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Early Childhood Educator
Define Assessments:
Mental and Academic picture of where students are at.
Types of Assessments:
1) Dial-4 which is a developmental screening test  to identify young children who need further testing.
2) AEPS which is a curriculum‐based measure of developmental and early academic skills that children need to function.
How to work smarter not harder:
Systems breaking the day down and using routines and expectations.
Intentionally look at students skills
Stories:
Data can change perspectives in assessments.
Any advice:
Use other teachers as support if needed. Gain that community with teachers and other school personnel.
Why Teach?
You get to know that you made a difference every day.

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Math Coordinator(USD 233)
Define Assessment:

Procedure for making inferences.

No valid assessment

Valid or invalid inference

Types of Assessment:
Whiteboards
How to work smarter?
Strategic assessment lead to more feedback.
Advice/ Stories:

Getting students to a relational stage without content

Teach to a test-start with the end goal in mind.

What we do want to assess students on.

Why teach?
It is hard to tell you until you meet your kids.

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Washington Elementary Teacher
Define Assessments:
Getting to know what you students know and what to do with it.
Types:
Exit tickets (I agree with her these are the BEST!)
How to work smarter:
Make students assess each other.
Use sticky notes and whiteboards as faster ways of assessing
Stories/ Advice:
Exit tickets everyday can be a great way for students to bond.
Relationships: gives an understanding about students lives. Helps reach out to families. Use their interests to help them learn.
Why teach?
Than you notes at the end of the school year. You get to open students minds to things they never thought about before.

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Brome Elementary Teacher:
Define Assessments:

Observing

Whiteboards

How they are feeling?

Where they are at?

Where did they end up?

Types:

Learning Continuum

Collaborate (Team Work)

Small groups

How to teach Smarter:

Don't walk alone

Work with the other teachers when you need help or support.

Resources:

Instagram

Pinterest

Youtube

Why teach?

Because of the  the kind of stories you go home with.

Having a senior in High school say you were his/her favorite teacher.

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SPED Teacher(Bentwood Elementary)
Define Assessment:

Informal to standardized

Assessment is you world

Anecdotal notes vs. Behavior checklist

Types:
Running Records
FMP
How to work smarter?
Knowing the resources
Finding and knowing what is available to you.
Stories/ Advice:
Finding all the strengths after assessing (data)
Resources:
Filtering out stuff
Reflection time
Twitter feed
Behavior snap (data into graphs)
Why Teach?
Kids that you will remember the rest of your life
Kids that remember you.

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Coaching Coordinator
Define Assessment:
A goal you have to assess if you want to accomplish it.
Types:
Rubrics
How to work smarter:

Rubrics have no guessing games

Don't have to have homework in order to assess or grade everything.

Advice/Stories:

Have procedures and routines at the beginning

Have a quieting strategy for when you students get to loud.

RETEACH!

Why Teach?

You teach for the kids, care about them, they look up to you.

The opportunity for students to be brave and learn.

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Kindergarten Teacher
Define Assessment:
A necessary tool to determine what they know and what they are ready to learn.
Types:

Show me a stick of 5 cubes

Toolkits with everything in it

How to work smarter:

Plan every Tuesday for the following week

Plan with you team

Advice/Stories:

Be extra nice to the secretaries and custodians

Pay attention to your team

Take risks

Stay off your phone

Don't be too serious

Leave home at the door

Why Teach?

Teaching is not for everyone, but everyone needs a good teacher.

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Olathe Teacher (Your BFF)
Define Assessment:

Can students apply the knowledge

Can they show me they understand

Missed the types
How to work smart:

Go slow to start with

Many things will be thrown at you but take a little piece and work on it until you can take another little piece

Advice:

Parents worry about if you know and care for their kids

Curriculum means nothing if you don't have a relationship with the students.

Why Teach?
Right now people need others in their lives who are stable and care about them.

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Ravenwood Elementary (3rd Grade)
Define Assessment:
To see where students are at and where they can grow.
Types:
Small group
Advice:

Be a team that divides and conquers

Use leaders in your classroom

Colored strips are great for students diagnosed with dyslexia.

Students assessed other students.

Make relationships with students their parents, and your staff.

Why Teach?
You have the ability to impact your students lives

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Coordinator for Special Services
Define Assessment:
Assessment is an estimation. It is not an end all be all.
Types:

MTSS assessments

Good screening

How to work Smart:

Have a process

Know how you are going to use you're assessments

Story/Advice:

Student behind grade level finding his strengths and determining what program would be most beneficial

Respect your impact.

Why Teach?

Kids need you!

You are investing in children's futures

You are making an Impact.