Simple Strategies for Monitoring Student Growth: Validate yourself!! Niki Bray Memphis Central High School DLD 9/20/13 Southwind High School

Objectives: Provide teachers with simple strategies to monitor student growth. Encourage teachers to share strategies used in their classrooms. Discuss the importance of validating instructional strategies.

Evaluation connections: TEACH 1 – All students can describe how their learning will be assessed. TEACH 3 – Teacher engages students in appropriately challenging work by: • ensuring the lesson includes appropriately complex text, tasks, and activities that move students beyond their current mastery level • ensuring all students (at low, middle, and high achieving levels) move beyond current mastery levels

Strategies: Pre/Post Test Record Forms with Rubrics. GradeCam (www.gradecam.com)

4 - Mastery: Student can perform 9 or more out of 10 correctly. 2 3 4 2 3 4 Pre-test Score 2 3 4 Post-test Score 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 Scoring Rubric: 4 - Mastery: Student can perform 9 or more out of 10 correctly. 3 - Proficient: Student can perform 7 or more out of 10 correctly. 2 - Emerging: Student can perform 5 or more out of 10 correctly. 1 - Beginning: Student can perform less than 5 out of 10 correctly.

4 - Mastery: Student can perform 9 or more out of 10 correctly. 2 Pre-test Score 3 Post-test Score Scoring Rubric: 4 - Mastery: Student can perform 9 or more out of 10 correctly. 3 - Proficient: Student can perform 7 or more out of 10 correctly. 2 - Emerging: Student can perform 5 or more out of 10 correctly. 1 - Beginning: Student can perform less than 5 out of 10 correctly.

GRADECAM An excellent way to organize data and view results. There is a free version (10 question limit). Great way to use charts and graphs to illustrate student growth. www.gradecam.com

Thank you! Contact Information: Niki Bray coachnikibray@gmail.com brayn@scsk12.org 901-496-0955 www.physicallyeducated.com