More and more schools are incorporating blended learning models in their math classrooms, and professional development is helping to ease that transition. In this webinar, hear from Rafranz Davis, Executive Director of Professional and Digital Learning for Lufkin ISD, on how you can create a self-driven and growth-centered professional development model that allows your teachers to not only be innovative in their math instruction, but also become the architects of their own learning experience – thus translating this style of learning into their classroom practice.
5. WHY FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT?
Popham, W James. Transformative Assessment. ASCD, 2008.
“Formative assessment represents evidence-
based instructional decision making. If you
want to become more instructionally
effective, and if you want your students to
achieve more, then formative assessment
should be for you.”
14. IDENTIFY “EXPERTS” AND NEEDS
Use a tool like
Google Forms to
pre-assess teacher
understanding.
Think of it as your
data to help where
your teachers need
it most!
23. TWITTER CHATS/BLOGS
Create a culture of
sharing and learning
from other
educators...especiall
y those not in your
building!
Collaborative Communities
#MTBoS
29. We value your feedback, compliments,
suggestions, and complaints!
Let us know how we’re doing:
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Editor's Notes
DreamBox Learning provides a new class of intelligent adaptive learning technology is the true game changer in education. Combines 3 essential elements
1) Rigorous K-8 Mathematics – DreamBox uses virtual manipulatives that enable students to build conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. Provided standards-based reporting.
2) Motivating Learning Environments that are age-appropriate and motives learners to persist and progress.
3) Powerful Intelligent Adaptive Learning engine providing millions of personalized, student-driven learning paths—each one—tailored to a student’s unique needs.
We have invested heavily in ensuring you, your fellow administrators, and your teachers have access to data that is meaningful and actionable. This fall, our new educator experience will become available. New dashboards will provide at-a-glace insights into student proficiency and program usage – helping educators determine what action is needed to have an even greater impact on student learning
All dashboards present data intuitively, so you and your teachers can access the information you need, when you need it.
Helps educators know when to stay the course and when to pivot instruction
Allows teachers to facilitate more meaningful conversations.
(Left) Teachers can dive deeper into specific information about how their class is performing against the standards. Here they can see which students have mastered the standard, which have not, and which have not attempted it. This data is based on continuous formative assessment.
A teacher might use this report is in lesson planning - they can look at this report to gain insight into where each student is and then take action by creating learning groups or pulling a student aside for more 1:1 instruction.
(Right)The activity feed allows teachers to see what students are working on. They can click into the demo lessons so they can experience the instruction - just like the student. Many teachers use this to expand their understanding of the math concept and develop new teaching strategies to support student learning.