• Go to assessments: Exit tickets, tell her what they learned, "The quick assessment is the best assessment."

• Smarter not Harder: Make the kids do everything; the more the kids do the less you have to do - let the kids assess themselves

• Go slow in the beginning with the procedures that are clear to ensure that your kids know what to do

• "Stuff You Should Know" Podcast

• "Ender's Game" Book

• Started teaching in China!

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• It's from the moment they walk in the door, seeing what they know

• You can use sticky notes or anchor charts to see what they are learning

Go to Assessments: Learning Continuum within "Map"

• Small Groups: bring the kids in front of you to really see them work

• You need a starting point that is based on your standards

Smarter Not Harder: Collaborate!

• We are more powerful together; don't walk alone

Resources: Twitter

• Constantly look for new things

• "How do you Hug a Porcupine" - Book

• Uses both anecdotal and data-driven

• Assessments shows a students strengths to encourage the educators to capitalize on their skills

  Advice: Being very carful who you surround yourself with

• Surround yourself with the good "True North"

Resources: Filter out the stuff and opinions

• Have time to reflect on remembering your "Why"

Sped: You get small groups, and get to see them for a few years

• Uses rubrics to help keep you tied to what your standards are - make your own rubrics so they match your expectations of performance

Smarter Not Harder: Rubrics help you (no guessing games)

• We don't have to have massive amounts of work - how can we use formative assessment to quickly adjust our instruction

• Thumbs up thumbs down, exit slips, etc.

• Have procedures and routines from day one

• Kids like to have that structure and know what their expectations are when they walk in the classroom

• Resources: "Learning By Doing" Book - High high-functioning PLC will increase student learning

• Excellence in Every Classroom by John Lee

• "The Cult of Pedagogy"

• Hands-on assessments: look at what your standard is and think what you can do that is hands-on, "show me a stick of 5"

• Practice Routines over and over: Allowing them to make mistakes

Smarter Not Harder: Have a good work-life balance - work ahead

• Work with your team - master the copier!

Advice: Be extra nice to the secretary and custodian of your school

• Take a risk, try something!

• Stay off your phone! Don't take yourself too seriously

Resources: "Out of My Mind" Book

• Have books that represent everyone all year long

• The power of read aloud every day - practice beforehand

• Make sure the students apply their knowledge

• The knowledge should be transferred to other places and spaces

Go To Assessments: Break down the standards to what they actually mean

• Break the standard down to 5 essential questions or thoughts

Advice: Relationships

• The parents want to make sure you know and understand their children

Resources: "Culture Code" Book - The culture of your PLC is crucial for your growth

• What are they mastering and what are they struggling with

• Day to day of what you are noticing

Go to Assessments: Small groups

• Small groups for all students to build those connections

• Challenge all of your kids

Smarter Not Harder: Be a Team

• Take on roles and give your teammates compliments

• Use leaders in your classroom

Advice: Make relationships with the students, parents, and staff

• Go to events outside of school for your students

Resources: "The Gift of Dyslexia" "The Morning Meeting Book"

• I'm going to ask you to do something, observe something, and make inferences on your findings

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

Go to Assessments: Whiteboards, scaffolding - language of an educator

Smarter Not Harder: Design my assessments strategically to get my information more efficiently

• Understand that some assessments had a different purpose

Resources: "Teacher Clarity Playbook" - If a child can articulate what you are teaching you are doing good

• IES Practice Guides - Can help students who are struggling

• John Pegg on Taxonomy - nice approach to assessment

• Dylan William: There are no valid assessments, only valid interpretations

Go to Assessments: MTSS Assessments

• Good Screener - having good diagnostics

• Exit tickets & quizzes

Smarter Not Harder: You have to have a process

• Have a framework for how you are going to utilize assessment and the data

Resources: "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman

• Jack Fletcher - Great Special Education books

• Janusz Korchak - Polish pediatrician