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CFAs should improve our teaching and identify students who are struggling and excelling. It is hard to accept the fact that you might not be the best at teaching everything. We need to be willing to change. In order to make our instruction more effective, do you need a tool or a skill?

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Currently our "instructional method" is Math Expressions (yes I know that isn't an instructional method but it is used that way) and many teachers feel they are restrained to that. They either don't think they can do things differently or don't feel confident enough to do anything else. Perhaps PD about different instructional practices and how/when to use them effectively would be beneficial. (I can also see this same thing happening with Wonders if we aren't careful).

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Currently our "instructional method" is Math Expressions (yes I know that isn't an instructional method but it is used that way) and many teachers feel they are restrained to that. They either don't think they can do things differently or don't feel confident enough to do anything else. Perhaps PD about different instructional practices and how/when to use them effectively would be beneficial. (I can also see this same thing happening with Wonders if we aren't careful).

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It's always about looking at ourselves as teaching professionals and the vulnerability we have to put on ourselves. We've all at some point said, "I'm a life-long learner." Life-long learning can happen right in our own classrooms rather than only during a PD day.

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Improving professional practice. Being vulnerable and putting data on the table for ideas and reflection. Each group of students is different even within a classroom. Be open to other ideas and changing your professional practice. 

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Improving professional practice. Being vulnerable and putting data on the table for ideas and reflection. Each group of students is different even within a classroom. Be open to other ideas and changing your professional practice. 

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It's important to reflect and improve- Do I need a tool or a skill? Focus on the things that you have control over.

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Every group of students are different. We can lean on and into our team to bounce ideas off of each other and improve or change our delivery to help increase or extend student learning.

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Engaging - looking for support from colleagues is essential.  Looking and moving forward is a key to success.

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Engaging - looking for support from colleagues is essential.  Looking and moving forward is a key to success.

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Common assessments are about improving our practices and that being open and honest with your team is essential to do what's right for kids.

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CFAs are designed for us to reflect on our professional practice.  *Collaboration is an expectation, not an option. We must be vulnerable to share what is working and not working within our own lessons to move ourselves forward in teaching practices.

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CFAs are designed for us to reflect on our professional practice.  *Collaboration is an expectation, not an option. We must be vulnerable to share what is working and not working within our own lessons to move ourselves forward in teaching practices.

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CFA is designed to tell us about our practice.
Reflection of instructional practices.
Improving our professional practice, not just a bunch of grades.
Teachers in teams need to be vulnerable and
trust one another.

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CFAs reflect on our practice. Using the strengths of your team to help meet the needs of students.

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Focus on learning over teaching. System in place to help each other reach any given year's group of students...have to be vulnerable to focus on only what we control.

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Focus on learning over teaching. System in place to help each other reach any given year's group of students...have to be vulnerable to focus on only what we control.

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The CFAs will be assessments that WE get to create and monitor (and adjust as needed). We get to set the goals and monitor student growth and we get immediate results so we can fill in those gaps or intervene.

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Teaching Teams working together to decide the topics on the CFA as well as what is considered a successful score.

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*Common pacing *Common CFA *Identify which standards we are assessing and by when instead of assessing the "curriculum"

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*Common pacing *Common CFA *Identify which standards we are assessing and by when instead of assessing the "curriculum"

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Teachers have the flexibility to teach at their own pace and with their own teaching styles but the outcome is the same, then sharing data and resources and ideas to help those students that are still struggling. 

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Teachers have the flexibility to teach at their own pace and with their own teaching styles but the outcome is the same, then sharing data and resources and ideas to help those students that are still struggling. 

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Common pacing, window of time, to allow teachers to teach based on the needs of their class.

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I was surprised that teams would have to give the CFA all on the same day...I get that everyone's pacing is a bit different...I just assumed that as long as the CFA is given within that window it would be a-okay.

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We have had so many different messages over the years about the expectations as far as resources and curriculum and fidelity... This seems like a different expectation and I think we need to have a bigger conversation about what is actually expected of teachers. 

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We have had so many different messages over the years about the expectations as far as resources and curriculum and fidelity... This seems like a different expectation and I think we need to have a bigger conversation about what is actually expected of teachers. 

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Teams need to be communicating frequently. This will help with pacing and setting the goals for your unit and for assessing.

Our building struggled with this throughout the 2021-2022 school year.

Our team set 'deadlines' to help keep us accountable. This way when we met for our next PLC time, we were all able to talk about the same data, timeframe, lessons, etc...

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team, team, team--it's a collaborative effort--sharing data, sharing students, sharing strategies & resources

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Teachers have control of what the CFA will look like, the target goal, etc. The timeline is set by the teams. The team is able to choose what they think is best for their students and decide what works best for students.

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Main point is to agree on what students should know/be able to do...and develop an assessment that measures that accurately.

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Main point is to agree on what students should know/be able to do...and develop an assessment that measures that accurately.

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Teacher driven process that works. Hattie's research is so good.

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I liked the idea of positive peer pressure. Having all members of a team working toward the same goal and encouraging each other along the way.

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You have to work as a team, not in isolation, to evaluate and talk about CFA results to really make it successful.

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Creating CFAs together and then taking the time to analyze the results. You have ownership in the process. You work together as a team.

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It is key teachers work collaboratively together. They are OUR students not just mine individually.

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It seems that currently when we give assessments we are getting basically the same results across our grade level. Could this be because we are all teaching with Math Expressions? Could it be beneficial to try to teach in different ways so that we can actually have conversations about what is actually getting the results?

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It seems that currently when we give assessments we are getting basically the same results across our grade level. Could this be because we are all teaching with Math Expressions? Could it be beneficial to try to teach in different ways so that we can actually have conversations about what is actually getting the results?

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Collaborative discussions amongst team members to determine the CFAs is imperative to the process.  We must analyze the results beyond just giving the assessment.

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Collaborative discussions amongst team members to determine the CFAs is imperative to the process.  We must analyze the results beyond just giving the assessment.

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I liked how he emphasized the importance of discussion with peers. This is not a solo journey!

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I like that it mentioned that it is not giving the assessment that improves student achievement but the collaboration of the conversations and the goal of the assessment is what is important.  

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I like that it mentioned that it is not giving the assessment that improves student achievement but the collaboration of the conversations and the goal of the assessment is what is important.  

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Giving an assessment vs understanding the why behind the assessment--it goes back to the ownership in this process