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What People Are Saying About Jennifer
Presenter Jennifer MitchellIn her 17 years as an educator, Jennifer has been a special education teacher, a Title 1 director, and is now Assistant Principal at Perry Central (Indiana) Elementary School. She is passionate about education and learning and brings that passion to her sessions with teachers. An optimist by nature, she looks for the best in students and teachers alike and strives to provide the individualized guidance and support they need.
“Working alongside and learning from Jennifer for the past 10 years has been nothing short of
enlightening and inspiring. She makes it easy to believe that ALL children can succeed. Jennifer’s
knowledge spans the gamut of best practices in both academic and behavioral interventions, and she
is always eager to share that knowledge in order to empower the staff in her care. Her down to earth
attitude makes her approachable and a joy to learn from.”
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Sometimes, it feels like all we do is assess. It’s as if every day is a test day, or we’re required to show a track record for what we’re doing in the classroom. Well, I think it’s time to reassess the idea of assessments!
I want you to really think about WHY, WHAT, and HOW you should be assessing in order to glean valuable information long before the unit has actually ended.
Teaching requires us to be constantly adaptive. Think about a pilot guiding his plane toward its destination by planning the route, taking frequent readings, and then making careful adjustments along the way in response to the current weather conditions—this is what we need to practice in our classrooms.
We can’t wait for the end result to determine whether instructional adjustments are needed. In today’s classroom, we have to focus on the learning that takes place during teaching and make the necessary adjustments along the way. Formative Assessment is about making your teaching contingent upon your students’ responses. It’s about carefully choosing, and even differentiating, a route ahead of time—and taking readings along the way. It’s about practical, simple steps that you can take BEFORE the instructional period ends to ensure your students understand and achieve.
An Invitation from Jennifer
Research has shown that short-cycle formative assessment is the most effective practice and makes the biggest impact on student learning. In a nutshell, short-cycle formative assessment urges teachers to gather information from their teaching day-by-day, minute-by-minute. That’s what this training is all about.
During this workshop, you’ll learn how to determine what your students already know, what they need to know, and what kind of instruction will prove most effective. You’ll leave with a new understanding of formative assessment and a host of easy-to-implement practices that will make a real, measurable difference in your classroom.
—Jennifer
Formative Assessment is about making your teaching contingent upon your students’ responses. It’s about practical, simple steps that you can take BEFORE the instructional period ends to ensure your students understand and achieve.
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“If we want our students to thrive in the complex, unpredictable world of the 21st century,” writes formative assessment expert Dylan William, “we must concentrate on increasing educational achievement by increasing the quality of the teachers in our schools.” And that begins by incorporating regular formative assessment into the classroom. You’ll see your instruction strengthened and student learning improved—during the learning process.
Workshop Overview
Make Instant AdjustmentsMany teachers fear that devoting time to check for understanding along the way comes at a sacrifice of the curriculum and the ability to cover more, more, more. In reality, formative assessment provides the opportunity for teachers to make adjustments to their instruction minute-by-minute, day-by-day and allows for students to engage more meaningfully with the information. You’ll be able to determine what your students already know, what they need to know, and what kind of instruction will prove most effective.
Improve the Learning EnvironmentIn this workshop, we’ll investigate how to create the most effective learning environment through the use of: classroom questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative and cooperative learning, and self-regulated learning. You’ll leave with not only the techniques for effective classroom formative assessment, but also an understanding of how to use them to improve teacher practice and student achievement.
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Formative Assessment: What It Is and What It Isn’t
Strategies and techniques for formative assessment
Practical techniques for classroom formative assessment
Clarifying, sharing, and understanding learning intentions and success criteria
Engineering productive discussion and activities that elicit evidence of learning
Providing feedback that moves learners forward
Activating students as learning resources for each other
Activating students as owners of their learning
Exploring in-depth use of classroom questioning
Demonstrating techniques for formative assessment of learners
Activities that build understanding: interactive writing, audience response systems, interactive hand signals, public performances, and more
Supporting teachers in changing practice
Implementing short-cycle formative assessment to improve learning
Learning Outcomes
Learn how to determine what your students already know, what they need to know, and what kind of instruction will prove most effective.
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The full-day workshop offers educators a comprehensive explanation of Formative Assessment, presents a common sense guide to implementing the practice in classrooms, and demonstrates how it benefits both students and teachers.