This section provides guidelines and tools needed to assess, track, and support student progress.
Please review our graduation requirements, which describes how we start with badges and grade for mastery. You will understand the specifics of how this is achieved when you learn how to use grading in Toddle.
As noted in the Graduation Requirements document (see above for details), all students must complete community service hours to graduate. Please share this link with students so they can submit their hours for approval.
This Portrait of a Graduate defines the skills, mindsets, and qualities students should have when they leave our school, such as critical thinking, collaboration, and civic responsibility. It serves as a vision and guide for instruction, helping connect daily learning to long-term student success. Review the portrait regularly to look for opportunities in your lessons to nurture these competencies and help students reflect on their growth.
Review the following documents to familiarize yourself with our grading guidelines. You will find guidance on our mastery-based grading system, including how to assess performance tasks, academic growth, and social-emotional learning. A grading parameters guide is also included, outlining how many grades to enter in each assessment area. Watch this video to learn how to input Growth and SEL grades in Toddle.
Please review this video to learn about the high school grading structure, including guidelines for assessing student growth and the specific supports available for STEM courses.
Review our Grading Policy here. Then, watch the PLC recording below to dive deeper into mastery-based grading.
This PLC focuses on mastery-based grading, sharing insights on how mastery-based and traditional grading systems compare and contrast. You'll also learn how to apply a mastery-based mindset to support student growth and success at BMS.
This guide will support you in maintaining an organized and accurate gradebook, ensuring it serves as an effective tool for tracking student mastery and progress.
This video will guide you through the process of assigning a MAP diagnostic to your students.
This guide provides essential information to support you in successfully implementing MAP testing in your classroom. It includes instructions on how to assign, pause, and restart tests, as well as BMS-specific details such as test types and UDL considerations. Additionally, it outlines steps to disable pop-up blockers for a variety of web browsers.
Alternatively, you can send the following link which eliminates pop-up issues: https://test.mapnwea.org/#/nopopup
This professional development recording will help you efficiently interpret and integrate MAP data into your classroom to support student growth. You'll gain practical tips and tricks—including how to use AI tools for quick data analysis to identify student learning gaps. The session also includes ready-to-use mini lesson ideas, daily routines, and curriculum alignment strategies to help you embed data-driven instruction with ease and intentionality.
This guide offers valuable tips and strategies for administering the MAP assessment. Inside, you'll find practical guidance to help you support your students and create a calm, focused, and effective testing environment.
Explore this guide to learn about the importance of parent communication, along with practical tips and strategies for communicating effectively with families.
This guide provides essential strategies and best practices for conducting productive and meaningful parent-teacher conferences.
BMS is excited to partner with ASU to provide our high school learners the opportunity to earn college credit. For more details, please review the flyer.