Open House – 2015

Pre-Calculus

Derrick Tiveron224.632.3234

dtiveron@dist113.org

A little about myself…Born: Toronto, Ontario

High School: Martingrove C.I.Undergraduate: Lake Forest

College Graduate: NEIU, Concordia

Teaching at Deerfield since 2004

WHAT DO WE LEARN IN THIS CLASS?

Students explore content such as higher-order polynomial functions, trigonometry, inequalities, logarithms, conic sections, probability and statistics, and sequences and series.

Course Information

DHS Website Infinite Campus Standards Based Grading Approach Course Materials Getting Help: Contact me, The ARC, Study Hub

How can you help? Have regular conversations about progress Refer to assignment sheets/Check IC Encourage student to contact me/Contact

me

What is a standards based grading

approach?

Standards Based grading measures your student’s mastery of the essential standards and targets for a class, or how well your student understands the material in class.

 

Why am I making the transition?

Provide more accurate/detailed feedback

Build a model that values improvement

Assign grades that represent a student’s level of mastery of the material covered in class

How will this look? Feedback is given based on mastery of

each learning standard, not by unit Grades are reported on a 4-point scale,

rather than the traditional 100 point scale Students are allowed (and encouraged) to

reassess learning standards that are not mastered on the initial summative assessment

A student’s grade is based 100% on mastery of learning standards› Quarter grades will be calculated using a rubric

based on a student’s mastery of each learning standard

What is the 4-point scale?

4: MasteredStudent has completely mastered the learning standard.   3: ApproachingStudent is approaching mastery of the learning standard.   2: ProgressingStudent is progressing toward basic understanding of grade level concepts and skills with assistance.  1: EmergingStudent shows an emerging awareness of concepts and skills but still needs to develop an understanding of key components of the standard. I: IncompleteStudent has not yet shown enough understanding to demonstrate any level of mastery.

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