Parent Learning Morning November 6th 2007 October 2009

Preparing Getting Set-Up…… Fill in your first name on a name plate Choose a spokesperson for your team Choose a facilitator to manage your materials Only the facilitator can distribute materials from the folder on your desk

Assessment in School Essential or Guiding Questions:  What is assessment?  What is the purpose of assessment?  How should we assess?  What should we assess?  What is the relationship between learning and assessment?

Curriculum Questions  What constitutes ‘curriculum’?  What we want learners to understand  How learners will acquire understanding  How learners will demonstrate understanding  The Written Curriculum  The Taught Curriculum  The Learned Curriculum

Curriculum Questions  Where does our curriculum begin?  What are our learning standards?  What should we teach?  What should we assess?  What evidence of learning should we record?  What tools should we use to evaluate?  What should we report?  What data should we use to evaluate and modify our teaching?

Ensuring A Viable K-12 Curriculum  Clearly indicates what ALL learners will have access to.  Insists that all learning has value beyond the school.  Is consistent with latest understanding about how learning happens.  Clearly indicates what will form evidence of learning.  Is aligned (standards, unit plans, materials, assessment policy, instruction)  Supports the teachers’ delivery of intending learning.  Emphasizes conceptual understanding.  Sets high expectations.  Provides a mechanism for constant revision. The Curriculum……

Curriculum Components  School philosophy  Student dispositions  Essential student skills  Teaching strategy  Standards (benchmarks to measure learning)  Assessment tasks  Resources  Scope & Sequence (What & When)  Unit plan  Reflection (school, student & parent)

Curriculum Components  School philosophy  Student dispositions  Essential student skills  Teaching strategy  Standards  Assessment  Resources  Scope & Sequence  Unit plan  Reflection WHATHOWWHETHERWHY

Curriculum Outline Big Understandings (overarching philosophy) - ISP’s mission statement, IB Learner Profile disposition(s) - curriculum imperatives or guidelines Essential Questions - to help us identify desired learning outcomes and skills to be developed Knowledge & Skill Standards - identifying criteria or developing rubrics to measure learning outcomes - deciding upon a topic; identifying essential knowledge areas Assessments - developing appropriate tasks to develop student learning - using a variety of possible assessment tasks Teaching, or Unit, Plan - structured classroom delivery; identifying student activities

Learning Opportunities For visual learners……….. A film!

Formative Assessment ‘Formative assessment…is a feature of all teaching and learning in the (International Baccalaureate) MYP and is viewed as a necessary and important part of the learning process.’ (IBMYP Principles into Practice, p41, 2008)

The Film: PMI Positive (what you liked) Minus (what you did not like) Improvement (ideas for change) Reflective (thinking) routine

Let’s Assess! Three pieces of information do we need to have before we can assess a student’s work……. 1. Aims (purpose) 2. Learning Outcomes 3. Objectives (criteria) CRITERION C: SKILLS

Our Curriculum

The Learning Morning: PMI Positive (what you liked) Minus (what you did not like) Improvement (ideas for change) Reflective (thinking) routine

Parent Learning Morning October 15 th 2009 Thank You!