Sunday 9 am.

Went and grabbed power points from some of the presenters and now I am at Grading malpraticeDagget is going up against Whitaker 10:30 Linda darling Hammond at lunch. So grading malpractice-If we believe all students can learn we need to believe teachers can learn too!Teachers are not afraid of change they are are afraid to use the change because they are afraid they will go away!Focus by Schmoker. Good book6 things1Have a solid understanding of the types and purpose of assessment"nothing is formative until it is used"2Be aware of and outraged at the quality of assessment in your building and the lack of "real time" formative assessments3Have a solid understanding that getting and supporting teachers to: identify essential standards or unwrap them and crate proficiency scales tied to them4Tackle the grading practices but the other conversations have to happen first5New evidence of learning must replace old evidence of learning6You have to involve students in tracking and sharing in their learningWRITE HIS DOWN!How to get better administratively. Take three kids out of the class after observing and ask them whatbthey are learning and hownthey are learning and how they are doing grade wise in the class? Many kiddos do not know how they are doing.zeroes- I am teaching them to be responsibleThere are kids that do just fine with traditional grading practicesEveryone is different and need different motivations There are students that just say I am not doing this- or heat it's not due til ThursdayWe have acted ansociet of points and cheating takes place most in the honors student world So what is the integrity of the grade?LearningQualityDestinationCommon agreementLong term retentionStudent involvementAuthentic experiencesThese need to be achieved through small stepsHow about a standards based grade book.Teachers identify the essential standardsThe grades in the grade book reflect the degree to which standards are achievedTracking learning rant her than doingRUBRICS. Why are they better?get the book Totally Positive Teaching and Teaching as LeadershipAre grading practices doing more harm than good?Hot topics-Giving points for non academic behaviors. It should not be used a a classroom management tool. And extra credit. NO!-giving zeroes on a 100 point scale. It's not about giving zeroes it is about zeroes on a 100 percent scaleLetter to the editor by Jennifer Starsinic Hummelstown middle school. Check it outHere's an interesting point - if homework can be copied it should not be given. Where is the higherordernthinking skills. Why bother.Homework should be independent practice not busy work. It is a behavior if assigned as busy workFournfundamental problems of zeroesI is not incomplete it isninsufficient evidenceNo zeroes 50 will balance the ratio. Nongrades lower than 50Mean median mode or rubric.10:30 Sunday -starting off with Whitaker what great principals do differentlyRead the book and saw the webinair so probably will go to see Dr. Bill shortlyThe amount of praise given should be based on the actions of the students not the mood of the teacherTalking about learning from good people what to fo and not so good people what not to do....This is straight from the book. Heading over to see Dr. BillOur problem is not simply standards but design as well so the common core will help but not the only thing to think about. We need to think about the system.Many of our efforts to transform education look like the same old system!We believe that standardized scows are an accurate measure of student learning and successThe learning criteria to support 21st century learners (international center for leadership in education)We need to figure out how to get to engaging the learner inWe need to talk about how kids are doing after school and how they are doing in the workforce as well as society not just standardized test scoresThe planAll high school students take art. And dies would get excited. We need more scientists and mathematicians in the country so all kids are taking moreWe have created avenues that do not make sense for some of our studentsMotivation is the key ingredient. Mandates do not work for students. Tell the teachers that it does not work for them either THEME-strategic plan and planningJust be because strategic is in the plan that does not mean you have strategyIf you go into a game with a plan it does not take long to start using strategiesSchool improvement requires new learning from adults.....Detecting improvement. Know there is lagging behind change. Changes in the classroom can be monitored You need to lead cautiously and slowly. He talked about how we moved from the old check in the hand procedure to direct deposit and all the problems from unions when schools moved to direct deposit lolAlso talked about how the Sears corporation asked customers how to get better. Maybe we need to ask the teachers and they need to ask the kids. THEME10 symptoms of decline-lack of leadership. Principal has to provide a focus and direction around addressing key priorities-do not add more rules and harsher punishments-lost focus. School lacks clear academic priorities. If everything seems like a priority then nothing is a priority-poor alignment of instruction with standardsSent from my iPad