The Michigan Department of Education and Measured Progress are in the third year (2010-11) of providing professional development for formative assessment.

Formative Assessment for Michigan Educators

(FAME)

Kent ISDApril 15, 2011

What is FAME?

The Michigan Department of Education and Measured Progress are in the third year (2010-11) of providing professional development for formative assessment coaches and their learning teams.

Since our first year, we have had the participation of approximately

100 coaches and nearly 900 educators as a part of learning teams. 

Why is FAME important?

The Formative Assessment Process offers educators meaningful opportunities to explore classroom instructional practices and to provide intentional feedback to our students to increase learning.

Formative and summative assessments are interconnected. They provide different levels of information on student learning at different points in time.

Adapted from Ministry of Education Wellington, New Zealand

Assessment in Support of Learning

…it goes beyond merely providing judgments about student performance to providing rich descriptions of student performance

—Rick Stiggins, 2006

What does FAME look like?

Learning Team of 6-8 members

Principal is part of the team

A coach that is part ofthe team

What does the Learning Team do?

Meets at least 4 hoursper month

Tries new FA strategiesin their classrooms

Shares experiences Provides feedback

This is not a train the trainer program!

What Strategies does the Learning Team learn about?

Strategies vs. Tools

Learning Team’s Responsibility

Attend team launch Attend team meetings Be open to trying new strategies in

their classrooms Be willing to be open about their

teaching experiences, both good and bad

Be able to provide feedback to team members

Coach’s Responsibility

Attend Cognitive Coaching Training Attend Team Launch Participate in Webinars Participate in all team meetings Keep up-to-date on the Ning and

website All responsibilities of the Learning Team

apply

Principal’s Responsibility

Attend team launch Attend team meetings Participate in Webinars Be able to provide feedback to team

members Provide support to the Learning Team in

the implementation of new strategies in their classrooms

Provide time for the Learning Team to meet on a monthly basis

What have past learning teams done?

Baldwin Street Middle SchoolHudsonville Public Schools

•Principal•Assistant Principal •Teachers from Science, Math, and Social Studies

Once a month meeting, for 4 hoursTwo times for full day sessions

Hamilton High School

Met every two weeks Agenda Sharing Time –

› Discussions about readings› Interactive discussion concerning use of FA tools› How has this effected students?

Set individual goals for implementing next monthly theme

Set time for classroom visits

Hamilton High School

What resources does the project supply?

Is this just a one- year program?

What does the project not supply?

•Money for travel•Money for substitute teachers

Title II Funds can be used to pay for what the project

does not cover!

MDE anticipates inviting 60 new coaches to the project for

2011-2012

The deadline for coaches to apply is

April 29, 2011

•When do I have to have a learning team ready?

•When do learning teams apply?

For more information

Laura OttenFAME Regional CoachKent ISD School Improvement Consultant(616)[email protected]