school
A data lead and a bilingual programme leader
Agenda
Agenda subject to change.
12:45PM - 1:00PM
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Arrival and check-in. Participants will also have an opportunity to view product highlights from Renaissance and GL Education.
1:00PM - 1:15PM
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The host will introduce the purpose of the event, establish PeerSphere’s peer-sharing ethos and set the stage for open professional discussion.
1:15PM - 2:00PM
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How can educators understand what students truly know and can do when language development may influence how learning is demonstrated?
This keynote introduces a holistic assessment ecosystem that brings together reading ability, reasoning capacity and learner confidence. It explores how integrated baseline data can help teachers make more accurate, equitable and responsive instructional decisions.
The session includes a 40-minute presentation and a five-minute transition.
2:00PM - 3:00PM
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A short introduction will frame the assessment approach before participants choose one of two parallel strands.
Strand 1: Baseline Foundations
Primary & Secondary focused Case-Studies & GroupingsExplore how to establish effective literacy baselines that provide meaningful information about learner comprehension and skills.
The session will include a school-based case study illustrating how baseline information can be interpreted and applied.
Strand 2: Cognitive and Wellbeing Insights
Primary & Secondary focused Case-Studies & GroupingsExplore how reasoning assessments and attitudes-to-learning data can help educators identify academic potential and factors that may be affecting learner progress.
The session will include a case study from a school in China serving multilingual learners.
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Refreshment Break (30 min)
3:30PM - 4:30PM
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A short introduction will frame data-informed classroom practice before participants choose one of two parallel strands.
Strand 1: Differentiated Literacy Instruction
Primary FocusExplore how baseline insights can be translated into responsive and personalised literacy strategies that meet learners where they are within multilingual and mixed-ability classrooms.
Strand 2: Whole-School Practice
Primary & Secondary focused Case-Studies & GroupingsExplore practice tools and intervention strategies that support a coherent school-wide approach.
Participants will consider how academic leaders can build a data cycle connecting baseline assessment, progress monitoring, intervention planning and strategic decision-making.
4:30PM - 5:00PM
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Renaissance representatives, event contributors and participants will reflect on key insights from the afternoon and consider practical next steps.
5:00PM - 6:30PM
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Continue the conversation over drinks and light bites.
This optional 90-minute social hour provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and build deeper professional relationships with educators and school leaders.
Choose Your Hub
Connect with educators and school leaders from your region.
Shanghai
Saturday, October 24, 2026
12:45 - 6:30 PM
Brittanica International School Shanghai
Shenzhen
Saturday, November 7, 2026
12:45 - 6:30 PM
Shen Wai International School
This event is graciously sponsored by Renaissance.
About Renaissance
Since 1986, Renaissance’s mission has remained the same: To accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide. Today, more than 40 percent of US schools rely on Renaissance solutions for data and insights to equitably move learning forward. As technology continues to change, and as teachers and students connect in new ways, their commitment to accelerating learning is unwavering—both inside and outside the classroom.
Move from information to action
Good assessment does more than measure attainment. It can help educators uncover strengths, understand possible barriers and make more responsive decisions about teaching and support.
Join us in Shanghai or Shenzhen and consider bringing a colleague from your school.
Shanghai
Saturday, October 24, 2026
12:45 - 6:30 PM
Brittanica International School Shanghai
Shenzhen
Saturday, November 7, 2026
12:45 - 6:30 PM
Shen Wai International School