Real World Assessment Task Bank to support PBLA

1. Real World Assessment Task Bankto support PBLA Ottawa-Carleton District School Board TESL Ontario Conference, November 1-2, 2018

2. Purpose of today’s workshop: An introduction to the project An overview of the development of the tasks The procedures used for piloting & reviewing A demo of the website A look at some sample tasks Next Steps

3. RWATB Project Team Core Project Team: PBLA Leads Larry Iveson & Catherine Hodgins (SMEs) Technical Lead: Diane McCargar Project Managers: Jennifer McKay & Carol Adams Administrative Support: Alina Razinkova Task Developers: 21 OCDSB instructors Desktop Publishing: Fritz Van Den Heuvel - Ardocs Website Development: Jeremy Cole - Tech. Consulting

4. RWATB Project Team- Task Developers

5. RWATB Advisory Committee Members Tara Holmes - CCLB Consultant & PBLA Lead Trainer & Project Lead for Multi-Level Modules Project, Calgary, Alberta Anne-Marie Kaskens - TCDSB - Program Consultant & Team Lead for Quartz (Ontario Curriculum Guidelines Project), Toronto, Ontario Subhadra Ramachandran - HCDSB - Manager Newcomer Language Programs Diane Ramanathan - Community Coordinator, Tutela; instructor for TESL Program at Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario Sarah Schmuck - PBLA Regional Coach & Project Lead for Multi-Level Modules Project, Calgary, Alberta Anne Senior - CCLB, Specialist Consultant

6. RWATB Project - Background OCDSB one of the first programs involved with PBLA during CIC’s pilot in 2010 Leads selected / LINC & ESL instructors trained PBLA started in January 2011 for CLB 1-4 classes A gap in knowledge and tools for instructors was felt, even though Leads were supporting instructors in the creation of their assessment tasks

7. RWATB Project - Background (con’t) This “gap” sowed the seeds for the creation of the Real World Assessment Task Bank Project, proposed by OCDSB ESL Program in fall of 2015 to Ontario’s Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Awarded project funding in July 2016 Two-year project ended Spring 2018

8. What was the RWATB Project about? Develop a bank of single level, stand alone Real World Assessment Tasks Variety of themes and CLB competencies in all 4 skills Ranging from Foundation Literacy to CLB 7 Loaded onto an easy to use, searchable website AND for OCDSB...building capacity of instructors & our program in creating real-world language assessment tasks

9. What was the RWATB Project about? Over 300 tasks available on the task bank to share with other programs in Ontario and throughout Canada Increased knowledge and capacity of Instructors, PBLA Leads and others participating in the project Positive networking opportunity among colleagues from various sites Process to follow with templates (a model) for other tasks to be created

10. RWAT Capacity Building: Feedback 6+ years teaching experience & PBLA training 100%: knowledge and skills in creating tasks increased 100%: knowledge of CLB and ALL documents improved 100%: knowledge of productive and receptive tasks improved 100%: ability to create assessment texts, scenarios and activities improved

11. Developing Tasks Critical points to think about for developing tasks: Are they Real World Tasks? - would students actually need to do this outside the classroom? Are they appropriate for the level based on the CLBs? Can the task be done in the classroom effectively?

12. Task Analysis and Development Listening

13. Developing Receptive Tasks Listening

14. Listening Developing Receptive Tasks

15. Listening Developing Receptive Tasks

16. Listening Developing Receptive Tasks

17. Listening Developing Receptive Tasks

18. Listening Developing Receptive Tasks

19. Listening Developing Receptive Tasks

20. Productive Task Example

21. Productive Task Example

22. Productive Task Example

23. Productive Task Example

24. Productive Task Example

25. Developing Tasks “It has helped me be more organized andstructured when doing assessment tasks.” What We Learned “I now understand how important the CLB and ALL documents are and how to use them, so that my assessments are at the right CLB level for my students.” “I am more confident now in mentoring new/other instructors.”

26. And on the administrative side of it all... Task naming nomenclature was developed

27. Reviewing and Piloting Multiple draft/review cycles during development Google sign-up sheet listing tasks released in Jan 2018 for field testers to choose preferred tasks Task and feedback files were emailed out based on requests in most cases

28. Reviewing and Piloting As feedback sheets were received, each was reviewed for suggested changes to the assessment task Once finalized, the 309 assessment tasks were then sent for desktop publishing After reviewing (one last time) the final step was the uploading of the assessment tasks to our website in both Word and PDF formats, along with any required audio/video for listening activities

29. To our Piloters... A hugethank you to the 190 Piloters from 70+ organizations stretching from BC to Yukon to Nova Scotia who volunteered their time to use our assessment tasks and provided us feedback for consideration when finalizing the completed versions We are pleased to announce the winners of the six gift cards:Janet Gilchrist Corinne Mariani Randi Medeiros Rayisa Ovcharova Agnes Papanastasiou Marina Silov-Marcan

30. Website Demo Online, searchable database of tasks Realworldtasks.ca

31. Logging In Choose a sector (ESL-Ontario, LINC-Ontario, etc.) Type the password: instructor

33. Home Page Note: These single skill stand-alone assessment tasks are not lessons or module plans. Task-based assessments should always be part of a planned unit of inter-related language tasks on a specific topic.

34. Searching How can people search the Bank?

35. Searching Narrowing your search with keywords

36. Search Results

37. Downloading Tasks

38. FC-S3-a-Greeting a Friend at a Community Event • FC-S4-a-Greeting a Friend at a Community Event • CB-R4-c-Reading a Credit Card Bill • ED-S2-ac-Greeting the Teacher When Arriving Late or Leaving Early • HS-R1L-c-Reading a Doctor’s Office Appointment Card • HN-RW2L-bc-Entering Information into an online Public Transit Planner • ED-RWFL-bc-Copying Name and Date on a Class Paper • HS-L6-b-Understanding Workplace Safety Information • HN-L5-d-Getting Ready for a G1 Road Test Sample Tasks

39. Prompt Today we are going to do a role-play. You are at a community picnic. You see me at the picnic. I am your friend. You need to greet me and ask me about the picnic. Talk about something you like about the picnic. Say goodbye to your friend. FC-S3-a-Greeting a Friend at a Community Event Sample Role-Play

40. Sample Role-Play Prompt Today we are going to do a role-play. You are at a community picnic. You see your friend. Greet your friend and ask him/her about the picnic. Talk about 2 things you like about the picnic and tell your friend why you like those things. Say goodbye to your friend. FC-S4-a-Greeting a Friend at a Community Event

41. FC-S3-a-Greeting a Friend at a Community Event

42. FC-S4-a-Greeting a Friend at a Community Event

43. CB-R4-c-Reading a Credit Card Bill

44. CB-R4-c-Reading a Credit Card Bill

45. ED-S2-ac-Greeting the Teacher When Arriving Late or Leaving Early

46. HS-R1L-c-Reading a Doctor’s Office Appointment Card

47. HN-WR2L-bc-Entering Information Into an Online Public Transit Trip Planner

48. ED-RWFL-bc-Copying Name and Date on a Class Paper

49. ED-RWFL-bc-Copying Name and Date on a Class Paper

50. HS-L6-c- Understanding Workplace Safety Information