TenMarks Outside the Classroom & Access for All August 25th, 2016 MPCSD Learn.Lead.Launch

This Session This session will focus on how to best support outside school practice, resources for families to familiarize themselves with the program, access in Spanish (new for the 2016-2017 school year!) and tools built into the online TenMarks program for student support. Target Audience: For teachers & families interested in supporting students TenMarks practice and experience before school, after school & at home.

Agenda Introduction & Session Overview Student Experience in TenMarks Teacher Experience in TenMarks Getting Started: First 4-Weeks of School Supporting Students + Families in AND out of school Closure, Resources & Next Steps

Actionable Assessments Where TenMarks Fits Assignments Actionable Assessments Individual Work Home Connection Data and Insights Amplifiers Core Instruction TenMarks provides a helpful solution by amplifying the impact of teachers, providing them with tools to help them teach better, and, ultimately, driving student outcomes for all students. Note that core instruction is still the centerpiece of all of this; TenMarks is not intended to take the place of core instruction. Instead, TenMarks provides a series of tools to support, enhance, and reinforce that core instruction to increase the growth in students’ math skills and problem solving skills. Today we’ll look at a couple key areas where TenMarks offers practice and enhancements to instruction: the assignment loop that includes automatic, real-time interventions (known as amplifiers) when the students need them as well as our actionable assessments that lead to personalized learning opportunities for students.

Growth Mindset Belief that intelligence is not fixed Sees effort not ability, as a path to mastery Persists in the face of setbacks Embraces mistakes as important opportunity for growth “TenMarks also believes in the fundamental principle of growth mindset: that intelligence is not fixed and that effort matters. Growth Mindset was an idea established by Stanford professor, Carol Dweck.   Dwecks’ research shows that when students believe that intelligence is malleable and mainly a product of effort, they tend to be more resilient and engage in more challenging tasks than those students who think that intelligence is a fixed quantity that they have no control over. Students with growth mindset are more likely to engage in challenging academic work because they see challenges as a way to increase their knowledge. Growth mindset students also show more persistence in the face of setbacks because they know that mistakes are an important opportunity for intellectual growth. TenMarks not only believes that all children can learn, but we have created a product with specific features that help student’s increase their growth mindset. We will go into more detail about specific features later on in both the presentation and the demo.” See challenges as a way to increase knowledge

Growth Mindset Tools in TenMarks Hints Videos Real-Time Feedback Amplifiers In the moment second attempts As you just experienced, the questions on TM are challenging and rigorous. At TenMarks, it’s really important to us that our product helps to support a growth mindset for students. So, we have consciously embedded tools within TenMarks to foster a growth mindset in students. Some of these tools include our hints, videos, amplifiers, and the real-time feedback students receive on their answers. Be on the lookout for these tools as you spend more time today as a student in TenMarks and how they support you as a learner. Write these words down on paper… Have them close by as you experience TenMarks today and be thinking about how these embedded, automatic resources support development of growth mindset as a student doing TenMarks.

TenMarks as Students Using the student information card, you will have the next 15 minutes to access your ”account.” Use this time to: Watch the intro video Work through one of two assignments: Assessment (1st): 4.NBT.5 Pre-Assess Assignment (2nd): Basic Multiplication Review with Arrays Visit the TenMarket Pick a skill to practice in the Jam Sessions

Student Experience Takeaways and/or feedback? What did you/will your students like? What questions do you still have? How will you introduce this to students this school year?

Introducing Students to TenMarks Add a demo student to your class roster! Whole-and/or small-group practice Modeling “Eye-con” & introductions Previewing items, videos, jam skills Brainstorming best practices and expectations What actions do you want to see from your students during their usage? How can you help set them up for success? Goal setting (individual & class-level)

Teacher Experience + Demo Access + Class Rosters Creating Assignments Creating Assessments Customizing Jam Session Skills Reviewing student performance

Access for Students In AND Out of School Student resources: Intro video (always available in TM account) How to’s on TenMarks Help Desk Parent resources: Parent letters to send home Parent codes to view student data, performance & upcoming work Encourage communication & TenMarks review: Report cards Levels, badges & points earned Share expectations for weekly/monthly usage Celebrate successes

Next Steps for Getting Started Class Set-up (coming soon!) Brainstorm strategies to introduce to students Four-week checklist (next slide + handout) Develop & review best practices, expected student behaviors and helping students use TM with success

First 4 Weeks Checklist Week 1: Preparing for Students Week 2: Getting Students Started Week 3: Honing in on Behaviors Week 4: Establishing a Rhythm

Activity: What will YOU do next? Make a plan! What does your next week with your students look like? How will you incorporate TenMarks into some of the existing activities you have planned? Think about things like… warm-up questions, pair-share discussions, Jam Session, modeling with a demo student, etc. GOAL: Walk away with at least 2 ways/ times you will use TenMarks within the first two weeks of school with your students. [Document in your plan book.]

Additional Components in TenMarks Concept/standard trajectories Pacing Guides “Eye-con” to interact with items, go through with students & see aligned supports Support “Report issues” in product Help Desk

Use Concept Maps & Trees to help plan!

Ongoing Support & Resources Nicki Radochonski radnicki@tenmarks.com Help Desk: www.help.tenmarks.com Instructional resources: www.tenmarks.com Access and/or technical issues: support@tenmarks.com