1. Student Tracking: The Secret to Student Motivation and Language Production in a Second Language Classroom
By Tristin West
Horizon Elementary- Murray School District, Utah
Dual Immersion- First Grade

2. What exactly is TRACKING?
Teacher–Centered Tracking
Spreadsheets and Mastery Tracking
Class Tracking
Transparent Tracking
Student Tracking
Inventory Tracking
Unit by Unit/Objective by Objective

3. Teacher Tracking Spreadsheets and Mastery Tracking
Often easiest tracking to stay on top of
Teacher takes control and teacher updates
Teacher conveys information and trends to students
Not seen as a strong investment tool
Gives teacher valuable information to guide instruction
Excel Spreadsheets and graphs
NOT a gradebook

4. Teacher-Centered Tracking Excel Spreadsheet

5. Teacher-Centered Tracking Class Tracking
Based off of Teacher Tracker
On display in classroom
Class averages of mastery or growth
Encourages student investment through class competition
Displays and celebrates class growth by showing where they were, and where they are now
Big bar graphs on weekly quizzes, test score averages, etc.
Relate growth and data to student actions to invest students (paying attention, participating, attendance, etc.)

6. Teacher-Centered Tracking Class Tracking
Period 1 has 56 STARS!
Period 2 has 63 STARS!

7. Teacher-Centered Tracking Transparent Tracking
Based on class goals
Student-friendly
Track progress, growth and mastery
Motivating and invest students
Generally most time consuming
Can have students be responsible- more student-centered
Charts with students names and objectives, number of books read, homework turned in, quiz scores, addition/subtraction facts

8. Teacher-Centered Tracking Transparent Tracking

9. Individual Transparent Tracking

10. Student-Centered Tracking Inventories
List of big ideas in unit, semester, subject or whole year
Students take responsibility for own learning, decipher what it is they know and don’t know
Can be unregulated- students go through and highlight/color what they feel they have mastered, what they are on their way to mastering, and ongoing goals
Can be more regulated and date when they master it
Provide or attach evidence of mastery- assignment/quiz/test/exit slip
Can be a checklist 

11. Student-Centered Tracking Inventories

12. Student-Centered Tracking Unit by Unit/Objective by Objective
Unit by Unit tracking generally done using daily or weekly assessment data to track progress leading up to unit assessment
Students can create bar graphs
Goal bar is usually set at 80%
Students keep track of own progress
Students determine for themselves how they are doing, where their gaps and strengths are
May look different for different age levels
Goal folders, tracking sheets, checklists, color by number

13. Student-Centered Tracking Objective by Objective

14. Why is tracking important in a language classroom?
PURPOSE: Motivation, motivation, motivation
Help students NOTICE when they are using the language and recognize them for it
Track what is needed in your class- tardiness an issue? Track attendance or students on time. Language production an issue? Track students taking risks and producing language. Using language authentically a problem? Track students using language outside of class.

15. Why is tracking important in a language classroom?
Personally track, as the teacher, their mastery and progress towards the class goal– which should be listening, speaking, reading and writing in target language! Increase effectiveness as a teacher
 Adjust and measure progress towards goals as needed to keep unmotivated and low achieving students engaged and motivated
Great Parent Teacher Conference tool

16. Different Tracking Tools for Language Teachers Teacher-Centered
Language Objective Excel Spreadsheet
Transparent Tracking- Wall Trackers
Transparent Tracking- Charts
Individual Transparent Trackers

17. Different Tracking Tools for Language Teachers Student-Centered
Objective by Objective Tracking- Language Rainbows
National Language Standards Inventory Tracker
Objective by Objective Tracking- High School Tracker

18. Where Can I Find all of this Good Stuff??