Witnessing Learning over Time: Monitoring and Documenting (Part 1)
Take a moment to breathe, slow down and reflect on the first part of this academic year.
Month: October 2018
Changing how we think about assessment – Reporting on Progress
Elementary educators across Ontario are preparing to send home the Provincial Progress Report Card – the first formal reporting communication home to parents.
Reflecting Back, Moving Forward: Witnessing Learning Over Time
I learned about differentiation and personalization in a truly authentic way.
Enacting Assessment for Learning means changing the roles of educators and students (Part 2)
To harness the power of assessment to improve learning, you must examine and possibly reconsider your role and how you see your relationship with your students.
Enacting AfL means changing the roles of educators and students (Part 1)
“…we need to transform our assessment and instructional practices, and that means that we need to be open to considering our role in the classroom differently.”
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria: A Dynamic, Ongoing Process (Part 4)
As a learning community, students uncover possible success criteria, giving an educator the opportunity to listen deeply, assessing what students already know and understand.
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria: Using Samples to Uncover Criteria (Part 3)
When you give students information that they can use to improve, and they see and understand that they can do it… students will experience feelings of control over their learning …
HARNESSING THE POWER OF ASSESSMENT 