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Authentic student and parent/community feedback

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Authentic student and parent/community feedback

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Feedback can be gathered from students in a debrief session, or a self reflection questionnaire. Parent and community feedback can be gathered in the form of informal feedback in questioning, or in a more formal survey.

Feedback from all major stakeholders is valuable in improving practice in future years. Depending on the feedback received, it may be beneficial to change the lead time for production, change the assessment task from Forming to Presenting, change the theatre style, or make participation in the festival an extra-curricular activity.

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The learning experience could be enhanced by incorporating time to view other dramatic works produced by other schools or professional groups. As the river festival is still in its infancy, being only the second year it has been conducted, it may develop into a richer cultural event. However, as it stands, it is designed to entertain. As such, it would be the responsibility of performers and artists to both entertain and enlighten. Perhaps into the future the theme of the River Festival may be broadened to allow for more cultural engagement.

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How will you will provide feedback and report on student learning, 

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How will you will provide feedback and report on student learning, 

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Students will receive feedback in class and via task sheet/summative assessment. School will receive feedback via OneSchool end of term reporting, and via informal reporting in departmental meetings. Parents will receive feedback via student report cards, and also via the school newsletter and website.

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Information on gathering of evidence of student learning

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Information on gathering of evidence of student learning

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Students will create an individual script. After script submission, teacher will choose 3 scripts for performance. Students will rehearse in class time, prior to public performance.

Evidence gathered will be a copy of the script, and a short statement outlining the choices made, which will form a summative assessment for Dimension 1: Forming assessment.

Other evidence can include formative assessment drafts, as well as recordings of classroom and public performances. Formative assessment can also include participation in class discussion and activities, as well as classroom observations.

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Teaching and learning strategies and resources:

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Teaching and learning strategies and resources:

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This four week drama unit focusses on “River Revelry” as a stimulus, while using Commedia Dell’Arte as the style. This is a floating unit in the work program. Since this unit commences at the start of the school term, it relies on the previous unit of work, Commedia Dell’Arte. This unit is an extension of the previous unit, and culminates in a summative assessment task of a Forming piece of assessment, being a script, and a public performance of 3 scripts chosen by the teacher. Students enter into this unit with prior knowledge of Commedia Dell’Arte, and have completed a summative assessment in the Presenting dimension. Assessment parameters have come from the 2013 QCAA drama stimulus.

The unit itself is broken up into four weeks, with four lessons per week. Week one’s content surrounds exploring the characters of Commedia, and the stimulus “River Revelry”. Week two is a drafting week, with a draft due at the end of the week. Week three allows students to apply feedback from the draft to polish their work. The summative assessment is due in week three. Week four concentrates on the performance of the works for the Rockhampton River Festival.

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The location:

Rockhampton is located just north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It is considered a regional area for Education Queensland. (Education Queensland, 2016) Glenmore State High School is on the north side of Rockhampton. Glenmore SHS has 579 students, 116 being in Year 11. (Education Queensland, 2016) Glenmore SHS has a very low socioeconomic status, and has a number of English as second language students. Of the 116 Year 11 students, 15 are enrolled in senior drama. Of these students, there are 13 Girls and 2 Boys. 2 identify as ATSI, 1 is ESL, and 2 are under special education programs.

The event:

The Rockhampton River Festival began in 2015, and was a huge success. As such, it has become an annual event. It is an event that combines food, drink and culture into a three day event. In 2016, the River Festival was conducted on the 15-17 July. The event starts Friday after 5pm, and continues until Sunday afternoon. This is an outdoor festival, although the council erects marquees for shade. It is coordinated by the Rockhampton Regional Council. Since the festival is in its infancy, event coordinators are looking to trial a number of artistic and cultural activities. Glenmore State High School has been approached to provide a short piece of theatre for the free pallet seatery entertainment area. The theme of the 2016 festival is River Revelry. The school considers this to be not only a positive public relations activity, but also an activity that can benefit the Year 11 drama students to further their study into Commedia Dell'Arte, a unit they are currently studying.

NB: as this year's festival takes place in Week 1 of Term 3, dates have been changed for assessment.