Curriculum Connector Agenda update TFL update TFL Curriculum Connector Agenda Data Dashboard Standards Based Grading and Reporting Instructional Materials Committee Adoption Update Shawn/Melissa

update TFL SBGR Update: What is SBGR in FWPS? Video Protocol Watch it Discuss it What are the key ideas of this topic? How will this support scholars, families, and staff with SBGR? What questions surface for you related to this topic?

update TFL SBGR Update: SBGR History Video Protocol Watch it Discuss it What are the key ideas of this topic? How will this support scholars, families, and staff with SBGR? What questions surface for you related to this topic?

update TFL SBGR PILOT SITES SBGR Updates 2018-2019 2019-2020 Pilot School Sites Area Community Family Education Forums Professional Learning for Staff and Principals – Spring Revise Handbooks & Report Cards based on feedback 2019-2020 Full Implementation System Wide Community Family Education Forums Continued Professional Learning Preparing All Staff

Federal Way High School SBGR Updates update SBGR PILOT SITES TFL https://www.fwps.org/Page/5538 Camelot Elementary Twin Lakes Elementary Lakota Middle School Federal Way High School Purpose of Pilot Inform FWPS of the implementation of Report Card/Gradebook Revisions (in alignment to Principles of Grading) for the 2018 – 19 School Year Pilot SITES

PILOT School Commitments SBGR Updates SBGR Updates PILOT School Commitments https://www.fwps.org/Page/5538 Sept 2018- June 2019 August SBGR PILOT PD Principals and Teachers Back to School Night Parent Flyers Parent Outreach with Teachers and Staff Ongoing Professional Learning Host Community Forum Each Pilot school hosts and selects a teacher panel Provide feedback on all key deliverables Handbooks, Report Cards, Calculations Survey Families at School Sites Informing improved practices SBGR Committee: All schools ensure representation of one administrator, one staff member, one family member, and one scholar at secondary.

Standards Based Grading and Reporting SBGR Updates Common FAQs update TFL Standards Based Grading and Reporting Grades are more accurate and directly linked to what students need to know and be able to do (standards). Provides students the practice they need, and more than one opportunity to show success of learning (standards). Ensure students and families know what the next step is in student learning. Why Standards Based Grading and Reporting?

Grading: No +’s & -’s at the Course Grade SBGR Updates Common FAQs update TFL Grading: No +’s & -’s at the Course Grade Research tells us… a decrease in the number of score categories (number of scales/levels – 4 pt, 8 pt, +/-) increases the consistency and validity of grades across classrooms. Using specific criteria for the letter grade accompanied by a rubric adds clarity, reliability, and understanding on how to proceed next… “What is it exactly that a C+ thinker can do that a C thinker cannot?” Why not give a student a plus or minus?

SBGR Updates Common FAQs update TFL Motivation The letter grade or percent alone is not what motivates students… Research says… use of timely verbal and written feedback to help them learn with an accurate grade that accompanies the feedback working on a project or activity because of interest (intrinsic motivation) are likely to persevere, even when the task becomes difficult. sense of belonging and connectedness to a task they would not normally complete, the likelihood of completion increases Does the current grading system motivate scholars?

SBGR Community and Family Forum SBGR Updates SBGR Timeline 2018-2019 Pilot School Sites Area Community Family Education Forums Professional Learning for Staff and Principals – Spring Revise Handbooks & Report Cards based on feedback You are Invited! SBGR Community and Family Forum 10/30/18 at Lakota MS 1/16/19 at Camelot ES 3/13/19 at FWHS 5/15/19 at Twin Lakes ES Time Frame: 6:00 – 7:30

SBGR Update: SBGR Pilot Website TFL SBGR Update: SBGR Pilot Website Access the latest information regarding the Pilot from our TFL Website: