Professional Association of Georgia Educators2010 PAGE Conference

Crowne Plaza® Atlanta-Ravinia

June 11 - 13, 2010

Standards-Based Classroom: What It Looks Like

Tiffany CunninghamKandra Oldham

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Standards-based Instruction

• Standards-based education is a process for planning, delivering, monitoring and improving academic programs in which clearly defined academic content standards provide the basis for content in instruction and assessment.

• Standards help ensure students learn what is important, rather than allowing textbooks to dictate classroom practice.

• A standards-based system:-aligns policies, initiatives, curriculum, instruction, and assessments with clearly defined academic standards. -consistently communicates and uses standards to focus on ways to ensure success for all students.

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Standard-based Instruction and Student Achievement

• Students generally learn better in a standards-based environment because everybody's working towards the same goal.

• Teachers know what the standards are and choose classroom activities and teaching strategies that enable students to achieve the standards.

• Students know the standards, too, and can see scoring guides that embody them. The students can use them to complete their work.

• Parents know them and can help students by seeing that their homework aligns with the standards.

• Administrators know what is necessary to attain the standards and provide professional development, resources and materials to ensure that students are able to reach the prescribed standards

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In a Standards-Based Classroom• Teachers:

- Articulate standards -Inform students about the standards - Use standards to design instruction and assessment -Use rubrics and other methods to clearly communicate student expectations. -Provide feedback to help students improve performance -Use teaching methods that suit the individual student's needs. - Communicate progress towards the achievement of standards • Students: -Can describe the standards -Use self-assessment and reflection to improve performance -Take responsibility for their own learning. -Communicate progress towards the achievement of standards

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Four Key Components

Standards-Based

Education

Balanced Instruction

Model

Pre-Assessment, Performance, and

Summative Assessment

Standards-based reporting and Recording

Measures topic and Learning

Targets

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What does this look like?

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Dedicated space in the room to post standards and essential questions.

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Provide students with a road map for the grading period

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Create an inviting bulletin board that is relevant to what you are currently studying

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An interactive instructional bulletin board

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Display student work with assignment and standards

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Tracking and Recording

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Use EVERY available space!!

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What is a Performance Task?

A performance task gives the student the opportunity to illustrate, perform, or demonstrate what they know and can do.

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Terrific Tutors

Ms. Hayes’ second grade class needs our help. They are learning about similes and metaphors. Ms. Hayes has asked our class to do some one on one tutoring with them.

Your job is to make a PowerPoint presentation about the differences between similes and metaphors. You must include examples of each.

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Item Points

Title Slide 5 0

Simile Slide (2) 20 (both slides) 10(only 1 slide) 0 (no slides)

Metaphor Slides 20 (both slides) 10 (only 1 slide) 0 (no slides)

Animation 10 (All slides) 5 (less than half) 0 (no slides)

Simile Content 20 (is a simile) 10 (1 simile) 0 (neither are similes)

Metaphor Content 20 (is a metaphor) 10 (1 metaphor) 0 (neither are metaphors)

Background 5 (yes, It was changed) 0 (no it was not)

Name _________________________________Simile and Metaphor PowerPoint

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Your Assignment:

Please take a few minutes to look over the performance task in front of you. Please note that the standards that are addressed in this task are attached. Your job is to come up with an activator to introduce the standard, a rubric to grade the performance task and an assessment tool for the standard.

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