standards based grading
- collaboration, Concept based learning, formative assessment, Professional Development, standards based grading, Teacher Reflection, Twitter
What core underlying standards are you teaching?
What? This week, Aaron Beighle vlogged out over twitter to ask about standards based grading but focused specifically on asking PE people what they teach through PE. You can see his vlog here (3m09s): So What? This has been a constant thinking for me – what is it that I believe in? What are my core values and do they align up with what I teach? Are these values that are worth investing in for my students (so they align with the school values and core expectations and life goals) and are they culturally sensitive to the needs of our students in Beijing China? I have been working to try…
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Professional Learning – Part 6 – Putting myself on the line
ISB MS Professional Development – Peer Observation Task 2016-17 This year our MS Admin challenged us to invite a colleague to observe a lesson via video of our lesson and sharing. You can read the overview of this process above. As a new teacher in this school, this is a bit of a big ask. I have blogged a lot about my Professional Development work this year and you can go back and read up about Data and how I am trying to use this in my student learning. If you team teach then the opportunity to challenge each other and push and to share your observations is very powerful…
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DataWise Course – Trying to make sense of where to begin
Data (scrabble) by Justgrimes CC BY SA This year I have been focused on some driving questions that are driven by the MS leadership team at my new school. I have blogged a lot about this already. One area that has been a focus for me is about data that I collect on my students. Data collection for Physical Education can be arduous. What kind of data should I be collecting and how will I use this to guide student learning? I have been experimenting here with some professional feedback loops to enable me to see if my formative feedback is accurate (am I talking to students about skills…