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Refining the task so it’s not more than what we need to show mastery of the standard! Taking out the extra!

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Keeping it short and sweet and to the point!

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My team wrote brand new tasks and introduced tasks to new teachers who are ready to try out QPAs

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Getting some ideas for bringing our third task to life!

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There are a lot of moving parts/things to keep track of

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Brainstorming with colleagues of different subjects was helpful for different ideas and cross-curricular planning

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Using rubric to help refine task into something real and meaningful

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Feeling more confident in creating a rubric

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To get our new tasks in the bank, have teachers actively using them

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Lack of examples within content area make it harder to visualize how this looks for my content area

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Getting feedback on my task and doing a tuning protocol. Showing students a preview of the task and having them get excited!

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Getting feedback on my task and doing a tuning protocol. Showing students a preview of the task and having them get excited!

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Love planning my task for my younger students. It allowed me to think creatively on how to challenge all students

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Love planning my task for my younger students. It allowed me to think creatively on how to challenge all students

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Finding the time to work on the task while also adapting a new curriculum and doing my CAGS

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Finding the time to work on the task while also adapting a new curriculum and doing my CAGS

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Revising existing tasks and getting started on developing new ones

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Revising existing tasks and getting started on developing new ones

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Creating my rubric; prepping to share with collegues 

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Creating my rubric; prepping to share with collegues 

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Working together productively with the team from my district

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Worked with the math and science district coordinator to plan out a difficult task 

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Worked with the math and science district coordinator to plan out a difficult task 

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Always looking for ways to improve  on student tasks!

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Always looking for ways to improve  on student tasks!

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Finding the time to work with my team on the tasks when I’m an interventionist.

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Figuring out which tasks would work the best to display the skills and standards we are looking for

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Figure out how to implement what I ahve before anymore changes are made

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Creating accommodations that are equitable to my students on IEPs and ELLs

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More and better collaboration with staff. 

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More and better collaboration with staff. 

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I have been successful in changing my mindset to be more focused on the task and targeting higher level DOKs.

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Time to plan and implement tasks and keeping the tasks manageable

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Time to plan and implement tasks and keeping the tasks manageable

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Finding time to work on the tasks and planning time to collaborate with our team while getting coverage for our class.

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To finalize my task today and have it ready to roll with kids. That way next meeting I can analyze my results and tune further. Another goal is to meet with grade level teams to scale this task up and down so all grades can utilize a version of it. 

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To finalize my task today and have it ready to roll with kids. That way next meeting I can analyze my results and tune further. Another goal is to meet with grade level teams to scale this task up and down so all grades can utilize a version of it. 

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One success I have had is refining the task I created last year. I knew there were things that didn’t work as well as I wanted, but I was able to fix those

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I changed my task again because it no longer worked with the unit I ahd it placed in.

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Designing something good.

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Create a rubric, small group roles, and checklist

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Create a rubric, small group roles, and checklist

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To finish a task or two that I can use this year.  

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To finish a task or two that I can use this year.  

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I have a new idea.

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I have shared it with some students that really enjoy the task and have given positive and specific feedback. 

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I have shared it with some students that really enjoy the task and have given positive and specific feedback. 

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Finding the time to meet vertically and share out or revise with different grade levels.

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We ended the August institute days with solid drafts of each task.

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Brainstorming a fun assessment that has buy in from all of our colleagues - looking forward to using it in the spring!

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Brainstorming a fun assessment that has buy in from all of our colleagues - looking forward to using it in the spring!

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The kids liked the resources (video clips, readings) that I selected.  They found them culturally relevant to their lives and interesting.

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The kids liked the resources (video clips, readings) that I selected.  They found them culturally relevant to their lives and interesting.

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Time- Lots of new things to do this year in my classroom.

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I "piloted" the activity with my fourth graders and it was received with great enthusiasm.

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Our team came together to look at how we can apply the PBA template for use with professional development

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Our team came together to look at how we can apply the PBA template for use with professional development

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Shared this task with my colleague and co-teachers and created excitement around it

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Shared this task with my colleague and co-teachers and created excitement around it

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We were able to write a new task and make some changes to past tasks.

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Time to meet with grade level teachers to "refine" task.

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Some students have not taken advantage of the benefits and still want to just check of the boxes and be done with it. 

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Some students have not taken advantage of the benefits and still want to just check of the boxes and be done with it. 

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Gaining momentum/excitement for these tasks and for other teachers to come aboard.

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Everyone on the team is on the same page!

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Everyone on the team is on the same page!

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Just tricky to find time for our team to come together

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Just tricky to find time for our team to come together

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Thinking about being able to continuously reach new staff members

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I think I overplanned or took too long.

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It was helpful to review the task with others, to both help add ideas and modify the task to better fit my students and make the task successful.

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It was helpful to review the task with others, to both help add ideas and modify the task to better fit my students and make the task successful.

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Keeping the tasks short and manageable for students.

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We have not had time to develop rubrics yet for any of the tasks.

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To figure out how we will assess and grade the tasks. I want to feel confident in what we need to get done between now and the next institute

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Want to better understand how to create more accurate rubrics

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Time and ensuring that everything is accessible for my multi-lingual students

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Time and ensuring that everything is accessible for my multi-lingual students

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Making sure we align with goals/standards

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Collaboration among educators to create a PBA.

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Collaboration among educators to create a PBA.

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As an EL teacher, I have to ensure my tasks align with a number of standards and expectations, so balancing student choice and differentiation with language expectations (for example, students cannot write a task that is assessing speaking skills, so how do I engage students who do not like to speak)

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Making sure that the assignment is clear and that students will have had enough time to practice before the assessment is given.

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Making sure that the assignment is clear and that students will have had enough time to practice before the assessment is given.

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Fixing our rubrics and becoming familiar with the portfolio.

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Leave today with solid rubrics for each of our tasks.

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Find resources more efficiently

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Continuing to tune my task and writing a rubric

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Leaving today with a solidly developed task ready for field testing.

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To show how much better performance tasks are at engaging students so that other teachers want to do them

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The students were more engaged, they enjoyed the activity and learned a lot from it

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The students were more engaged, they enjoyed the activity and learned a lot from it

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For all students to see the learning and engagement benefits and not just do it because it is an assignment for a grade. 

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For all students to see the learning and engagement benefits and not just do it because it is an assignment for a grade. 

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This task will come later in the school year so I have not been able to try it with my students yet.

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This task will come later in the school year so I have not been able to try it with my students yet.

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making sure there's time to execute it in a meaningful way

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making sure there's time to execute it in a meaningful way

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making sure there is enough time in the curriculum 

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making sure there is enough time in the curriculum 

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Using tasks aligned to grade level standards to help kids pass the Mcas

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Time

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Complete a rubric that will help the task go smoothly for both teachers and students!

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Complete a rubric that will help the task go smoothly for both teachers and students!

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Have at least one task per content area

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Having a task ready to go!