April 9th PD--Supports for Next Steps.

We appreciate the engagement and feedback from our professional learning on April 9th.  This blog will have some resources to support our next steps including:

• A copy of the powerpoint presentation
• A 'curriculum challenge' for proficiency scales

Stay tuned to next week's blog for information on upcoming Q and A sessions to respond to any questions you might have related to implementation of practices related to standards-based learning.

Powerpoint Presentation

Dr. Ruyle provided many resources and examples in his powerpoint presentation. Several of you have asked for a copy of his presentation, so he graciously agreed to share it with Southeast Polk staff.  This presentation may be found at the link below:

Goals, Scales, and Assessments: Putting it All Together 4.9.18

Curriculum Challenge: Proficiency Scales

In the presentation, there were multiple examples of ways to share the overall scale with students.  This might include translating the scale into language that matches where your students are, having students convert the scale in a way that makes sense to them, using visuals, analogies, etc.  

  

   

From our learning on Monday:

Proficiency scales need to be:

• Designed for a student audience.
• Communicated to students.

"Learning targets and success criteria go together. They give students a sense of the purpose for learning and how to get there."

The 'curriculum challenge' will include opportunities for classrooms to share, create, and see examples of different types of representations of scales.  

Between now and May 4th, we are inviting teachers to share and or create examples of our proficiency scale designed for the students you serve.  Take a picture of your example and either email it to me, or post on twitter with the hashtag #sepolkscales.  Please include your grade level and/or content area.  All examples will be posted to the blog. Let's try to share as many examples as we can to support each other in using the scales with students. On May 4th, we will do a random drawing of all participants of the challenge and 5 teachers will receive a copy of "The New Art and Science of Teaching."