learning community

Learning Community

• BRMS Staff Norms– Research/Data– Take Risks/Action Researchers– Continuous Learners– Observe colleagues– Collaborate– Flexible/Open-Minded

• All decisions based on what is best for children

Identifying Need / Best Practice

• Liaisons

• EE:STW Visit– Pioneer Middle School– Parent Group

Identifying the need/Instructional Team

• Should grades be a secret?• Should only students be privy to their assignments?• How can students take more ownership of their learning?• Do students understand how each teachers’ grading

system works?• What would happen if students and parents could

intervene in a more timely manner?• Would this lead to more of a partnership with parents?• Would this motivate students?• Would this increase student advocacy/dialogue with

teacher?

List and discuss worries

• Parents comparing teachers• Increased e-mails, conferences, calls• Increased work • Students and Parents obsessing grades• Increase student anxiety• Timeliness of posting grades• Parents questioning types of assessments

and assignments

To what extent are you checking your child’s grades on-line?

Parent Survey

To what extent do you feel that on-line grading has motivated your child to take more ownership of his/her learning? (90%)

Parents

To what extent has on-line grading improved communicationbetween home and school? (92%)

Parents

Since the onset of on-line grading, to what extent have the below increased/decreased?

Same or Decreased: Conferences 81% E-mail 73% Phone Calls 87.5% (Nature)

Teachers

How have parents responded to any mistakes that you have maderelative to any grades and assignments that you have posted?

Teachers

Do you feel that on-line grading is making an impact on student learningor motivation to learn? (81.5%)

Students

To what degree does knowing your current grade motivate you to learn?

Because your grades are online, do you talk to your parents more about your grades/assignments

students

Do you feel like you can take more ownership of your grades and learningsince they are posted on-line?

students

Outcomes

• Weighting and Philosophy - Homework

• Creating Assessments

• Common Assessments

• Formative Assessments

• Re-takes

• Averaging Grades

Sample

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