personal meaning of assessment : an accurate picture of where students are academically and socially/emotionally.

personal assessments: dial 4 assessments, aeps (family perspective)

smarter not harder: think linear, piece by piece, and create expectations, and create routines & little systems.

intentionally look at the students skills and pay close attention

greatest advice: lean on the support of the community, take the help!! you have nothing to prove.

easy to love, difficult to discipline (book)

personal definition of assessment: it is simply a procedure for making inferences. there are only valid/invalid interpretations.

go-to assessments: white boards

scaffolding!!

working smarter not harder: designing assessments strategically, understand the purpose of the problems and help students be flexible in their learning.

teachers have an important role in being patient for their students.

greatest advice: teach to the test (what's most important and what do you want them to know). Keep the end in mind!

teacher clarity playbook (book)

solo taxonomy by John Pegg lol

why should I teach? you won't know until you get your kids.

personal definition of assessment: getting to know what kids know and knowing how to use that information.

go-to assessments: exit tickets in everything! White boards

how do you work smarter not harder: make them do everything! not really, but let students assess each other too.

exit tickets really help you get to know your students and the students buy in better.

greatest advice: relationships - greeting at the door, getting to know families, sitting with the students, and have something with each student (Encanto, football games, etc.) you can never do too much procedure

when kids know what you expect of them they feel more secure

class has to be fun!

book or podcast:

• culture code

• ender's game

when you see the kid get it it'll all be worth it!

personal definition of assessment: learning things about students so that they may be able to grow!

go-to assessment: whiteboards, learning continuum, small groups

how to work smarter not harder: collaborate! (it's not about me it's about my team; we work better together)

"show me what you know"

best advice: don't walk alone

resources:

• twitter! instagram!

• YouTube or pinterst collaboration

• Book: how do you hug a porcupine?

why should I teach?

• you go home with incredible stories & there are so many incredible students you get to leave impact on. other careers don't have that. you can cling to those things when you're having a tough year.

set goals in the classroom: a scoreboard!

• teachers don't always meet their goals too.

anchor charts!

what is your genius?

• love this one!

personal definition of assessment: many are observations but others are also curriculum, social skills, analytical, data driven, everything is assessment!

go-to: tally's, amp's (benchmark assessment)

smarter not harder: be strategic, using different resources and the resources around you.

greatest advice: be around caw you surround yourself with. Have positive people surrounding you.

resources/advice

• filtering out the stuff (people/things)

• shut off the chatter

• be healthy!

• not being on social media as much

• twitter!

• behavior snap (app)

  • helps take quick data

why should I teach?

• you will remember some students their entire life and they will remember you. you get to help students believe in themselves.

• get to know the kids. you get to know you made an impact

personal definition of assessment: when you have a goal or objective that you want to meet and seeing whether you met it.

go-to assessment: smart goals, educator rubrics (creating your own), rubric needs to match expectations and goals.

work harder not smarter: rubric; use formative assessment; you don't have to grade EVERYTHING.

greatest advice: have procedures and routines from day 1

• review and reteach them always

resources

• learning by doing (Bible of professional learning communities)

• excellence in every classroom (book)

  • has a pyramid like Maslow's

• cult of pedagogy (book and podcast)

• think again by Adam Brandt

why teach?

• teach for kids. you get to be a big part of development and it's a privilege to help them be successful the rest of their life.

personal definition of assessment: it is a tool of what they know now and what they need to know next.

go-to assessment: hand-on! tool kits! "show me"

• loves rules and routines

be okay with making mistakes

work smarter not harder: have a good work life balance; set boundaries; work ahead; work with your team

greatest advice:

• be extra nice to the secretary and the custodian

• listen to your team and coworkers

• try new things!

• stay off your phone

• don't take yourself too seriously

• leave your home problems at the door

• "it's my best day if you are here"

resources

• out of my mind (book)

why teach?

• it is a fun job

• kids think you're hilarious

• you're impacting the future

personal definition of assessment: can students apply knowledge?

• give students opportunities to apply knowledge in different ways.

• keep giving students opportunities to grow

go-to assessments:

• start with the standards, break them down, let your students know that. the same 5 ideas were consistent.

• "tell me more about this"

• open ended tests

smarter not harder: go slow to start with; take a little piece and do the best you can with it and progress that. "what's the smallest thing you can do that will make the biggest impact?"

• look at things as a compass and not a map, help everyone work toward the same place

• it's not easy when you're alone

advice: "do you know and care about their kid?"

• build relationships with your students!

resources:

• culture code (book)

• little bets (book)

why teach?

• we need education the most.

• students needs kids who are consistent and caring and stable

  • be one of those people