1. S T.J UDE ’ S S CHOOL L EARNING I MPROVEMENT P LAN Nick Biagini, Bruno Bellissimo, Lydia Mazzeo, Gina DiMambro, Tuta Pecile, Carolyn Filice

2. Smart Goals for 2011-12 Primary Literacy: Junior Literacy: Intermediate Literacy: Primary Numeracy: Junior Numeracy: Intermediate Numeracy: CCCC: Pathways:

3. Data used: EQAO: 2011 results CAT-4 2011 results 2011 Report Card results Running Records QCA OCA Anecdotal notes

4. SEF pillar to be addressed: Assessment for Learning

5. Assessment for, as and of Learning 1.1 Students and teachers share a common understanding of the learning goals and related success criteria. 1.2 During learning, students receive ongoing, descriptive feedback based on the success criteria, from the teacher and from peers. 1.3 Students are taught, and regularly use self-assessment skills to monitor their progress toward achieving learning goals, and to set their own learning goals within the context of the Ontario curriculum and/or Individual Education Plan (I.E.P). 1.4 Assessment tasks are aligned with the curriculum, collaboratively developed by teachers and the resulting demonstrations of student learning analyzed to ensure consistency with success criteria. 1.5 A variety of valid and reliable assessment data is used by students and teachers to continuously monitor learning, to inform instruction and assessment and to determine next steps. 1.6 Assessment of learning provides evidence for evaluating the quality of student learning at or near the end of a period of learning. 1.7 Ongoing communication is in place to allow students, teachers and parents to effectively monitor student learning.

6. Common Classroom practices in the area of Assessment for Learning: All teachers to establish their own Success Criteria of the six Learning Skills on chart paper and placed in a visible place in the classroom. In the classroom ‘Look Fors’: 1)Establish a learning goal 2)Co-create with the students a Success Criteria that clearly specifies a guideline for achieving Level 4 work 3)Create a rubric outlining only Level 3 and 4 guidelines 4)Create a descriptive feedback conference sheet that will be discussed with your students. 5)With the students create a Student Self-Assessment sheet 6)Use the rubric and Success Criteria to assess the task 7)Use a gallery walk to have the students assess the individual student tasks 8)Teachers to comment on how students have been using Success Criteria in the Growing Success Report Card

7. 1 Create heterogeneous math groupsCreate heterogeneous math groups 2 Students to create plan for how they will solve the math problemStudents to create plan for how they will solve the math problem 3 Present findings on chart paper and present to classPresent findings on chart paper and present to class 4 Collaborative Math Inquiry Create the Success Criteria

8. What else can we do do improve numeracy proficiency?? use math manipulatives Smartboard technology Follow Nelson program Conduct NAFLC to fill gaps

9. Time Spent Projects Worked On Get Familiar Achieve Mastery Working Toward Mastery Get Experienced

10. Who’s Who LeadContact information Nicknick.biagini@tcdsb.org Carolyncarolyn.filice@tcdsb.org Ginagina.dimambro@tcdsb.org Lydialydia.mazzeo@tcdsb.org Brunobruno.bellessimo@tcdsb.org Tutatuta.pecile@tcdsb.org

11. Q UESTIONS ?