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Throughout this project, we will complete a variety of formative and summative assessments to track our progress and make the project as successful as possible.
Throughout this project, we will complete a variety of formative and summative assessments to track our progress and make the project as successful as possible.
Formative Assessments (During the project)--details below
Formative Assessments (During the project)--details below
- Goal Setting Survey (individual)
- Focus Group Monthly Survey (group)
- Monthly Review and Feedback on Engaging Online Courses Wiki (group)
- Learning Lab (individual-- 12 members of the staff will host one)
- Focus Area Rubric (group)
Summative Assessments (End of Project)--details below
Summative Assessments (End of Project)--details below
- Engaging Online Courses Wiki with rubric (group)
- Showcase of Learning Presentation, with checklist (group)
Assessments Alignment
Assessments Alignment
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessments
Goal Setting Survey:
Goal Setting Survey:
- Click here to preview the survey.
- This survey will be given after the teachers have completed the iNACOL Course Quality Card Sort. In the survey, teachers will let me know what focus group they're most interested in as well as some indications on how they'd like to work together this year with instructional coaching. It allows me some insights into the teacher's baseline knowledge of the topics we'll be tackling and also allows them to do some goal setting.
- Follow-Up: Teachers will be sorted into their focus groups based on the results of this survey.
Focus Group Monthly Survey
Focus Group Monthly Survey
- Click here to preview the survey.
- After each group's monthly meeting, they'll complete this survey as a group to let me know how things are going with the group. It helps solidify what they're accomplishing and also gives me insights into how the group is functioning.
- Follow-Up: I'll spend some extra time with groups that seem to be floundering based on the results of their monthly survey.
Focus Area Rubric
Focus Area Rubric
- After an initial review of resources, each group will create a rubric for their focus area. It will identify what advanced, proficient, partially proficient, and beginning look like for their focus area. So, what would a teacher who is "advanced" in using active learning do in their classroom? What about "proficient"? Etc. Click here to view an example rubric.
- Rubrics will be posted to their group's page in the Engaging Online Course Wiki.
- Groups will use their focus area rubric as a tool when setting up their monthly goals for their focus group.
- Follow-Up: I'll ask teachers to use their focus area rubric as a part of their end of year reflections on their progress.
Monthly Review of Engaging Online Courses Wiki
Monthly Review of Engaging Online Courses Wiki
- Click here to preview the wiki.
- During each focus group's monthly meeting, they'll update their page on our Engaging Online Courses Wiki. The page includes their monthly goals, how things are going, and resources. Eventually, this wiki will be transformed into our final product to be shared publicly.
- Follow-Up: I'll email each group with feedback and encouragement based on their updates to the wiki.
Learning Lab
Learning Lab
- Click here to preview the learning lab protocol.
- Each group will take a turn hosting learning labs for the rest of the staff. Two of the group members will each host about 10-12 teachers in their online classroom using the protocol, specifically highlighting how they're experimenting with student engagement and their group's focus topic.
- Follow-Up: The learning lab is a very vulnerable experience. You're allowing lots of people into your personal domain. I'll definitely reach out to the hosts and facilitate a debrief on how it went and what they learned from the process. How they lead the learning lab is also really revealing of their level of knowledge and risk-taking with their topic.
Summative Assessments
Summative Assessments
Engaging Online Courses Wiki
Engaging Online Courses Wiki
- Click here to preview the Engaging Online Courses Wiki (shell)
- Each focus group will be responsible for one page within the Engaging Online Courses Wiki. During the year the site will serve primarily as a place to store group notes and goals. At the end of the year, the site will be transformed into a public product that we can share with teachers within our district on how to make engaging online course content.
- Since this project is a part of teacher professional development and not a course, it will not be formally assessed for a grade. However, if the project were being used as a part of a course, the rubric below could be used to assess it. Alternatively, the group could self-assess using the rubric.
Celebration of Learning Presentations
Celebration of Learning Presentations
- At our last PD session of the year, we will invite district-level staff to a Celebration of Learning. Each focus group will share out what progress they've made during the year, the best resources and strategies they've found, and what their next steps may be in the following school year. The presentations could take the form of formal slideshows or just a tour of their wiki page.
- Groups can use the checklist below to prepare and self-assess. The checklist could also be used as a part of a formal assessment of the presentation.
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