A presentation for our communicating student learning pilot.

1. Communicating Student Learning:
The Uncharted Path
Communication Student
Learning Pilot
Welcome! Please sit in your school teams.

2. The trick to having
good ideas is not
to sit around in
glorious isolation
and try to think big
thoughts. The trick
is to get more
parts on the table.
Steven Johnson

3. Good ideas may not
want to be free, but
they do want to
connect, fuse,
recombine. They
want to reinvent
themselves by
crossing conceptual
borders. They want
to complete each
other as much as
they want to
compete.
Steven Johnson

4. Innovation is
messy. It’s about
constructive conflict
— not agreement.
There are twists
and turns — not
straight lines.
Jeff DeGraff

5. What is the purpose of a report card?

6. Research Grounded
…the most powerful single
moderator that enhances
achievement is feedback.
The simplest prescription for
improving education must be
"dollops of feedback"
-- providing information how and
why the child understands and
misunderstands, and what
directions the student must take to
improve.
John Hattie, 1999

7. What is “dollops of feedback”?
Formative assessment is an
opportunity to peek inside
learners’ heads while they are
in the process of learning.
Helps teachers and learners
alike answer the question,
“What do I do next?”
G. O Martin-Kniep, 2009

8. Are you ready?
Do you use:
• Assessment for
Learning practices
• Innovative teaching &
learning
• Performance standards
• Ongoing
communication and
involvement with
parents

9. The greatest tool we have at our disposal is the power
of conversation.
Peter Shaw

10. Term 1 Lead Schools: Sunrise Ridge, Rosemary
Heights, David Brankin, George Vanier, Bear Creek

11. David Brankin Elementary

13. Bear Creek Park Elementary

14. What was great?
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Great information sessions & letters for parents
Nice cover with key points from MOE
Providing a brief term overview for parents
Competencies woven through template
Commitment to inform & work with parents
Snapshots of student work with rich teacher feedback
Student voice represented; student work exhibited
Room for next steps for learning
Gathering feedback from parents

15. Both a Red
Herring & a
Qualifier
If parent wants a
letter grade, we
will give it to
them.

16. Discussion: Look, Listen, Show & Share
Share the journey so far…
• What is the process you have used or would like
to use?
• How have you or will you communicated with
parents and involve your students?
• How are you communicating about assessment
with all these groups?
• What are some strategies for moving under, over
or around barriers you may encounter?

17. Sharing our Learning
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Reporting out an “Aha” moment
Something that made you wonder
Where your thinking was pushed
Something really helpful
Your best take-away
What you want to tell others

18. http://www.soukle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Golden-Circle-SimonSinek-How-those-who-inspire-communicate.jpg

19. “When implemented well, formative assessment
can effectively double the speed of student
learning.”
William, 2007

20. A Window into a
Child’s Learning
• Where am I?
• Where do I need
to get to?
• How am I going
to get there?