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Special services coordinator (5yrs.), School Psychologists (10yrs)

Personal Def. of Assessment

Estimation of the quality, nature, or ability of something. A snapshot of a kid on that day in that particular state. Piece of the pie.

Interpretation of what you're getting

All students are gen. ed.

Partner with other teachers to help take looks at deficits.

Smarter not harder

Process where all team members are on the same page.

Impact

Get to know the whole child. Further assessment to see where he was weak. Were able to see where he excelled and be able to work with him and see his progress.

Greatest Advice

Respect your impact.

Loved kids and wanted to do psychology. School psychologists have been very helpful in lost of friends and within education. Problem Solving.

Kids need you. Instant impact.

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Assessment

Make observations on what they struggle with and what they are mastering.

Go to Assessment

Small groups or 1 on 1, so they can have personalized time.

Tricks for Smarter not Harder

Be a team, Divide and Conquer.

Use students who have mastered a skill.

How and what you assessed had an Impact

Before I got them, they were both diagnosed with dyslexia. In a reading group, but they did not have comprehension because they were focused on words. Colored strips, differences of how it helps them process the text. Students began becoming more confident. Morning meeting, one of them raised their hand to tell the groups about dyslexia and thanked him. His friends assessed what he needed and helped him. Girl does the same and is crying.

Advice

Make relationships with students and parents. Take the time. Find what they love and support it. Parents will respect you for hard conversations, make it a phone call not an email. Make relationships with the staff you work with, love something about everybody.

Resources

Why I Teach

Interior design but did not feel fulfilled. What gives you joy? Education for 22 years. Is moving to middle school.

Why teach

Joy you never knew you could have with your job. IMPACT. It matters.

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23rd year, 5th grade teacher -> 8th/9th grade science & AVID -> Assistant Principal (Middle)

Assessment

Can students show what the standard is asking for. When writing/thinking through, give students opportunities to be assessed in different ways.

It is a process

Go to

Start with standard

Break it apart, what does it mean, 5 Essential questions/thoughts

Assessments, students could set up and tell him how they want to be assessed, let them teach others. Depth of understanding & progression

Smarter not Harder

Go slow, take a little and do your best. Slowly work to where you want to be.

Compass instead of a map, work in the same direction. Different routes are okay, but the destination must be the same.

RELATIONSHIPS & Culture

Advise for new teacher

Parents worry about whether teacher knows and understand their kid.

There's a secret combination to students and teachers and we need to learn it. How to work with and get them to follow along.

Resources

The Culture Code

Deeper Learning

Small Bets

"Find Your Compass!"

"Every Student: Every Day!"

"Figure Out Their Combination!"

Story

Family was educators.

Father's impact on students, he still has connections with students. Respect he has and that he gave opportunities to grow.

Dad's friend who was science teacher. First person he called when he became science teacher. His son was his first student aid. And worked alongside him.

Why Teach

Time we need it the most. People are scared so having people who are stable and consistent, loving, and caring. Love a little more and hold on tighter, show that even though things are crazy we still got this. Impact we have on students and seeing them be successful. You get to touch so many lives. Not financially rewarding but is rewarding in a better way. You can change stories.

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Kindergarten teacher, 27 years. 1 year 4th grade.

Personal Definition of Assessment

Necessary, a tool to determine what they know and what they are ready to learn next. Used to help guide the teacher.

Go to Assessments

Toolkit, cubes, show me.

Quick and easy

Smarter not Harder

Set boundaries for yourself

Plan every Tuesday for following week

Work ahead

Greatest Advice

Extra nice to secretary and custodian

Listen to team and co workers

Take a risk, try something

Stay off your phone

Don't take yourself too seriously

LEAVE YOUR HOME PROBLEMS AT THE DOOR

Resources

Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper

Your Story

Wanted to be an accountant. Christmas junior year wanted to switch, went to counseling center. Emporia State transferred, 5th year senior.

Why Teach

Teaching is not for everyone, but it is a fun job where you can be funny, silly, laugh, but can also impact the future.

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Instructional Coaching coordinator, 7 years ELA, 1st secondary coach grades 7-12.

Personal Definition

Any time of life (personal or professional) when a goal or objective is needing to be assessed if it has been complete. How much more progress or have I complete it?

SMART goals

Go-to assessments

Rubrics, helps keep you more objective and ties to actual standard/what is meaningful. You need to create your own to determine what you are looking for.

Smarter not harder

Rubric

You don't have to have massive amounts of homework or in class work. How can you use assessment to see where students are struggling without having to grade. Thumbs up thumbs down, exit slip, etc.

Good relationships and procedures

Incredible impact from assessment

Rubrics in advance, gave students ability to self assess, peer conferencing to talk about it and build relationships.

Infield coaching, watch video of them consulting with new educator and self observe where they could improve and set goals.

Greatest advice

Procedures and routines from day 1. Take time to teach it at the beginning to be efficient.

Must read

`Learning by Doing

Excellence in Every Classroom

Cult of Pedagogy

Story

Wanted to be teacher since 5

Field Experience -> classroom observations

Why Teach

For Kids

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14 year teacher, Elementary Resource (K-12 certified)

Undergrad (Ele. Ed.) Masters (Autism) Admin License

Personal Def.

Informal (pure observations) up to standardized, Checklists

Assessment is her world

Anecdotal v. Data driven, both everyday

Go to Assessments

Reading (FMPs)

Smarter not Harder

Different resources, organized

How and what you assessed had an impact on student, you, or classroom

He had high IQs, but did not see this through daily skills. Being able to see his strengths and use them to help him grow. DATA

Greatest advice to new teachers

Careful of who you surround yourself with, positive not negative in education.

Resources

Filtering out stuff, shutting out chatter and remembering why you are here.

Favorite app (connectedness): twitter, health

Try not to be on social media

Behavior Snap

How did you become a teacher

Originally nursing major, always wanted to help people. Intro to ed and intro to sped. Small groups.

Why

I remember them and they will remember me because we help them achieve goals they thought they couldn't.

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21st year of teaching

Assessment personal definition:

white board

Constant, how ready are they, how are they feeling, where are they at (pre assessment)

Where did you end up

Every kid grows, their voice, what they are learning

Go to assessments that guide teaching:

Know standard tools

Learning continuum map

Small groups

Smarter not harder

Collaborate, we work better together

How and what you assessed had an incredible impact on someone

Small group environment helps make it more personable and give them a chance to show what they can do. Individualize them!

Advice as a new teacher

Don't walk alone, collaborate with your co workers.

Resources

Twitter, instagram, youtube, Pinterest

Leader in Me by Franklin Covey

How do you Hug a Porcupine

Your Story

Born with teacher on her forehead, mom and 3/4 grandparents were teachers. Loved kids. Never wanted to be anything else.

Why Teach

You don't go home with the kind of stories teachers do. The impact you have on students.

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Third grade teacher

6th year teaching

Personal def. of Assessment

Getting to know what kids know and how I am going to use that information. Any way possible to see what they took away with them. What do I need to do tomorrow what don't i need to do

Go to Assessment

Exit tickets, sticky notes or diagrams, tell me or write down what you learned.

Quick assessment is easiest

Smarter not harder

make them do it

Collaboration so they can assess each other

sticky notes

dry erase markers & white boards

anything to remember if they got it or not

How in what you assessed had impact on you, student, or class

Exit ticket everyday and it had the most impact on me. But when we did it everyday I was able to learn more about every one of my students. See and collaborate with coworkers. Helped students feel better.

Greatest advice to new teachers

Relationships! Nicknames, comes from interacting and getting to know them. Makes a connection.

Greet them at the door ask about their day

Reach out to families

Sit with them, work with them

I have a little something with them outside of school time. (Encanto, football)

You can never do too much procedure. Go slow to go fast (slow on curriculum)

Students will know what they need to do and feel connected.

Think about procedure before and have it planned. Practice it throughout the first 2 months. Run an orderly ship, clarity.

Must Read/podcast that supports educators

Stuff you should know, more things to connect with them

Culture Code

Ender's Game

How did you become a teacher

1. Traveling, randomly got invitation to teach in China

Why teach

Those smiles, every end of the year a student writes a note.

You want to make sure they are okay.

When they are excited to go to school.

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Teaching 10 years, Olathe Public Schools

Personal Def. of Assessment: Simply a procedure for making inferences. Valid and invalid interpretations.

Go to Assessments:

Relational understanding

Whiteboard

Reteach

How do you work smarter not harder:

Understand that assessments with different purposes from high problems

Know inference and interpretation. Can students be flexible with their use of skill

Story of how and what you assessed had an impact on you, teachers, or classroom

Relational knowledge-solo taxonomy.

Advice:

Teach to the test, what do we want kids to know and how do we design instruction from there.

Books

Teacher Clarity Playbook

IES Practice guides

John Pegg-Solo TAXONOMY

Dylan William

How learning Happens

How did you become an educator

To coach football

A good teacher is a good coach

Why Teach

You won't know until you meet your kids

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12 years in education

2020 National Teacher of the Year

Personal Definition of Assessment: accurate picture of where my students are academically and in the social emotional realm.

Go to Assessments:

My IGDIS (norm reference)

Quick, kid friendly, how to tailor instruction

Dial-4

APES (family perspective)

How do you work smarter not harder?

Systems, we have a lot of responsibilities. We need to think linearly, concentrate piece by piece. What do I need. Routines within routines.

Take Data quickly

Changed environment to make it easy for students to be independent.

How and what you assessed had an incredible impact on either a student or you or class?

Intentionally look at their skills. Little skills.

Greatest advice to new teacher:

Lean on support in your community. You have nothing to prove.

Hot Topic Book that supports you currently as a teacher:

Easy to Love Difficult to Discipline

Any book to address own biases, equity and equitable spaces we are creating.

How to Build an Equitable Classroom

The Conscious Kid on Instagram

Why did you become a teacher

Help people

Dual credit, teach Spanish to preschoolers.

Why teach

There is no job out there that will give you the joy and fulfillment of being an educator. We make a difference.