Professional Association of Georgia Educators 2010 PAGE Conference Crowne Plaza ® Atlanta-Ravinia June , 2010 Standards-Based Classroom: What It Looks Like Tiffany Cunningham Kandra Oldham

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Standards-based Instruction Standards-based education is a process for planning, delivering, monitoring and improving academic programs in which clearly defined academic content standards provide the basis for content in instruction and assessment. Standards help ensure students learn what is important, rather than allowing textbooks to dictate classroom practice. A standards-based system: -aligns policies, initiatives, curriculum, instruction, and assessments with clearly defined academic standards. -consistently communicates and uses standards to focus on ways to ensure success for all students.

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Standard-based Instruction and Student Achievement Students generally learn better in a standards-based environment because everybody's working towards the same goal. Teachers know what the standards are and choose classroom activities and teaching strategies that enable students to achieve the standards. Students know the standards, too, and can see scoring guides that embody them. The students can use them to complete their work. Parents know them and can help students by seeing that their homework aligns with the standards. Administrators know what is necessary to attain the standards and provide professional development, resources and materials to ensure that students are able to reach the prescribed standards

Professional Association of Georgia Educators In a Standards-Based Classroom Teachers: - Articulate standards -Inform students about the standards - Use standards to design instruction and assessment -Use rubrics and other methods to clearly communicate student expectations. -Provide feedback to help students improve performance -Use teaching methods that suit the individual student's needs. - Communicate progress towards the achievement of standards Students: -Can describe the standards -Use self-assessment and reflection to improve performance -Take responsibility for their own learning. -Communicate progress towards the achievement of standards

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Four Key Components Standards- Based Education Balanced Instruction Model Pre-Assessment, Performance, and Summative Assessment Standards-based reporting and Recording Measures topic and Learning Targets

Professional Association of Georgia Educators What does this look like?

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Dedicated space in the room to post standards and essential questions.

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Provide students with a road map for the grading period

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Create an inviting bulletin board that is relevant to what you are currently studying

Professional Association of Georgia Educators An interactive instructional bulletin board

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Display student work with assignment and standards

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Tracking and Recording

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Use EVERY available space!!

Professional Association of Georgia Educators What is a Performance Task? A performance task gives the student the opportunity to illustrate, perform, or demonstrate what they know and can do.

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Terrific Tutors Ms. Hayes’ second grade class needs our help. They are learning about similes and metaphors. Ms. Hayes has asked our class to do some one on one tutoring with them. Your job is to make a PowerPoint presentation about the differences between similes and metaphors. You must include examples of each.

Professional Association of Georgia Educators ItemPoints Title Slide50 Simile Slide (2)20 (both slides)10(only 1 slide)0 (no slides) Metaphor Slides20 (both slides)10 (only 1 slide)0 (no slides) Animation10 (All slides)5 (less than half)0 (no slides) Simile Content20 (is a simile)10 (1 simile)0 (neither are similes) Metaphor Content20 (is a metaphor)10 (1 metaphor)0 (neither are metaphors) Background5 (yes, It was changed)0 (no it was not) Name _________________________________ Simile and Metaphor PowerPoint

Professional Association of Georgia Educators Your Assignment: Please take a few minutes to look over the performance task in front of you. Please note that the standards that are addressed in this task are attached. Your job is to come up with an activator to introduce the standard, a rubric to grade the performance task and an assessment tool for the standard.

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