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The Week Ahead.......
Monday November 6th-
Day 5-
Data Meeting-Grade 3 (LGI)
Clearview PTO - Texas Roadhouse Fundraiser
Out of Building-None
Tuesday November 7th-
Day 6-
Data Meeting-Grade 6 (LGI)
Out of Building-Knepp (Half Day AM)
Wednesday November 8th-
Day 1-
Data Meeting-Grade K-1 (LGI)
Camo/Tie Die Day- You may wear jeans
Out of Building-Kopp (Full Day), Paup (Half Day PM)
Thursday November 9th-
Day 2-
Faculty Meeting (LGI)-Guest Speaker: Grant Gouker (ALiCE)
Out of Building-Key (Full Day)
Friday November 10th-
Day 3-
Mother/Son Event @ 6PM
Out of Building-Jennings (Half Day PM)
PLC in Print
Using Results to Motivate
In order to promote continuous improvement, feedback must not only be timely, it must also be effective. Feedback can encourage effort and improvement, but it can and often is used in ways that create a sense of hopelessness. Whenever an activity is viewed as a competition, there will be winners and losers. When feedback to students takes the form of grades, they are likely to see assessment as a competition or a way to compare their achievements with others. There will always be a best and a worst. Instead, the goal of feedback is to provide every student with the information and support necessary to fuel continuous improvement.
TIPS for MOTIVATING STUDENTS
- Teach students the criteria you will use to judge the quality of their work and provide models, models, models.
- Engage students in assessing their own work according to the criteria for quality work.
- Whenever possible, provide each student with feedback on his or her progress and strategies for improving, rather than assign a grade.
- Use the student's own previous performance as a benchmark for improvement, rather than the performance of other students in the class, district, or state.
- Use feedback on results to inform, not punish.
- Provide feedback to students and their parents in an easily interpreted, user-friendly format.
- Use a balance of summative assessment and a variety of formative assessment to give students multiple ways to demonstrate proficiency.
- Celebrate small wins!
(reprint Professional Learning Communities at Work, by DuFour, DuFour and Eaker. Publisher Solution Tree)
