Classroom Assessment - Guest Mentors by Dianna Douglas https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb en-us 2022-02-15 17:42:08 UTC 2022-05-06 14:03:30 UTC hello@padlet.com djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2049181156 2020 National Teacher of the year!!

Personal Definition of Assessment: 
- gives an accurate picture where students are academically and even social-emotion scale. 

Go To Assessments:
- dial 4 assessment 
- APES

As an educator, how do you work smarter not harder:
- concentrate on the day not the big picture 
- have routines within routines
- make your classroom a place where students can work independently 

Advice: 
- lean on community support 
- take the help 
- do not do it all on your own 
- make connections 

Book: easy to love, hard to disciple 

Why Teach?
- no other job that os fun of joy and purpose like teaching 
- everyday you get to make a difference

All the teachers highlighted at the end have everything very organized and everything is functional. ]]> 2022-02-15 17:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2049181156 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2049205419 "Beast Mode Instructor" 

Personal Assessment Definition:
- Assessment is simply a procedure for making inferences. 
- There is no valid assessment, just valid inferences based on the assessment. 

Go To Assessments:
- Whiteboards 
- Reteach/Scaffolding 

How do you work Smarter not Harder 
- Design assessments well so you can get inferences quickly 
- Understand what inferences you want to make while making the assessment 

Teaching Advice:
- Teach to the test
- give opportunities for flexible thinking 

Books: Teacher Clarity Playbook and IS Practice Guides 

Why Teach?
- you won't know until you meet your kids

]]> 2022-02-15 18:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2049205419 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160754515 Personal Definition of Assessment:
getting to know what the students know and deciding how to use it. 
"what did I do today that they are taking away"

Go To Assessments:
- exit slips 

How do you work smarter not harder:
- make the students do everything 
- the more the students do the less you have to do
- sticky notes and dry erase boards are your friend 

Advice:
- relationships are very important 
- go out of your way to make student connections 
- you can never do too much procedures 
- safety and systems 
- have clear expectations 

Must Read Book:
"stuff you should know" 

Why Teach?
- the smiles
- you get to open new minds ]]> 2022-04-27 16:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160754515 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160771601 Personal Definition of Assessment:
- where are we going, where do we need to go, where did we end up. 
- its all about seeing what they are learning
- continue to move your students  

Go to Assessments:
- show me what you know 
- use standard tool 
- small group assessment 

How do you work smarter not harder:
- collaborate 

Advice:
- don't walk alone

Must Read:
- twitter 
- behavior books

Why teach?:
- the stories you go home with 
- make lifelong connections 
- you don't get to make the same impact in any other profession

]]> 2022-04-27 17:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160771601 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160772356 Personal Definition of Assessment:
- assessment is the world

Go to Assessments:
- informal daily observations
- anecdotal notes
- FMP

How do you work smarter not harder:
-look at how to do things more efficiently 
 
Advice:
- be careful with who you surround yourself with 
- don't listen to the negative things .. it will burn you out 
- find your true north 

Must Read book:
- give yourself time to reflect 
- shut out the chatter and remember why you're here 
- behavior snap

Why teach?:
- you meet so many kids that you will remember for your whole life and they will remember you 
- you get to be the one that helps them excel and achieve their goals. ]]> 2022-04-27 17:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160772356 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160772511 Personal Definition of Assessment:
- any time of your life when you have a goal or objective that you want to achieve that you have to look back and see how and why you accomplished it. 

Go to Assessments:
- educator rubric 
- keep the end in mind

How do you work smarter not harder:
- create a rubric 
- you do not have to have lots of homework to be able to see where students are at with a concept 
- not everything has to be graded
- rituals and routines 

Advice:
- have procedures and routines 

Must Read book:
-learning by doing 
- excellence in every classroom

Why teach?:
- teach for the kids ]]> 2022-04-27 17:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160772511 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160772606 Personal Definition of Assessment:
- assessment os necessary
- a tool to determine what students know and what they are ready to learn next 

Go to Assessments:
- hands on anything 
- show me what you know 

How do you work smarter not harder:
- let students have a tool kit 
- rituals ans routines 
- have a good work life balance 

Advice:
- be extra nice to the secretary and the custodian 
- don't be afraid to try something 
- stay off your phone 
- don't take everything so seriously 
- laugh with your kids 
- leave your home problems at the door
- greet your kids "its my best day when you are here"

Must Read book:
- out of my mind 

Why teach?:
- you get to make an impact every day]]> 2022-04-27 17:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160772606 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160772705 Personal Definition of Assessment:
- can students apply knowledge 
- can they show me they understand 

Go to Assessments:
- Start with the standard and find what they actually need 
- if students know the content on Monday they would be able to show what they know on Friday
- if students are not successful continue the topic
- standard anything 
 
How do you work smarter not harder:
- take a little piece that makes the most sense and ace it and slowly add to it 
- think about what is going to make the biggest student impact
- layer your teaching 
- it doesn't all have to be done at once
- look at teaching as a compus not a map

Advice:
- do you know and care about their kid?
- build relationships 

Must Read book:
-  culture code

Why teach?:
- this is the time we need it most
- hold on a little tighter and love a little bit more
- you have the ability to impact students for a lifetime 
- you get to give them the little pieces to help them become great]]> 2022-04-27 17:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160772705 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160773142 Personal Definition of Assessment:
- assessment is an estimation 
- snapshot of a kid on that day in a particular state

Go to Assessments:
- MTSS assessment 
- exit tickets
- quizzes
- WJ

How do you work smarter not harder:
- stay in our own lane, but be in a team
- have a framework for how you will utilize assessment 
- be consistent and efficient 

Advice:
- respect your impact 
- remember assessment has its place, but it all leads back to intervention 

Must Read book:
- thinking fast and slow 
- learning disabilities from identification intervention
- child's right to respect  

Why teach?:
- because kids need you 
- you will instantly change a Childs life
- you are investing into the future 
- you might be their only positive person]]> 2022-04-27 17:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2160773142 djdouglasksu https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2172316702 Personal Definition of Assessment:
- make observations 
- not paper pencil, but the day to day observations 

Go to Assessments:
- small groups 
- challenge them to improve their vocabulary 

How do you work smarter not harder:
- be a team 
- lean on your classroom leaders 

Advice:
- make relationships with students, parents, and staff
- support what your kids love
- support your kids outside of school 
- be willing to have hard conversations with parents face to face or by phone NOT email

Must Read book:
- gift of dyslexia 
- the morning meeting book 
- despite the best intentions 

Why teach?:
- impact 
- you play a little role in people accomplishing their dreams ]]> 2022-05-06 02:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/djdouglasksu/r0yfq2xzdrrissjb/wish/2172316702