Office of Music and Dance Education Sonia Synkowski Dance Resource Teacher

Outcomes Participants will understand the basic design and use of SLOs as a measure of student growth. Participants will increase their knowledge of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) in order to create SLOs that are content-specific for music/dance.

Essential Components of a SLO Statement of Outcome Rationale Interval of Instruction Target and Evidence

Essential Components of a SLO Rationale for Target Administration and Scoring

Remember: A FINE ARTS SLO is a measure of student GROWTH over the course of the year It is not a grade It is not an adjudication

Using Rubrics to Assess Student Performance

Dance Content and Literacy Assessment Rubrics

Criteria: Memory and Recall Temporal awareness and musicality Body awareness and control Expressive movement quality Dance Content

Content Rubric Dance Literacy Literacy Rubric

FINE ARTS EXCEL DATA TOOL Baseline DATA Endpoint DATA Student Growth Charts

Once teachers input in all your student baseline and endpoint data into their excel file – all charts automatically populate with comparative averages for teachers to use when meeting & speaking with principals.

Questions? Let’s take a look at the examples.

Pearl Primus Strange Fruit

Schwartz, P. & Schwartz, M. (2011). The Dance Claimed Me. Amherst, MA: Yale University Press. Using the Dance Content Criteria sheet, you will choose one of the poems listed on the Primus resource sheets and create a movement phrase to connect with the poem. Work in small groups. One person will read the poem while the other people dance or everyone can share the narrator/dancer roles. Poem choices are: Ocean by Pearl Primus Dreams by Langston Hughes Hands by Richard Wright Turn by Richard Wright