November 2018 – HARNESSING THE POWER OF ASSESSMENT

Witnessing Learning Over Time: Tools for Documenting Observations (Part 3)

Student thinking rarely follows a straight path towards a learning destination. When you ponder documenting the twists and turns of whole group or individual students’ thinking, do you feel overwhelmed? How might the application of learning goals and success criteria support the process of documentation?

November 3, 2018 Learning Goals and Success Criteria / Witnessing Learning Over Time

Witnessing Learning Over Time: Documenting Observations with a Checklist (Part 2)

The process of assessment is not black and white. It’s not about shades of grey, but rather, about an understanding that each student has a spectrum of possibilities within them – a rainbow of ideas and potential.

November 1, 2018 Assessment Beliefs / Learning Goals and Success Criteria / Reflecting Back Moving Forward

Reflecting Back, Moving Forward: Feeling Stuck?

Do you sometimes feel like you’re stuck? You may feel like your wheels are spinning? I spoke with a principal last week and that’s how she was feeling.