ACADEMIC WELLNESS & THE COMMON CORE FUNDED BY: USDE TITLE II, PART A, TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM U. OF OREGON/PORT ORFORD-LANGLOIS/MYRTLE POINT

Checking the vital signs of learning (AVAILABLE AND OPTIONAL FOR ALL) VITAL SIGNS OF LEARNING SURVEY – ONLINE (Middle / High) Opt-out letter to parents/guardians Student understanding and agreement CHECKPOINT REPORT – Indicators of Academic Strength Factors and Academic Risk Factors. (Early in the school year, mid-year, end-of-year

Group Check-up: Gradebook systems Types of data you keep per student: _____________ How/why that data is important, individually and collectively, for teaching/teacher and for learning/learner: _____________________________

Student WORK SampleS OR specimenS: SORT BY LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH – CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA / RUBRIC USED – FACTORS CONSIDERED ASSIGNMENT ALIGNED – FACTORS/CRITERIA EXPECTED FACTORS THAT DETERMINE TRANSCRIPT GRADE = AVERAGE OR PROGRESS TOWARD PROFICIENCY? QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE?

Growing evidence of learning gains Who is Responsible for Learning? “Good learning is understanding the complex; good teaching is making the complex understandable.” What makes learning increasingly complex? K-12, K-16, K-Workplace? Are “learning gains” = to “academic wellness?”

Reasoning relies on relationships Information, Wisdom, Data, Knowledge Which comes first? Map or order the relationship(s) Defend or explain your reasoning: agreements & disagreements

Instructive & constructive feedback John Hattie Model of Feedback to Enhance Learning Current Feedback System: Single grade or number, Rubric, Multiple Factors? Feedback Form Example – Benefits? Drawbacks?

REFLECTIVE & MEANINGFUL LEARNING METACOGNITION/REFLECTIVE & EVALUATIVE THNKING SAMPLES USING THE VITAL SIGNS OF LEARNING AS A FRAMEWORK FOR REFLECTION LEARNING2 = LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING & MUTUTAL BENEFITS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Academic wellnesS project options QUALITY CONTENT TEACHING & LEARNING (QCTeach Projects) www.qcteach.org Project Flyer and application link (database) Institute Materials (August) Monthly observations & feedback (invitations preferred) Monthly workshops & resources (Sept, Oct., etc.) Resources related to Brain, Mind, and Learning