1. Renovating Assessment Practices Lisa Miller February, 2013

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3. This Time It’s All About Me!

4. The Foundation Does shifting to an electronic submission format for written assignments decrease my marking load and thus increase my job satisfaction ?

5. The Building Blocks “…[W]e teach who we are”…but at what price?

6. Redesigning My Approach electronic submissions via email (Word) o track changes o memo function storing, processing, and returning files o subfolders for each grade o red-flag vs. check mark o FirstnameAssignmentname.docx

7. Cracks in the Foundation? red vs. green MS Word vs. Open Office

8. Reframing My Assessment Practice In general, do my students read the comments I put on their papers? 90% of my grade 12s and 96% of grade 11s “usually” or “always” do this my dilemma: successful student revisions require very specific written feedback… but very specific written feedback takes a great deal of time, negating my attempts to decrease my work load

9. Will students find the responses I give via “track changes” and the “memo” function in Word as helpful as my handwritten version? 67% of my grade 12s found the electronic feedback more helpful than the handwritten feedback 57% of my grade 11s found this to be the case

10. Will the number of students submitting assignments electronically increase over the semester? 74% of my 12s thought they would try electronic submission 91% actually did it… 58% of my 11s thought they would try electronic submission 79% actually did it…

11. The Inspection

12. Program Capacities… Being a Strategic Teacher The goal: to achieve a better balance between my professional and private life The tool: redesigning my assessment practice in a way that allowed me to retain the frequency and depth of my responses

13. Being a Creative and Adaptive Educator The Challenge: to develop a valid method of assessment more likely to appeal to today’s tech-savvy students The Result: a strategy that both satisfies my personal expectations regarding quality assessment and makes me a more efficient marker

14. Being a Reflexive Educator The Question: Can I still be an effective English teacher if I alter the way in which I assess my students’ writing? The Answer: Yes!

15. Form + Function = Balance