Sound Grading Practices 2/8/2013

2/8/13 In Attendance: Ina, Aria, Marie, Ann, Carla, Tom, KC, and Gerald

We watched 15 Fixes to Broken Grading Practices on Youtube. Then we each went through and answered the three questions below.

	Which broken grading practices are you guilty of?
	Justified to keep doing	Want to change		Which do you need more support with?
Marie	Behaviors for grades IF they’re part of a standard. For instance, listening, speaking, discussion model standards.	- Still averaging the vocab strand, but want to change that.		Need more support with the 4.0 grading system.
Carla	Don’t do any of these anymore. But used to do all of them.			Need help with the group scores. Setting up the grade book. How to better communicate with students.
Aria	Maybe keep doing group scores? B/C working productively in a group is so important.		Want to change group scores, but maybe make it one standard to focus on rather than having it be the overall grade. Cooperative grading would go into “work readiness” part of report card. What is the “Power Law” formula?
Ina	None		Figuring out a better way to evaluate students when they’re working in groups.
KC	Summarizing learning accumulated over time. Students show that they understood it initially but not later.		Still depending on the “mean” for the grade.		Figure out what to “count” when for some students they do better the first time but other students they do better when they get to do it a later time.
Tom			Will not do bonus questions anymore.		Become more proficient in standards-based grading. How to set up my gradebook.
Ann	Including group scores because I know it boost their grade. I know this distorts their achievement.		I want to know how to make group work true cooperative “learning” rather than cooperative “assessment.”

1. Include student behavior in grades.
2. Reduce marks for “work” submitted late.
3. Give extra credit or bonus points.
4. Punish academic dishonesty with reduced grades.
5. Consider attendance in grades.
6. Include group scores.
7. Rely simply on the mean.
8. Summarize evidence accumulated over time.
9. Assign grades by comparing students to each other.

10.   Use formative assessments or practice in grades.

We looked at Donadio’s graphic reflection of standards that students used in class. We looked at how Ann is assessing a lab report using standards. Carla suggested we bring organizers as we develop them.

We looked at what the new progress reports on EGP look like to the students. We discussed the paper increased need, since we’re assessing more frequently. Progress reports require more individual paper/student.

Agenda for Next Time:

1. Discussion of cooperative learning. Finding a rubric to use.
2. Look at the specific fixes to Organize Evidence and to Support Learning.

*HW* Find a standard in your content are that has to deal with cooperative learning.

Standards Based Grading Minutes 2/1/2013

Minutes for 2/1/13

In Attendance: KC Vierra, Carla Reynolds, Gerald Carrell, Ina Shepard, Marie Donadio, Aria Peters, Ann Morris

Next Agenda:

1.        Review our use of the graphic organizer.

·     Aria Peters used a graphic organizer to communicate to students the first 3 targets of a unit. Students wrote down one assignment that matched one target. They put their score and feedback that Aria assigned them.

·     Carla Reynolds gave students an organizer with a rubric and a score tracking chart. After students gave their speech they assessed themselves and Reynolds also wrote down her grade. Students were given the opportunity to discuss their grade if they disagreed with it, but all students were in agreement with Carla’s grade.

·        The rest of us have not implemented one yet.

2.        Investigate how EGP can be used efficiently.

We discussed how to use EGP.

·        How to enter standards

·        How to correlate the standards with assignments.

·        How to print progress reports communicating standards to students.

3.          A Repair Kit for Grading – Due to the lack of books available, we’re going ot watch the DVD next time and then discuss it as a group.

Agenda for next time:

1.     Watch A Repair Kit for Grading DVD.

Discussion Questions:

1.     Which broken grading practices are you guilty of?

a.       Which broken grading practices do you still feel justified doing despite the reading?

b.      Which bgp do you feel you will change based on the reading?

2.     Which fixes do you look forward to implementing?

a.       Which fixes do you need more support in order to implement?

2. Discuss graphic organizers.

PBIS/Classroom Management Team Minutes 1/23/13

January 23, 2013

PBIS/Classroom Management Team Agenda Items

·        Revise Common Area Behavior Matrices

o    Email out each matrix to rest of team. Same process as with Classroom. Date: Next Meeting Date—Feb. 1   Paul

·        Pick Group Study Material: ordered Alita
Review PBIS Data: Need to talk to Sue Van De Voort to gain access.  Debbie

·        Choose Date for Student Climate Survey and Plan Procedure:

§  Send out Survey to new members Paul

§  Done in Advisory Time

§  Feb 25^th, 26^th Confer with 11^th grade Advisors about doing Survey on SAT sign up date. March 4^th---   Seniors 25^th or 4^th Michael

§  Leadership needs to OK schedule for Feb 20^th  and 21^st

§  Test Survey---Michael

·        Permanent Posters in Progress

o   Values ½ poster size—25 in. wide X  ? Michael can do this in house.

o   Classroom Behavior Poster—in progress. Target Date: Friday, Feb. 1^st

·        Plan Awards Assembly:

o   Reviewed Assembly Agenda: Stagger Honor Role Call Outs to Improve Student Engagement

o   Listed next steps: Paul and Debbie

·        Email staff follow up and questions----send draft to team Paul

o   Did you do re-teach AAA values in Advisory?

o   Did you use one of the provided lesson plans?

o   Did you use your own?

o   Do you need any further help from the PBIS Team

o   Did you do follow up activities in all your classes?

o   If yes, please share what you did:

·        Email Follow Up for awards----name and reason--Paul

Next Agenda:

o   Review our Book and prioritize sections and set due dates

o   Review PBIS data if possible

o   Discuss Climate Survey and Set Up Computer Lab Schedule

o   Poster Progress

o   Reflection on Awards Assembly

o   Review teacher comments on AAA Values reintroduction

Sound Grading Practices Minutes for 1/23/13

1. Review and share standards, unit targets and learning targets for the first unit of next semester.

·         Teachers worked in pairs to compare different standards and targets that we wrote for our first unit for the semester.

·         Each teacher shared their standards for the first unit of the semester.

2. We brainstormed as a group a possible way to track students’ progress for both the students and teachers’ to use. (See below)

·         The teachers agreed that we will pilot an organizer for students and teachers to track students understanding, but it doesn’t have to necessarily be this one.

·         AT the next meeting, decide which organizer you’re going to use and try to use it once.

Assignment

Cite strong and thorough text evidence

Write a conclusion based on evidence.

Create a data table, collect data, and analyze data.

S 4 ….

S 4 ….

Draw inference

Write paragraph

Paraphrase

Assignment #1

X

x

Next Agenda:

1.       Review our use of the graphic organizer.

2.       Investigate how EGP can be used efficiently.

3.       Update on 15 Fixes book order.