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Caswell County NC FALCON Implementation Plan: Helping Students Soar to Success

This implementation plan outlines the steps and requirements for schools and teachers to effectively implement the NC FALCON formative assessment program. It highlights the benefits of formative assessment and provides resources and guidelines for successful implementation.

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Caswell County NC FALCON Implementation Plan: Helping Students Soar to Success

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  1. Caswell County NC FALCON Implementation Plan: Helping Students Soar to Success

  2. NC FALCON North Carolina’s Formative Assessment Learning Community’s Online Network

  3. Agenda • NC FALCON program overview • Module Requirements • School NC FALCON Team Lead • LEA Guidelines and Deadlines • LEA Required Documents • School Formative Assessment Implementation Plan • NC FALCON Checklist • Analysis of My School’s Implementation Form

  4. Definition of Formative Assessment Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve intended instructional outcomes (CCSSO FAST SCASS, 2006). Click here to access NC FALCON

  5. Formative AssessmentModel

  6. Research Related to Formative Assessment • Increase in meta-cognitive skills • Increase in motivation • Increase in self-efficacy • Increase in learning • Decrease in the achievement gap

  7. Available 24/7 • One consistent message • Blended learning opportunities • Reflective activities • Hands-on activities • Self-Assessment • Collaboration through PLCs

  8. Formative Assessment Plan Example

  9. Interactive Flash Activities

  10. Vignettes

  11. ClassroomApplication For the Analysis of Formative Assessment in My School document, click here.

  12. Online LearningCommunities http://center.ncsu.edu/falcon/

  13. Module Requirements • Classroom teachers – Complete 4 Modules (1.1 CEUs) • I . Importance of Formative Assessment (.1) • II. Learning Targets and Criteria for Success (.4) • III. Collecting and Documenting Evidence (.2) • IV. Analyzing Evidence and Descriptive Feedback (.4) • Administrative Staff – Complete 5 Modules (1.5 CEUs) • I – IV AND… • V. Administrator’s Role in Formative Assessment (.4) • Modules take about 45 min - 1 hour each to complete • CEUs may be granted in reading, technology, or the content area as requested

  14. School NC FALCON Team Lead • Share PowerPoint with school • Help school team develop School Plan • Distribute passwords/login information • Collect documentation • NC FALCON Checklist • Certificate of Completions • Completed and signed “Analysis of My School’s Implementation of Formative Assessment”

  15. LEA Guidelines and Deadlines • All classroom teachers must complete modules I – IV • Administrative staff must complete modules I – V • School Plans submitted by : December 17, 2010 • All staff modules completed by: April 22, 2011 • Required Documentation due : May 1, 2011

  16. LEA Required Documents • School Formative Assessment Implementation Plan • NC FALCON Checklist • Certificates of Completion for each classroom teacher and administrator • Completed “Analysis of My School’s Implementation of Formative Assessment” with School Team member signatures • Other documentation as indicated by the school level plan (copies of PLC minutes, staff meeting minutes or agendas…)

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