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Special Services Coordinator

Assessment - Estimation  of the quality of ability of something, snapshot of a student on that day in that environment

No valid assessment, only valid interpretations

Go to assessments:
Good diagnostics
General education assessments
Short Quizzes/Exit Tickets

ALL students are GenEd Students first, some just may need extra modifications or help

Assessment starts with where the learning happens

Have a process!
Make sure your team is on the same page
Work efficiently
Be consistent

You are not alone!
Trust the process

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Assessment - Make observations!

What are students mastering? What are students not yet getting?

What are you noticing about your students?

Go to assessments: Small group
- Create connections
- Create relationships
- Never assume a student can do something
- Make sure you are always pursuing to learn more about your students

How to work smarter not harder: Be a team!!! Learn to divide and conquer, everyone has their own strengths, find them and treasure those in your roles

Create goals, and work hard to achieve them

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Before hand motivation: Find those that keep you positive, motivated, and innovative

Where you start is not where you will end!

Assessment - Can students apply the knowledge and show that they understand what that standard is asking for

students APPLY knowledge they know

open-ended opportunities

"one size doesn't fit all"

assessments are a process and as teachers we have to continue to pursue our students understanding and knowledge on a content or subject area

Go to assessments:
planning of lessons
how week will look like in the classroom
starting with standards and break them apart
what do the standards mean
keep open expectations

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Kindergarten Teacher

Assessment is NECESSARY

What do your students know, and what are they ready for next?

Use assessment as a guide

Go to assessments:
Hands on
Fast and easy
Quick transitions
Tool kits
Show me

Dependent on rituals and routines

Practice, Practice, Practice
Be okay with making mistakes, and practice correct behaviors

Work smarter not harder:
Work ahead and work with a team

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Coaching Coordinator

Assessment - When you have a goal or objective that you want to meet and you have to assess whether or not you've been able to complete that goal

Go to assessments:
Educator Rubrics
Creating your own rubrics

Pertaining to assessment, rubrics are a great way to work smarter not harder because there are no guessing games, you can give adequate reasoning for student scores.

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Assessment - Wide range of assessment for SPED

Informal Assessment:
Ex. Observational based

Standardized Assessments:
Ex. Achievement Test

Always, always, always assessing students!

Go to assessments:
Running records

As a SPED teacher she utilizes many different resources for her students, it is important to know where to pull those resources from

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KSU Guest Mentor Series Brandi England (SPED)

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Assessment - Observations, Show me what you know (whiteboards), constant assessment, where is the student at, gauging is the student ready to learn

Goal: Every student grows

It's not all about the content!

Go to assessments:
Learning continuum
Small Groups

How do you work smarter not harder:
COLLABORATION!!

Take the time to read mentor texts..

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Assessment - Getting to know what the kids know

What did you do today as a teacher, that your students left knowing for tomorrow?

Go to assessments:
Visuals
Exit Tickets
Tell me on the way out the door what you learned

The shortest assessment is the best assessment

Sticky Notes and White Boards are your friend

You want to know where your students are at in their learning

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Guest Mentor KSU Assessment Natasha Roseberry Part 1

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Assessment - A procedure for making inferences

There is no valid assessment, there is only valid and invalid interpretations

Go to assessments:
- White boards
- Longer processing time
- Time to discuss

NEVER assume!!

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KSU Guest Mentor Spencer Brown Assessment

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Early Childhood Assessments
- MyIGDI
- DIAL-4
- APES

Impactful Books/Resources
- "Don't Look Away"
- "Easy to Love, Difficulty to Discipline"
- "The Conscious Twin"

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Guest Mentor #1 Tabatha Rosproy Early Childhood