Debbie Birdsong's Assessment Instruments
Michelle Gilbert 7th grade English teacher Lesson: Movie Trailor to Promote Reading

Objectives | Student Goals | Teacher Goals | Professional Goals | Rubric

Formal and Informal Assessement Plan
Objectives
What?
(tasks, strategies, instruments)
How?
the processes, how often
Why?
how do the selected tools support your learning goals and the learning principals

To enable continuous/frequent feedback between instructor and students

 

  • Observation
  • Class Discussion
  • Ask probing questions
  • Set goals.
  • Check for understanding.
  • Then allow students to work in their groups.
  • Continually monitor groups progress.
  • Clearify and redirect individuals and groups that may be off task or have trouble starting.
  • Enable students to take responsibily for their learning.
  • Provides feedback during the research phase of project.
  • Students have the support of instructor but control of their project.
  • Ensures that the students will have a positive and successful outcome.

To encourage the students to reflect on their learning progress and achievement

  • Project rubric and job descriptions
  • Storyboards
  • Project presentations
  • Peer evaluations

  • Assignment sheet
  • Storyboard as a planning tool
  • Rubric with tasks & values specified. Students are to reference this to guide their own project. Students may assess their progress.
  • Student know what is expected and responsible for their learning
  • Promotes accountability
  • Storyboard allows the instructor to see students plan of action.

To determine your students' learning progress and achievement.

 

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  • Observation
  • Peer evaluation rubric
  • Group rubric
  • Observing groups for individual contribution as well as groups ability to work as a team.
  • Students will be evaluated by their peers based on their efforts and contributions to the group
  • Group will be evaluated by the instructor on their overall project and work progress.
  • Provides continual feedback
  • Helps build teamwork.
  • Evaluation will not only be made based on final project but the groups ability to work together and solve problems.
  • Actual process is based on real world workplace.
Assessment Strategies
Goals
Sub-Goals
(Objectives)
Type of Learning
Assessment Strategy
Feedback Strategy

Student Goals


Read and discuss selected book

  • Listen to/read lyrics
  • What does the writer mean.
  • summarize the story is there a moral?
  • Information Processing
  • Knowledge
  • Interprete
  • Analyze
  • Observation
  • Questioning
  • Discussion
  • Storyboard
  • Rubrics
  • Video

 

  • Written
  • Verbal/as a group and as a class
  • questioning
  • Rubric
  • Peer feedback

 

 

Identify significant characters and events..Plot of the story

  • Research the characters and events in story
  • Identify the relevance of these characters and events.
  • How did these characters affect the events/or events affect the characters?
  • Information Processing
  • Collaboration/Cooperation
  • Interprete
  • Evaluate

Produce movie trailor

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  • Summarize Story
  • Plan
  • Promote the book in a positive form
  • Complex Thinking
  • Collaboration/Active Learning
  • Evaluate
Teacher Goals


Integrating technology into lessons.

Show teacher how to video and use MovieMaker. Allowing time to practice. After practice ask for questions. Provide a quick reference guide for dificult tasks

Montitor Class throughout the project

Knowledge

Application

Observation

 

Rubric

Pre-Coaching

Coaching

 

Implement Student-Centered Lessons

 

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Ask open-ended questions.

Allow time to reflex about the process.

Test conclusions

Collaboration

Analysis

Synthesis

Discussion

Questioning

Verbal

Personal reflection feedback

Professional Goals

Improve cognitive coaching skills

 

 

Practice coaching skills and be evaluated by a peer.

Practice questioning techniques.

Ask about speceific questions about diverse learner needs.

Complex Thinking

Effective Communication

Collaboration/Cooperation

Collaboration

Questioning

Teacher feedback

 

 

Electronic via email

Verbal

Peer feedback

Improve ability to clarify

 

 

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Pre-planning session

Develop specific quesions


Conduct coaching sessions with teachers.

Effective Communication

Collaboration

Cooperation

Teacher feedback

Coaching mentor feedback

Verbal

Written

Peer

Personal Reflection

Rubric