In today's faculty meeting we BEGAN a discussion about homework. (Here's a link to what was discussed: Presentation Handout)
Our goal as a faculty is to continuously improve to meet better the needs of our students. With that in mind, let's furt
Read more…"If you want to increase your success rate,
double your failure rate."
-Tom Watson
Sometimes you pick up little nuggets of wisdom when you least expect it...
I'm sitting in a hotel room in Williamsburg, VA. Tomorrow is the start of the annu
Read more…Read this tweet from author/educator Lee Ann Jung, and then respond in the Reply Box to the reflection question below:
Use these questions to guide your thoughts as you discuss this tweet with your colleagues and then formulate a response for the R
Read more…Despite the fact that our school has had AFL as its Professional Development focus for the past 4 years, there is still much that we can learn from one another about how best to use assessment to increase learning. To foster continuous learning and
Read more…Despite the fact that our school has had AFL as its Professional Development focus for the past 4 years, there is still much that we can learn from one another about how best to use assessment to increase learning. To foster continuous learning and
Read more…Use your knowledge of Assessment FOR Learning and Standards Based Learning to analyze the following very traditional assessment practice. Discuss your analysis with your group and leave your thoughts as replies to this discussion.
After her student
At today's faculty meeting, SHS Math Teacher, Pawel Nazarewicz, used an inchworm analogy to explain how he looks at Standards Based Learning in his classroom.
Discuss his analogy with those at your table and leave a reply in the comment box below
Read more…Pretend you are your school's Grade Coach (if there was such a thing) and your job is to help teachers ensure that the grades assigned in their class represent a student's level of mastery.
A teacher has come to you to ask for advice about his grades
Read more…For the 2010-2011 school year, teachers in the City of Salem Schools will be required to have a growth objective related to AFL. These AFL objectives will be teacher-created. In other words, there will not a top down division-wide one-size-fits-all
Read more…In December 2009, the Salem High School faculty was asked to take an AFL survey. Those results are compiled here: AFL Survey Results.pdf.
This Forum Discussion was started for Salem High School's Staff Development Faculty Meeting held on 1/13/10.
For today's staff development activity, SHS faculty members will be analyzing an example of AFL and determining how the example could be app
This Forum Discussion was started for Salem High School's Staff Development Faculty Meeting held on 10/28//09.
For today's staff development activity, SHS faculty members will be analyzing an example of AFL and determining how the example could be a
This Forum Discussion was started for Salem High School's Staff Development Faculty Meeting held on 9/23//09.
Throughout this school year we will be looking at 6 ideas about AFL that stood out after last year as areas for us to continue focusing upo
This Forum Discussion was started for Salem High School's September 3, 2009 inservice on AFL.
Last year our school spent an entire year looking at AFL, at what it means, at how it can be applied to our classrooms, and at what impact it will have on
