60 likes | 148 Views
ELA Reporting and Grading Accomplishments. June 2013. Thank You!.
E N D
Thank You! A huge THANK YOU to all of the teachers, Kevin Beckner (Coordinator of Assessment), and Shannon Hennessy (Infinite Campus Tech Wizard Extraordinaire) who were an integral part of the MS ELA Standards Based Grading Workshop from 12-3 on June 24th, June 25th, June 26th, and June 27th. • Cryslynn Billingsley (Northeast Middle) • Rebecca Bradley (Northeast Middle) • Mary Byrd (West Middle) • Sheri Dicker (Northeast Middle) • Susan Doering (Southwest Middle) • John Duvall (Northeast Middle) • Shannon Gallaher (South Middle) • Stephanie Gillum (Southwest Middle) • Kathryn Hermann (Northeast Middle) • Stacey Hoffman (Central Middle) • Kelly Lautenshclager (West Middle) • Jenna Lucas (Northeast Middle) • Marlene McCarthy (West Middle) • Jennifer McHargue (Southwest) • Cecilia Ryon (West Middle) • Kris Schulze (West Middle) • Carrie Shaugnessy (Northeast Middle) • Tricia Smith (Northeast Middle)
Monday, July 24th (12-3) • Introductions • Check in: Hopes and Fears • Established reporting standards (NEM and SWM will report out FIVE Reporting Standards to parents). • These five are the same overarching standards per the Common Core: • Reading Informational Text • Reading Literature • Writing • Speaking and Listening • Language • Established reporting structure/ common language: • Reporting Standards (overarching), • Grade level standards (the specific standards under each of the five above) • Learning targets (the grade level standards “unpacked”) • Established we would not report by letter grades at NEM and SWM • Established the reporting standards would be yearlong vs. change at trimester
Tuesday, July 25th (12-3) • Check in • Established language for levels of achievement • Advanced • Proficient • Developing • Beginning • Drafted a short narrative for “Advanced” and “Proficient” • Defined what is proficient? • Drafted short narratives for Proficient and Advanced • Agreed we want a mix of district guaranteed grade level priority standards (approximately three per reporting standard) and freedom to establish other grade level standards (based on the common core) to feed into the reporting standards per student need/ CLTs • Began communication w technology specific to IC • Created a shared folder for teachers to submit previously created proficiency scales per Reporting Standards and per Grade Level
Wednesday, July 26th (12-3) • Check in • Revised short narratives for Advanced and Proficient • Created short narratives from Developing and Beginning • Added descriptors specific to insufficient evidence/ missing work vs not assessed • Determined/ Reviewed/ Narrowed down District Guaranteed Priorities in Grade-Alike Groups • Added existing proficiency scales to shared folder
Thursday, July 27th (12-3) • Check in • Northeast and Southwest collaboratec with Sharon Hennessy to figure out how to make IC fit our needs • West, South, and Central collaborated with one another to figure out how to make IC fit their needs • All teachers saw the IC sandbox, added feedback • Established next steps/ to dos specific to communication