This photo was used a metaphor to represent:
a. how we can use information like assessment and activity calendars as well as academic and well-being data to bring our students into focus.
b. how tired we are on Friday afternoons
c. that some of us are in need of a new pair of glasses
d. The more we know about our students, the more work we have
What is 'a' (how we can use information like assessment and activity calendars as well as academic and well-being data to bring our students into focus.)
The EAL Department has been working with 2 departments this year around student-centered coplanning.
Science and Math
English and Design
I&S and PE
Science and I&S
What is 4? (Science & I&S)
These are ALL strategies to support languages learners, presented at the EAL Stations Workshop in early October.
Visuals, talking card, purposeful seating
Kagan strategies, phonics instruction, turn and talk
Word cards, vocabulary notebooks, text to type
Visualization, cognates, think-pair-share
What is a 1 (Visuals, talking card, purposeful seating)
The department who completed a clean sweep of the November value awards.
What is English
________is a research-based, science-backed tool that helps our school "steer" students on the path of adolescence. The data shows us potential social emotional risks and potential ways to support students.
What is AS Tracking
The 4 PLC Questions can help guide our Student-Centered Collaboration. One of the following NOT one of them.
What do we want students to know and be able to do?
How will we know if they learn it?
How will we extend the learning for students who are already proficient?
Can we still schedule our Summative for that day even if there are already 5 others on the Assessment Calendar?
What is 4 (Can we still schedule our Summative for that day even if there are already 5 others on the Assessment Calendar?)
________ are meaningful statements that students can understand.
__________ should not be so specific that they cannot be transferable beyond the subject content.
Summative assessment tasks should directly relate to the _________________.
What are statements of inquiry
The annual conference where Lindsay, Rena, Shane O, Mandala, Susan, Briar and Ashleigh D presented or facilitated sessions.
What is CogCon
AS tracking allows us to write_________to signpost students. We wrote these for priority students in grade levels, using the risks and signposts associated with each student.
What is an action plan
In a video clip from the beginning of the year, an educational researcher invoked the “Weight Watchers” model to encourage teachers to write down their goals and get support from colleagues to achieve them.
It was:
1. Dylan Wiliam
2. Richard Dufour
3. Carol Dweck
4. Linda Darling-Hammond
What is 1? (Dylan Wiliam)
The foundation of the pyramid, from Katie White's Softening the Edges session
What is "Daily Formative Assessment"
The song title played by Dr. Wenzel at our first full faculty meeting in August.
What is "this is me"
The four areas that AS Tracking produces data on are:
a. self-reliance, self-esteem, self-disclosure, seeking change
b. seeking change, self-disclosure, trust of self, trust of others
c. trust of others, trust of adults, trust of friends, trust of self
d. self-discipline, self-disclosure, trust of self, seeking confidence
What is B (seeking change, self-disclosure, trust of self, trust of others)
We examined this quote at the beginning of the year, speaking to the heart of Student-Centered Collaboration: “It is teachers working together to have appropriately high, challenging expectations of what a year's growth for a year's input looks like, fed with the evidence of impact. And that's what sustains it…It's that combined belief that it's us that causes learning."
The quote’s author is:
Robert Marzano
John Hattie
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Alfie Kohn
What is 2 (John Hattie)
As a middle school, we are aiming to move away from measuring and reporting student performance, to _________ and _______ student performance.
What is diagnosing and improving
The number of incorrect answers on a previous department competition kahoot.
What is 3