Tomorrow, we will be spending the day going deeper with building common understandings around assessment. In order to move forward (with more clarity) we will spend some time unpacking what the expectations are from the district level as well as some time to apply our new learning.
Today, at the elementary administrators meeting, our focus was evaluating teacher effectiveness in regard to assessment. I came home and tweaked the plan tomorrow so that I can share what I have learned. I also came home grappling once again with the feeling that we are trying to create a new vision with old ways. Ah...but how to live in the moment we find ourselves and move forward?
While it can feel like this assessment focus is being imposed on us from a state and district level, we have to own this. My hope for tomorrow is that we can all arrive with a growth mindset. Tick off the things that are imposed on us (chanting the serenity prayer) and then really grapple with bringing our own visions into play.
Shifting the focus of what is important to learn is a vision we all embrace. We all want kids engaged in learning that is relevant and meaningful and we all ultimately want to teach kids how to learn.
It's an interesting philosophical struggle - should we evaluate learning? If we think we should evaluate - then should we just evaluate whether they are engaging in the learning itself?
Grappling with assessment might be an opportunity to engage ourselves in a growth mindset - could we move beyond what we've always done and create something very different? I value the opportunity to push myself, what I've always done, what I've held as true - and wonder.
While I believe that the district vision is on the right track, much of the work we do tomorrow will feel like dragging what we've always done into the work we are doing now - could we wonder together what a whole new vision might be? Could we maybe dare to try?
January 19 - 23rd:
Monday: MLK - no school
Tuesday:
NO RTI
Wednesday:
PD: CITE
Friday:
Gear swap in gym after school 4 -5:30
Saturday:
Gear Swap in gym
January 26 - 30th:
Monday:
Fifth grade departs for Winter Voyage
Tuesday:
7:30 RTI meeting
Debbie out of the building for PLS meeting
Wednesday:
Parent Orientation 8:00 a.m.
Discovery Parent Visitation 9:00 a.m.
PD: Personal Plan
Thursday:
Michelle's Crew out on field work to museum
Friday:
Vision and Hearing Screening
CITE 6 team meeting in afternoon
Have a wonderful three day weekend!
Deborah
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