1. Climbers’ Day Two
12 December 2018

2. How do we know we’re moving toward the Summit?
Our Methods for Guiding our Climb
Our Methods for Climbing
Term Marks
Summative Assessments
Larger test that covers the material from the Formative Assessments. Larger Projects and Performance Skills, MAP, QaD.
Formative Assessments
Exit Tickets, CFUs, 1-5 Question Quizzes, Small Performance tasks, copybooks, Next Steps
Beginning Assessments
Baseline, MAP, Reading/Speaking, Writing, Collaboration

3. Two Main Types of Assessments

4. Another look at our Climb.
Term Marks
Summative Assessments
Larger test that covers the material from the Formative Assessments. Larger Projects and Performance Skills, MAP, QaD.
SAs have a major impact if acting alone.
Formative Assessments
Exit Tickets, CFUs, 1-5 Question Quizzes, Small Performance tasks, copybooks, Next Steps, FAs have a low, but balancing impact
Beginning Assessments
Baseline, MAP, Reading/Speaking, Writing, Collaboration

5. What is the MAP test?
MAP, or the Measure of Academic Progress, is a computerized adaptive test which helps teachers, parents, and administrators improve learning for all students and make informed decisions to promote a child's academic growth.
The Key is Growth. It is a Measure, not a judgment.
To support MAP Growth, we:
Celebrate Attendance
Celebrate the 3Ms Award
Celebrate Growth from Test 1 to Test 2
Programs like The Readers’ Cup, Spelling Bee,
Today you will get resources from your teachers to support MAP Growth.

6. What is Q-a-D?
The “Question a Day” (QaD) initiative focuses on improving students cognitive reasoning skills. The ADEK QaD initiative requires each student to complete a Maths and Science question each day from Sunday to Thursday. This should be done as a daily homework task and without the help of any adults.
Daily interaction with online Science and Math Questions for grades 4 & 8
Q-a-D promotes higher order thinking skills
Students perform a periodic assessment at the end of each trimester (Trimester Online Test) to provide performance data and feedback reports to schools
Q-a-D prepares students for TIMSS 2019 (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) that will be conducted in April 2019

7. Summit Q-a-D Data 2018 “To be among the 15 highest performing countries in TIMSS”

8. Where is this leading? (Other than #tothetop, of course)

9. H.E. Eng. Hussain Al Hammadi
WHY all this climbing?
“…we are building an innovative educational system for a for a global competitive knowledge society...”
REASON 1. UAE’s Vision 2021 :
Development of a first rate education system
Complete transformation of the current teaching methods
All schools and students to be equipped with smart systems and devices for all teaching methods
H.E. Eng. Hussain Al Hammadi
Minister of Education
REASON 2. Our Children deserve the best we have.
Which would you choose? or or or or

10. A Brief Philosophical Note about Change

11. A Brief Philosophical Note about Change

12. A Brief Philosophical Note about change
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing. – John D. Rockefeller
Summit School Vision: To work as a team of educators, students, and community members in providing the highest possible quality of education for a diverse population of students.
The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic. – Peter Drucker
"They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold. I deem them mad because they think my days have a price." - Kahlil Gibran

13. Next Steps for you… Fall in love with the climb, not the view…
Meet with your climbing guides.
Learn about how your climbers are being assessed.
Learn about the MAP test and your student’s growth plan.
Understand how Formative and Summative Assessment work together.
Get further resources so your Independent Learner can learn to climb on his/her own.
Fall in love with the climb, not the view…