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New Teacher Orientation Day 3
New Teacher
OrientationDay 3
Goal
s for
Toda
y Review Homework Questions about Unit
Planning Delve into Lesson Planning Continue building our
team!
War
m U
p:
Arch
itect
Bui
lder
Feel
Like
You’
re
Build
ing
a Pl
ane
in
the
Air?
You’re not alone!
Debr
ief:
Uni
t Pl
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ng
Balanced Assessment
Practices
WHERE ARE OUR ASSESSMENT PRACTICES NOW?
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List the
assessments on the
sheet provided.
Snowball time!
ASSESSMENT
Think about the assessment practices that you used in your practicum or you plan on incorporating in your classroom.
WHERE ARE OUR ASSESSMENT PRACTICES NOW?
Make a chart and record the categories and the number of items in each category.
Category Tests Quizzes ? ?
Number of Cards in This category 4 2
Using your table group’s results, discuss what assessment in “looks like.”
Whole Group: Dot Summary Table
Assessment StrategiesA balanced assessment plan is essential to gather evidence of the range of learning within our curriculum.
POSSIBLE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES Observations and Checklists Learning Logs Performance Tasks Projects Portfolios Assignments Selected Response Tests (Multiple Choice, True/False,
Matching) Short Answer Tests Extended Response Tests Written communication Oral communication Visual Communication (Graphics, Electronic Slide
Shows, Demonstrations)
Enduring Understandings about Learner Outcomes
Making learner outcomes visible to students throughout the learning process helps students make connections and be actively involved in their learning.
Teaching from the outcomes and to the outcomes—and aligning instruction and assessment with the outcomes—deepens student learning.
Shar
ing
with
Pa
rent
s 1. Parent Curriculum: Handbooks Summaries Curriculum Express
http://education.alberta.ca/parents/resources/handbook.aspx
2. Make your outcomes visible in your classroom.
3. You can include SFOs or essential questions on the front pages of unit/ course syllabi:a. As checklists for the kidsb. As communication to parents/ students/ yourself as per the goals of the unit of study.
Shar
ing
Out
com
es
4. You can use SFOs/essential questions as references on unit tests/ quizzes to guide the students through the exam - each question or set of questions on the exam can be prefaced with the outcomes that have been taught.
Shar
ing
Out
com
es
5. Use SFOs/Essential Questions on exit slips that go home at night. Use an outcome covered in class, and stated in student friendly language, and have the child communicate with their caregiver about how they have achieved the outcome (or how they are working towards it).
Shar
ing
Out
com
es
6. Use SFOs/Essential questions as a peer assessment conversation starter. For example, each student selects an “I can” statement from a lesson, or a day, and uses this to talk about IF they, and HOW they, have met the outcome.
Shar
ing
Out
com
es
7. At the start of a lesson, use a think-pair-share to clarify what the “I can” statement means with a partner and what evidence might look like.Sh
arin
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Less
on P
lans
3 things to keep in mind …
How are you sharing outcomes with students?
How will you share outcomes with paretns?
BREAK
30
Reporting and Grading
Tests/Quizzes Projects(including research)
Daily Work(in-class, homework)
Effort/Participation
o Consider the grading data.
Changes in teaching and learning require changes to our assessment practices.
Com
mun
icat
ion
Take
-Aw
ays
• What does your school report card like?• Percentages? Outcomes-based? Grading
Scale? Met not met?• What evidence do you have to
collect?• When do your report cards go out?
• Do you administrators preview report cards before they go out?
• What are the expectations around parent/teacher interviews?
• How will you communicate with parents & students in between reporting periods?
• How does PowerSchool influence & aide communication to parents?
Jeanne Rasmussen Special G
uest
LUN
CH
What’s
Available?Elluminate
Moodle
Teacher Websites
Interactive Websites
Student Gmail
Google for Education
Web 2.0 Tools
Skype
Digital Citizenship
Technology in the Classroom
LESSON
PLANNING
Stud
ent
Enga
gem
ent
Don’t forget discussions from Monday (Schletchy)
Many ways to engage students.
Consider: What are students …
Wor
k on
Less
on
Plan
s
Revis
iting
our
W
edne
sday Debrief Unit PlanningEnergizerTPACKLesson Planning
Clos
ure: MentorshipSummer InstituteInformation about Friday
Exit Slip
Exit Slips
One thing I wishwe could have done..
One thing I
will take away
