Standard 3: Assesses Student Learning
Giving feedback to students on the work they’ve done is extremely important; not only to the present lesson, but for past and future lessons as well. Being able to assess whether or not instructional strategies that are employed in the classroom are working is necessary in order to understand how effective you are being as a teacher, and be able to show that in a measurable manner. When students turn in work, especially if it is something that is not particularly objective, I like to give them positive feedback to further encourage them to express their opinions and ideas into their work. For instance, the first abstract is a playlist that had to be made for a character in No Disrespect. Students could choose any character they wanted, and could put any ten media-related items on their playlist (songs, movies, books, apps, etc). They had to choose their favorite three items off the list and explain them in one paragraph each after their list. The first abstract was done by a particularly quiet but bright student, who chose one of the hardest characters to characterize within the book. My written feedback is present upon the actual paper, praising his work. The second abstract is a rubric for the first research paper that was done within my class. The rubric is particularly important, because it allows students to know in advance what I am expecting of them, and they can adhere their work to those standards. This was the highest scoring paper within my focus hour, of which I was very impressed with the results. Lastly is my focus class Semester 1 grade report. It was my goal to not allow any of my students to fail, and we achieved that goal as a class. I continually kept up with students in order to insure they were doing their work. Their grades reflect how hard they worked, and their success in the class.
Artifact 1: Student Work
Artifact 2: Research Paper Rubric
Artifact 3: Grade Reports