NO EXCUSES UNIVERSITY – ASSESSMENT PLAN
Culture of Universal Achievement
Collaboration
Standards Alignment
Assessment Plan
Data Analysis
Interventions
“We spend time at our Institute distinguishing between formative and summative assessments and how grade level teams can take responsibility for gathering or creating formative assessments that make sense for them. We emphasize the importance of this work as a support to teachers, because this allows teachers to track those students who are not making adequate academic progress towards proficiency, and then identify specific content areas that require intervention.”
There are some key topics to consider when implementing an assessment plan:
#1: Assessment is NOT about the teacher, it’s about the student
#2: Balance between of and for learning assessments
#3: Scheduling, benchmarks for growth, and continuous improvement are crucial
Assessment is NOT about the teacher, it’s about the student: One of my favorite quotes from the summer institute was that data did not belong to the teachers. It was on loan from the students. In order to help students achieve proficiency, we must support the teacher in analyzing the data and making the necessary adjustments.
Balance between of and for learning assessments: There needs to be a balance between formative and summative assessments. Think about the teachers on your campus. What percentage of the instructional time is dedicated to formative assessment? What percentage of the instructional time is dedicated to summative assessment? In a NEU school, both assessments are equally important.
Scheduling, benchmarks, and continuous improvement are crucial: When you get your data…what do you do about it? Is it used as a learning opportunity to better understand what your students know and don’t know? Everything we do should be about providing opportunities for continuous improvement. Do we have systems in place that allow for such a process?
Please be walking around when doing yard duty. Standing in one place and talking to another colleague takes the attention away from our students who need active supervision. Students forming a circle around you and talking to you also takes away from being active during supervision. The amount of students coming in during recesses clearly identifies that we NEED TO BE WALKING AND MONITORING BEHAVIOR.
From a teacher:
“I came to school this morning with the lessons from yesterday fresh in my mind. I decided that I would focus on positive behaviors today, and try and let the negative go away on its own. I started the day with a quick carpet talk, telling students how proud I was of all their good work and asking them to continue for today. I addressed a few issues but then it was off to work. I called students to my desk, or leaned over to talk to them every time I saw something respectful or helpful. At the end of the day, I sat at the carpet with them and asked if it was different today as compared to yesterday. I had 20 hands fly up and the comments ranged from, “you were nice” to “you liked us.” Talk about immediate feedback. I am sure every day will have new challenges and one day is not forever, but I believe that the first step to having a great day is being positive.” – George Kastanis, 3rd grade teacher
Halloween day costumes: follow school dress code, no weapons, no blood, no masks. Make sure food brought in on October 31 follows food policy guidelines.
Observable Fish Moments at SV:
Be There: Thank you Christina, Carole, and Patty for helping Ariel out today. Thank you Fern and Janelle for supporting ALL of our students ALL the time!!
Play: Get out in the garden and have some fun.
Choose your attitude: Your attitude can decide how you will feel for the rest of the day- EVERY DAY!!
Make Their Day: Make at least one positive phone call home this week.
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