https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra Learnings en-us 2018-06-27 13:21:23 UTC 2018-06-27 20:43:19 UTC hello@padlet.com sdw11 https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268733384 1. List three new ideas you gained from the assessment class
2. List two questions that you continue to have about assessment
3. List one action you will take because of the assessment class]]> 2018-06-27 13:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268733384 https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268778180 New Ideas:
1. Alignment between the learning target, class strategies, and ultimate assessment (formative and summative) is crucial for measuring students' learning.
2. Assessment is not an isolated component of learning - it's part of a larger pedagogical picture.
3. Rubrics need to adapt to the assessment that is being used.
Two Questions:
1. How do you best administer feedback to a student who refuses to use the comments?
2. How can PLCs and different departments better work together when assessing the value of an assessment?
One Action:
1. I always need to be able to answer the why behind what we do in the class; if I can't express it, then how can my students do it?]]> 2018-06-27 20:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268778180 https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268778185 New ideas ...
1. Data analysis is hard. BUT, well worth it.
2. Data analysis requires input from many different areas, not just testing results. In analyzing a school's performance from different arenas (testing, demographics, school processes, etc.), administrators are able to provide more thorough solutions and action steps in solving some of the problems that arise along the process.
3. Principalship is a lot like teaching. You have to understand the whole child in order to teach them effectively, just as you'll have to understand the whole school to run it effectively. This also leads into assessment and analysis of what is working and what is not...

Questions
1. How can principals better assist teachers in understanding data and teaching them how to analyze this data as a means of driving instructional change?

Action
1. I hope to take these ideas into my PLC next year and really work on analyzing data as a means of driving instruction. With the teachers I work with on a daily basis, this seems like a pretty challenging thing to carry out, but I hope that I'll be able to inspire some of these teachers to reflect on their work and seek out ways to improve.]]> 2018-06-27 20:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268778185 https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268778203 1. Task Analysis / backward design as a method to ensure learning targets, lessons and assessments are aligned. ACTUALLY allowing students to learn from their mistakes by allowing them to find what mistakes they made, analyze these mistakes, and then correct these mistakes for a better grade. Focusing on formative assessments and providing effective and GOOD feedback on these to help students prepare for the summative assessments. 
2. The use of rubrics and how to make effective rubrics that don't emphasize only expectations and grades.... how do we use rubrics most effectively to HELP students? 
What form of assessment is the best way to support and prove student success? How can we do this in a time where standardized testing / high stakes testing is the method used? 
3. Allowing students to identify and learn from their mistakes. Taking time to allow for this in class - it is just as crucial to ensure students learn content and skills. ]]> 2018-06-27 20:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268778203 aly_spealman https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268778208 1. Assessment should be an ongoing process to improve learning; backward design is key to aligning learning targets, lessons, and assessments; relationships are key to student success
2. How do you find time to provide descriptive feedback to students during your first year of teaching while simultaneously trying to manage the classroom? What do you do if you lose your relatability during the first week, can you recover?
3. Focus as much as possible on differentiating my instruction and grading practices to meet the needs of individual students.]]> 2018-06-27 20:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sdw11/urgk035iakra/wish/268778208