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Strengthening Teacher Effectiveness:Action Research as Professional Development
Using Formative Assessment to Meet Common Core StandardsCentral Square Central School District
A New Partnership
How can Oswego State meet their needs for student teaching and practicum placements?
How can we provide meaningful, differentiated professional development here at CSQ?
Participants
Collaboration
Number of Student Involved
Goals
Data Collection
Types of Data Collected (Evidence of Student Learning) Performance vs multiple choice assessment
DIBELS
Warm-up SMART response data
Teacher Observation of student participation
Progress monitoring tools
Accuracy with new vocabulary
Close observation of at-risk readers
Running records
Student progress in Listening and reading in target languages (Modern Languages)
Quizlet- mastery of concepts
Student reflections (oral and written) on their own learning, goals, beliefs, suggestions
Test scores, unit exams, parallel assessments, quizzes
Student questionnaires
Student participation in discussions: posing questions, asking for help
Star Math and Reading/ELA scores
Homework completion: quantity and quality
Information on best teaching strategies
Student self-assessments
Rubrics
Motivation
How has your teaching changed as a result of
taking this course? This is where our ten or so volunteers
will stand and read quotes. We can put them on index cards so it will be more like watching a performance than reading a slide or two.
Our Formative Assessment:
Planning for 2014-15
Q3: If you were to speak to a colleague who might be interested in taking a similar course next year, what would you say? Please give pros and cons.
Results: 100% of the teachers surveyed would recommend this graduate course to a colleague.
Cons/Suggestions for the Action Research Course
Added extra pressure to my already full schedule
Class length should be half a year rather than a full year
Need a better tutorial for the wiki
Expectations for the final project need to be clear from the start of the course
Can be difficult to manage
Be prepared to monitor and adjust during the process
Use what you already are doing in your classroom
Limit the number of things you want to change
You have to be self-motivated and organized
Somewhat trial and error-it takes awhile to figure out what to study
Scary to return to college after 20+ years!
Three Categories of Benefits of the
Action Research Course
I. Practical Benefits - immediately applicable to the classroom, location, convenience, pay increase, manageable workload (“totally worth it”), not overwhelming, laid back
II. Collaboration with instructor, outside school, with teachers from other schools
Three Categories of Benefits of the
Action Research Course
III. Professional Growth and Empowerment
Forces me to try new things Meets your individual needs as a teacherDecide for yourself what to work onHelped me explore strategies Leads to change and improvementYou take an in-depth look at one particular aspect of your
teachingFocuses your instruction; gives it purpose
I was in charge and vested in the results I learned a lot from my project, the
instructor and my fellow teachers I remembered how much I love learning! Teaches you to look at your data to see
what it is telling you “Opened my eyes to the fact that
students can be motivated” “Fun, interesting, just enough to kick
start your professional growth journey”
Q and A?