Assessment Evaluation and Reporting

Assessment Blog Post #1

       

      Welcome to my Assessment and Evaluation blog. For my first post i am going to indicate what I want to know about assessment and evaluation. First off I want to know how much is based on work vs what you see in class. So what percentage of the overall grading should come from assignments or test, vs how much should come from one on one discussion or alternative forms of assessing a students knowledge? Next, I want to know if there is room for awarding marks for effort. For insistence if a student is struggling a lot with a specific concept and you see them working very hard to comprehend it but they do not reach the predetermined standard for it, could you award them marks for effort? Finally, I am interested to know how many things do you need to assess in order to get a good idea of a students knowledge per subject. So is it okay to have a few larger assessment or several small ones?

Assessment Blog Post #2

      Welcome back to my Assessment and Evaluation blog. In this post I am going to discuss what I have learned about assessment so far in the course, and why it is important in the classroom. Assessment is a complex process which involves planning for what you need the students to learn by referencing the curriculum documents. It also has to do with gathering evidence of student learning to review and expand upon, while always applying your professional judgement to assess the work. Assessment can take many forms it can be diagnostic, to discover what your students already know. It can be formative to help teach your students through the process and not based on the final result. And, it could be summative, which looks at a students ability to produce what has been asked of them. There is assessment for, as, and of learning. Assessment for learning is the process of assessing something in order to figure out where the student is at in the process of learning. Assessment as learning is using a task for students to have the opportunity to use assessment for their own learning and gauge where they are. And assessment of learning is a formative assessment and is used to clarify students learning and understanding. Assessment takes place in four areas for each task that are; knowledge and understanding, thinking, communication, and application.
      Effective classroom assessment involves using combinations of all the above methods. So start off with diagnostic assessment and assessment for learning to gauge where the students are at in the given area. Then use differentiating teaching strategies to give appropriate work to each student that will enable them to learn more advanced ideas within the subject area. Then use formative and as learning assessment to have the students reflect on their work and what they liked and did not like about the learning process to help identify ways in which to improve the process next time to ensure they are working at their maximum capacity and have an effective understanding of the process before moving on. Finally, finish with summative, and of learning assessment strategies to see how effective you were at teaching, and the students were at learning. Some examples of summative assessment could be an oral presentation, a research paper, a power point presentation, or a video presentation. Just make sure they have well documented success criteria that was agreed on prior to the assessment. Hope this was helpful in explaining the process of assessment. Until next time, goodbye. 

Name: Justin Plant
GROWING SUCCESS POLICIES	My Professional Learning Goals 1 goal for each policy	Strategies For Meeting My Goals 1 strategy for each goal	Annotated Resources 2 sources for each policy
POLICY Fundamental Principles -seven fundamental principles	I will develop my skills teaching students whose first language is not English, so that I will be able to help them learn effectively.	I will meet with my associate teacher to discuss strategies she has used in the path, and research on the cult of pedagogy for examples that pertain to my classroom.	Jennifer Gonzalez. (2014). 12 Ways to Support English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom. Cult of Pedagogy. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/supporting-esl-students-mainstream-classroom/ Teacher suggestion: (2008). Supporting English Language Learners. Ontario Government, Reach Every Student. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/esleldprograms/guide.pdf
POLICY Learning Skills & Work Habits - six learning skills and work habits -progress shown on report cards	I will work on being more organized, so that I will be more effective as a teacher and never misplace any students work.	I will research online for ways to stay organized that would work for me.	(2017). 11 Classroom Hacks You Can Use Tomorrow.  Teachers Pay Teachers. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/62839357284974649/ Dana Truby, Megan Kaesshaefer. (2017). 100 Classroom Organizing Tricks. Scholastic. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/100-classroom-organizing-tricks/
POLICY Performance Standards: The Achievement Chart -has four categories of knowledge and skills	I will learn how to create an effective achievement chart, so that students always know what is expected of them.	I will talk to my associate teacher, students and other teachers at my placement school to get ideas on how to create the best achievement chart. I will research for examples on how to create achievement charts, and examples of achievement charts.	The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-12. (2004). Achievement Charts. Ontario Government. http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/westdale/files/2010/10/Achievement-Charts13.pdf Erin Beattie. (2014). Math with T.A.C.K. Mrs. Beattie's Classroom. http://www.mrsbeattiesclassroom.com/2014/01/math-with-tack.html
POLICY Assessment FOR Learning & AS Learning -purpose of assessment is to improve student learning -analyse, interpret, give feedback, help students develop	I will learn more strategies to conduct assessment as learning, so that I am a more effective teacher and to help differentiate my teaching style.	I will ask my teachers, associate teacher, and colleagues for examples of assessment as learning. I will research examples that are applicable to my teaching for assessment as learning.	Student Success. (2011). Assessment for and as Learning with Mathematical Processes. EDUgains. http://www.edugains.ca/resources/LearningMaterials/MathProcesses/MathProcesses_AfL-AaL.pdf (1993). Measuring What Counts: A Conceptual Guide for Mathematics Assessment. The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine. https://www.nap.edu/read/2235/chapter/6
POLICY Evaluation -assessment of lerning -based on overall expectations -by observations, conversations, and student products.	I will learn how to differentiate my evaluations, so that students are judged in ways they feel are fair and adapted to their learning style.	I will discuss with my teachers and associate teachers examples of how to differentiate my evaluations so that students get the most of it. I will research strategies for differentiating my evaluation styles.	Michael Hernandez. (2016). Evaluation Within Project-Based Learning. Edutopia.  https://www.edutopia.org/blog/evaluating-pbl-michael-hernandez (2013). Learning for All: A Guide to Effective Assessment and Instruction for All Students, Kindergarten to Grade 12. Ontario Government.  https://www.edugains.ca/newsite/literacy/ALG/docs/LearningforAll2013.pdf
POLICY Reporting Student Achievement -progress reports and report cards	I will learn how to honestly and constructively report to students their progress, so that they know where their strengths and areas of improvement are.	I will discuss with my associate teacher how to approach each student in the class empathetically and in a way they will respond positively to in order to help with their progression. I will research constructive ways to encourage students in their progress report.	(2017). Assessment Toolkit: Giving Assessment Feedback. UNSW Australia.  https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/printpdf/537 Grant Wiggins. (2012). 13 Concrete Examples of Better Feedback for Learning. teachthought. https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/13-examples-of-better-feedback-for-learning/
POLICY Students With Special Education Needs -IEP's	I will learn when and how to identify when a student requires an IEP, so that every student gets the help they need to succeed.	I will convene with my teachers and associate teachers for when IEP's should be discussed and their benefits and limitations. I will continue to research when to use IEP's and the best ways to help students through them.	(2014). Transition Planning for the Individual Education Plan. Niagara Catholic District School Board. http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesSpecEd/IEP&Transitions/BoardDevelopedResources/TransitionPlanning/Samples/TransitionPlanfortheIndividualEducationPlan(IEP)_Sample_NCDSB.pdf (2004). The Individual Education Plan (IEP). Ontario Ministry of Education.  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/guide/resource/iepresguid.pdf Claire Gagne. (2017). A hand-holding guide to IEP's. Today's Parent. https://www.todaysparent.com/family/special-needs/a-hand-holding-guide-to-ieps/
POLICY English Language Learners -ESL/ELD	I will learn more about effective modifications to make to my lessons for ELL, so that I ensure they are being taught in a way that works for them.	I will discuss with my colleagues, teachers, associate teacher, and students to get their view on how to teach/how they are being taught and if it is effective. I will research different strategies to modify lessons for students who are ELL.	(2011). Working with ELL/ESL Students. Best of Bilash: Improving Second Language Education. https://sites.educ.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.bilash/Best%20of%20Bilash/ELLstudents.html Ashley Cronin. (2016). Resources for Teaching English-Language Learners. Edutopia.  https://www.edutopia.org/article/resources-for-teaching-english-language-learners-ashley-cronin
POLICY The Kindergarten Program	I will learn effective ways to teach through play, so that my students are properly prepared for grade one.	I will discuss with my childrens kindergarten teachers and the kindergarten teacher's at my placement to see how they interpret the kindergarten curriculum. I will research different ways that teachers are teaching withing kindergarten classroom.	(2016). The Kindergarten Program 2016. Ontario Ministry of Education. https://www.ontario.ca/document/kindergarten-program-2016?_ga=2.219475929.1308121213.1511887522-724749483.1494621976 Jon Hoffman. (2012). Rethinking Kindergarten. Professionally Speaking.  http://professionallyspeaking.oct.ca/june_2012/features/Rethinking_kindergarten.aspx

                                                                                                                                             









































































































































EDBE 8Y01 Digital Portfolio: Reflection Prompts Directions

 1. Think about how you will use the Assessment page of your Digital Portfolio during your first teaching block. Provide 2 examples, writing 1 paragraph for each.

       Two ways that I will use my Digital Portfolio during my first leaching block are; I will use the resources I found pertaining to English Language Learners (ELL) to help me with a student in my placement and modifying how I teach for her. And I will reference the resources I found that dealt with performance standards and achievement charts.

       I found an article on Edutopia titled Resources for Teaching English-Language Learners by Ashley Cronin  that helped lay out ways in which you can help boost ELL's classroom engagement, instruct ELL students through literacy and language, use the arts to help teach ELL's, and how technology can be used to help teach ELL's. This will be especially pertinent for me in my placement as there is a young lady in my class who immigrated last year from Syria. She spent her formative years in a war zone, three years in refugee camps and has only had one year education prior to coming to the grade 5/6 class I am in. She is extremely smart, however she still struggles with some concepts during class. This article will be perfect for me to read while making my lesson plans and planning modifications for her to help with the language barrier.

      I also found an article by Grant Wiggins called 13 Concrete Examples Of Better Feedback For Learning that will be useful in my placement as it gives real-life examples of when and how feedback is applicable and should be used. It talks about an example in a grade 6 class in which the teacher included the students in designing the success criteria and the process was more heavily weighted than the finished project. The teacher watched how the students interacted and how they decided what advice to take from their peers and how they acted on it. They also payed close attention to what concept the students thought was most important and weighted the heaviest when designing their own success criteria. This will be important in my placement because I will be looking for feedback from my associate teacher as well as the students in areas they felt I did good at and where I can improve, so I will need to decide what advice to take to heart and act upon.

 2. Choose one professional learning goal from your AER Strategy Form that you will explore in Block 1. Develop “I can” statements to identify how you will know you’ve reached your goal.

    Professional Learning Goal: I will work on being more organized, so that I will be more effective as a teacher and never misplace any students work.

-I can ensure I complete daily records of what I did at the end of each day.

-I can ensure I correctly and promptly file all of my and the students work at the end of each day in my log book.

-I can ensure I have all my lesson plans prepared the night before and know what supplies I will need prior to arriving at school.