Office of School Improvement Differentiated Webinar Series Introduction to Formative Assessment October 25, 2011 Dr. Dorothea Shannon Dr. Greg Wheeler Mrs. Thomasyne Beverly 1

The ultimate goal in school improvement is for the people attached to the school to drive its continuous improvement for the sake of their own children and students. - Dr. Sam Redding 2

Today’s Agenda 1.Welcome (3 minutes) 2.Web Schedule for 2011 – 2012 (2 minutes) 3.Webinar Protocol (5 minutes) 4.Editure/TeachFirst website – How to Navigate (15 minutes) 5.Indistar Planning Tool and Formative Assessment Indicators (15 minutes) 1.How to Get Started (12 minutes) 2.Reflections/Assignment for the subsequent webinar (8 minutes) 3

Purpose To gain an understanding of how to use the Editure/TeachFirst website as a professional development tool and to register on the site To examine the Indistar website and review the 27 new formative assessment indicators To learn how to “get started” on this PD model. 4

Webinar Schedule for  Webinar #1 – October 25, 2011 – 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Webinar #2 – November 15, 2011 – 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Webinar #3 – December 13, 2011 – 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Webinar #4 – January 17, 2012 – 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Webinar #5 – February 28, 2012 – 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Webinar #6 – March 27, 2012 – 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Webinar #7 – April 24, 2012 – 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 5

Webinar Session Protocol  Use tools to “raise hand” for questions or comments  State name and school prior to asking questions or making comments  Use the chat box to respond to questions, make sure it is set to send out to all participants 6

Editure/TeachFirst Website   Register and set up password – see next slide  How to have an “Instructional Conversation” 7

How to set password  The process for creating an account and accessing the formative assessment modules is:  Go to and click “member login” in upper right cornerwww.editurepd.com  Create a user name you will remember (e.g., first initial + last name)  Enter an address you check frequently  Enter a password twice  Enter your full name  Enter your registration code: wr6ygf This code is case-sensitive  Click “complete sign up” button 8

Password continued...  Open your account, find message and activate your account per the directions  If you do not receive an within a few minutes, check your spam folder  If you still do not receive an , contact your district IT department to determine if automatically generated s are blocked by a district firewall or spam filter  After you have created an account, login using the username and password you created.  Select the “Editure Content” tab  From this tab you can access all of the Formative Assessment resources as well as the resources for other topic areas available to your participating schools. 9

Indistar – School Planning Tool   Formative assessment indicators have been added under Step 4  27 new indicators  Wise Ways leads you back to Editure website 10

How to Get Started 1.Set your log-in and password for the Editure site and get familiar with the resources on the site and the “Instructional Conversations” 2.Use grade level teams to identify prior knowledge about Formative assessment as a starting point 3.Purchase ASCD book Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom as a resource. 4.Set a schedule for completing the modules(at a minimum the first three) 1.Assessment for learning 2.Checking for understanding 3.Feedback 4.Uncovering misconceptions 11

What was one idea I learned during today’s webinar that I plan to share with teachers at my school? 12

Team Assignments for Webinar Session 2 Set up your password for Editure site and practice navigating on the site. Select the formative assessment indicators you will concentrate on this year and be prepared to share those in November. Set your formative assessment schedule for the year and send it to and share it with your central office leadership team. 13

Questions? Next Webinar Session: November 15, 2011 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 14