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National Teacher of the Year 2020

Teaching experience for 12 years

Early childhood educator (Pre-K)

Special Education teacher

Exposure to Pre-K education in HS helped to find passion in working with kids.

Feedback on assessment:

Assessment gives accurate information about learning and social/emotional needs

Assessment can be used to tailor lessons to the needs in your classroom

Classroom/teacher tips:

Look at your day in a linear way, find and implement scheduled to use time effectively

Lean on others for support, its hard to do this alone!

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Guest Mentor #1 Tabatha Rosproy Early Childhood

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Teaching for roughly 10 years

Math coordinator, MTSS coordinator experience

Feedback on assessment:

Assessment is a procedure for making inferences.

Understanding the validity of interpretation is needed for utilizing assessment results.

Working smarter, not harder:

Design assessments strategically in order to gain information efficiently

Identify the difference between at-risk assessment and proficiency assessment, and utilize accordingly.

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KSU Guest Mentor Spencer Brown Assessment

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6th year in education, teaching at Washington Elementary School

Feedback on assessment:

"Knowing what they know"

Determining what they gained from a lesson in order to guide teaching.

Tips:

Exit tickets are a great tool for consistent assessment of learning! These can be customized for different units as well.

"Quick assessment is the best assessment"

Relationships are essential to success in the classroom.

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Guest Mentor KSU Assessment Natasha Roseberry Part 1

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21st year of teaching at the time of the video

K-State almuni!

Feedback on assessment:

Elementary classrooms have TONS of assessment- this is through multiple areas as well.

Goal- every kid grows, no matter where they start.

Tips:

Learning continuum in math can help with individualized growth.

Small-group assessment and work is a great tool in order to encourage fluidity in the classroom

Collaborative work in education is wonderful, and essential towards more consistent success in schools.

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Teaching since 2007

Always been in the elementary classroom

Certified in K-12

Admin certified

Feedback on assessment:

Can look many different ways, but is a tool in its essence in order to provide support to students

Younger kids with more complex behaviors tend to need more anecdotal notes

Paras use data and record it as well in order to have information to provide feedback to students and/or parents

Tips:

When looking at reading, look back on running records beyond the initial benchmark assessment

Assessment is even more needed in the SpEd world in order to help customize lessons for each individual need.

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KSU Guest Mentor Series Brandi England (SPED)

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Instructional coaching coordinator (works with 21 coaches)

Initially taught as an ELA teacher, but then transitioned into working with teachers

Tips:

SMART goals are a great asset for students and educators

Make sure you always create your own rubric, don't just automatically utilize one from someone else. It can be adjusted, but this is needed in order to make sure it matches the standards you are wanting to address.

Rubrics are great at not only establishing expectations, but explaining the grade received as well.

Not all formative assessments need to be graded and entered in to the grade book.

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What mentor did you connect with? Explain Why!

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What mentor did you connect with? Explain Why!

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I feel like I connected the most with Christina Williams! I loved everything she shared about her classroom and common practices, and I feel like I will use a lot of the strategies she shared.

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What surprised you about any of the mentors?

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What surprised you about any of the mentors?

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One of the things that consistently surprised me is how varied their background and experiences were (while still being in education), and how much their experience has served them to do amazing things for students!

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What are the strategies that you hear most often?

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What are the strategies that you hear most often?

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The strategies I heard most often throughout the different videos always surrounding the idea of utilizing assessment to serve your students. This is more heavily emphasized for formative assessments, and designing these in ways that are enjoyable yet informative as necessary is essential.

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Every single mentor (and most educators I have come across) use their experience to help students and educators improve. I also noticed that all of the advice was centered around the idea of continuous improvement.

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What are 5 of the suggested books/podcasts you are drawn to?

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What are 5 of the suggested books/podcasts you are drawn to?

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Out of My Mind

The Culture Code

Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline

Deeper Learning

The Gift of Dyslexia

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Kindergarten teacher for 27 years

Taught 1 year in 4th grade

Taught some in pre-school

14th year in Olathe

Tips and Notes:

A tool to determine what students know, and what they need to learn next

Kindergarten benefits from fast and easy assessment

Get help/listen to your team and your coworkers

Always be willing to take a risk and try something new.

Always be engaged with students!

Keep phone out of the classroom

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23rd year in education

Taught in a variety of grade levels and schools

Taught in AVID

Transitioned into being an assistant principal after 10 years

Helped with the remote learning during COVID-19 in Olathe

Tips:

You need to be able to adjust assessment as needed for different kids. Not every kid will test in the same way.

Assessment is never final, you always need to present opportunities for growth

Finalizing a grade can mean that the learning stops- always keep things open for growth.

Maintain your own personal mental health. Be sure to take care of you.

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Special Services coordinator/ school psychologist

In current position for about 5 years

Works with students from age 3 until graduation

Assessment Definition:

An estimation of the quality, nature or ability of something.

A snapshot of an individual on that day, in that moment.

Tips:

There are a variety of assessments you can do with different students, you are not limited to certain types.

Always use your resources to take the time to learn about assessment.

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K-State Alum!

Works at Ravenwood Elementary in the 3rd grade classroom

Tips:

The biggest thing teachers need to do is make observations.

Day-to-day activities are a big part of assessments.

Having small groups allows for every level of student to get support and time with the teacher

Make sure you build relationships with students, parents and with other staff.

Make sure you build confidence with students, and take the time to get to know them better.