1. PBL for the 21 st century

2. Getting Started Planning & Preparing Managing Reflect Perfect & Planning and Preparing Entry event Culminating products/rubrics Teaching & learning activities Formative assessment Student groups Project calendar/checkpoints Arrange/create resources

3. Best practices in assessment  Create rich descriptors of criteria for your rubrics  Provide students with assessment criteria from the start  Provide exemplars of quality work  Use formative assessments to give timely feedback  Capture process as well as product (e.g., work folders)‏ And, as a school...  Use common, calibrated rubrics; establish school-wide criteria for grades

4. A critical balance Group Tasks Individual Assignments Content Focused Process Focused (21 st Century Skills)‏ Formative Summative Self & Peer Evaluation Teacher Evaluation Balanced PBL Assessment

5. Rubrics in PBL A rubric for each major product in project Separate rubrics (or rows) for content knowledge/skills and 21st century skills Checklists and rubrics – there is a big difference

6. Grading in PBL  Give a grade for each product, not one grade for the whole project  Mix of individual and group grades  Separate grades for content and 21 st century skills

7. Disaggregating data Work Ethic Written Communication Critical Thinking Content Knowledge Nick Pope Rick Lopez 12/2522/2521/2518/25 25/2515/2518/2525/25

8. Ways to assess process in PBL journal, log, written report / reflectionproblem-solving task lists Daily / weekly goal sheets time logs written reflection project management self report: journal, log, survey peer report: survey or written reflection teacher notes: observation checklist, meetings with leaders collaboration Assessment method (along with a rubric)‏ 21 st century skill

9. Examining the tools Review of Sample Rubrics - Collaboration

10. Examining the tools Review of Sample Assessment - Sound Project Instrument Design Directions

11. Next steps List and begin to develop your major group product(s)‏ List and begin to develop your major individual product(s)‏ List the Presentation Audience Create a list of project rubrics Begin to develop your project rubrics