Transcript Formative Assessment Institute FAI Survey Results

Formative
Assessment Institute
FAI
Survey Results
February 2008
Please identify your position
Choice
Count
Percentage of Total
Sample
Teacher
28
40.6%
Instructional Facilitator
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30.4%
Administrator
15
21.7%
Other
5
7.2%
District Name
Choice
Count
Percentage of Total Sample
Campbell 1
0
0.0%
Carbon 1
2
2.9%
Fremont 1
13
18.8%
Fremont 14
2
2.9%
Laramie 1
0
0.0%
Natrona 1
1
1.4%
Washakie 1
2
2.9%
Big Horn 4
0
0.0%
Converse 1
0
0.0%
Fremont 24
2
2.9%
Fremont 25
5
7.2%
District Name
Choice
Count
Percentage of Total Sample
Johnson 1
1
1.4%
Lincoln 1
1
1.4%
Lincoln 2
1
1.4%
Park 1
10
14.5%
Park 6
7
10.1%
Platte 2
2
2.9%
Sheridan 2
3
4.3%
Sublette 1
1
1.4%
Sweetwater 2
6
8.7%
Weston 1
2
2.9%
Sheridan 1
7
10.1%
Topic
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The strategies used by the
presenters were appropriate in
helping me attain the goals(s)
and/or outcomes of this
professional development
experience.
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This professional development
offered sufficient and appropriate
opportunity for networking.
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I gained knowledge and skills to
implement this professional
development into my job.
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The level of difficulty of the
content was appropriate.
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The presenters were knowledgeable
and effective.
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The handouts and materials were
adequate and useful.
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The Formative Assessment
Institute Wikispace (website) is
useful to me.
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Keynote Speakers
Topic
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Disagree
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Disagree
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Jim Popham’s presentation was
beneficial to me as a participant
of the Formative Assessment
Institute.
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Scott Marion’s presentation was
beneficial to me as a participant
of the Formative Assessment
Institute.
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I would like to have additional
keynote speakers for next
year’s Formative Assessment
Institute.
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Please list any suggestions you might
have for additional keynote speakers.
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I have no suggestions, as I don't feel keynotes are important (I disagreed
above)
None at this time (This was stated many times)
I would like to explore the research and information on brain research as it
applies to timely assessment and re-teaching.
Rick Stiggins or possibly the DuFour's on PLC's
My suggestion would be to eliminate the keynote speaker and give us more
time to work with our teams and the content.
Must be type of speaker that will encourage our group to participate and
really get involved. Not one that fights for words to get his/her point
across.
How much money do you have? Is Stiggins available, or any of the other
authors of the book we are using for the institute? Our district also read
the book "Checking for Understanding." What about one of those authors
- Douglas Fisher or Nancy Frey? Is there anyone for ASCD that can
address formative assessments?
If we have keynote speakers, they need to be at our level of work...we were
at a practical level and Scott was at a theoretical level causing cognitive
dissonance.
Mary Thrasher, Janie Pollock
Someone more charismatic.
Please list any suggestions you might
have for additional keynote speakers.
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I would like to have keynote speakers that are actually engaging.
I would be OK w/another speaker, but not for 3 1/2 hours. I felt that
this time could have been better used.
Make sure the views of the speaker don't conflict with what we have
been doing.
Marzano? Wiggins? McTighe?
Bob Marzano.
Just not as long
Four hours of a keynote speaker is too long. I would like a keynote
speaker, but only if it is shorter.
It would be beneficial to have someone come in to instruct us on writing
good formative assessments in a variety of areas and levels.
Stiggins
How about John Metcalfe, FCSD#1 Curriculum & Assessment Director?
The superintendent from Alaska who now does Reinventing Schools on
setting learning goals with student and stakeholder input from the
standards.
Stiggins; Reeves; Gusky; Marzano; Schmoker; Schlechty; Jacobs.
Jane E. Pollack/Marzano
Please list any suggestions you might
have for additional keynote speakers.
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Scott really created a lot of turmoil for me. He did not have any answers
and really confused the issues.
Rick Stiggins
Give us a better understanding of what direction the state is headed.
Marzano . . . Daggett . . . any brain-based speakers.
Having real administrators, instructional facilitators, and teachers who
are effectively using FA would be great. There was just a Public
Education and Business Coalition conference in Denver where participants
met with collaborative teams from real schools who were fully engaged in
formative assessment and integrated instruction. It was great having the
leading researchers present the theory, now I would like to hear from
people who are actually "doing" FA.
Scott's hands-on group activity and part of his information was helpful
and useful; however, some of it seemed hyper academic and intended to
impress us with his research. I could have done with less of than.
I have mixed feelings about having keynote speakers. One maybe to get
us going might be good and one later on to help get the drive back but
many times the keynote speakers come, talk, and leave without making
that much impact on the group. Assistance with what we will be
undertaking will have more impact and better results than keynote
speakers.
Please list any suggestions you might
have for additional keynote speakers.
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Scott Marion's message was useful - but he needs to beef up his
presentation. What he said was impressive, but the presentation was
blah. Hard to listen to.
Is it possible to get Rick Stiggins or Ken O'Connor?
Someone from the PLC/Solution Tree group.
Relate your material to the classroom, not just theory.
Classroom Management Speakers for IF peer help
Better sound system
Please list any suggestions you might have for additional keynote
speakers. I don't have any suggestions.
Motivational
If you are an administrator, please tell us the
most important thing you would like to get out
of the session with your colleagues.
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How to wrap up the four conferences and how to incorporate. How
other districts are doing and their recommendations. I personally like
new things like the story skeleton.
I would like to know how formative assessment will look in the teacher's
classroom.
State Review of District Proficiencies (BOE)-April 2009
implementation strategies in our buildings
I am very interested in learning more about the BOE and formative
assessments.
Finding out what others are doing in their districts.
The importance of the Instructional facilitator, and to be used by most
teachers.
How administrators can support the work of teachers and instructional
facilitators in formative assessment. Our role...
I would like to continue with the planning and dialog about how we will
begin to train the rest of our staff; where what we have learned will fit
into our needs; and basically how we make the most use of our new
knowledge.
If you are an administrator, please tell us the
most important thing you would like to get out of
the session with your colleagues.
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The most important thing I would like to get out of the session with my
colleagues is a common understanding of how we must proceed with the
assessment plan, targets, and formative assessments in our district.
A better understanding of our building plan for next years staff
development.
Your advisory panel determined needs of the group. I would like to be
included in this activity.
Strategies on how to implement the Formative Assessment into the day to
day teachers classroom.
How do administrators plan to implement what they Dave learned FAI in
their districts. Big picture.
I would like to have a discussion/sharing time to see how other principals
are implementing the different pieces of the institute within their
buildings, identifying which pieces are a higher priority than others.
If you are an administrator, please tell us the
most important thing you would like to get out of
the session with your colleagues.
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The time to visit with other administrators about how they are
implementing formative assessment in their buildings is invaluable.
Having adequate time budgeted for networking is important.
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Implementation strategies and ideas from all. I think we need to look
at how we are all working on alignment, assessments, and time for staff
to do this work without getting drained. There really is a lot on their
plates and it seems that we need to find ways to help them so they do
not get so frustrated.
If you are an Instructional Facilitator, please tell
us the most important thing you would like to get
out of the session with your colleagues.
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How to encourage teachers the importance of continual formative
assessments.
I image that something needs to be here too.
How are other IF's working with admin & teachers on formative
assessment?
More tool box strategies to share with my faculty. Learning to assess
every day to direct our instruction is very useful to facilitate change in
our school.
I would like to gain adequate knowledge so that I might be able to assist
my teachers when we return to our district.
How to help teachers develop useable, effective formative assessments.
A "laundry List" of formative assessment strategies.
How are IF's helping teachers with formative assessments? Does your
district have formative assessments already made in a curricular area?
Ideas on how to effectively share the information with my staff in
"shorter" sessions.
I would love to know what the other IF's are doing in their districts and
how their administrators are using them to help their districts grow.
If you are an Instructional Facilitator, please tell
us the most important thing you would like to get
out of the session with your colleagues.
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Accountability working and continue a instructional awareness
To gain information on progress monitoring using a variety of formative
assessments...maybe create a bank of formative assessments in our
break out session.
I would like to be able to plan and/or design where we will go from here
as a district. In order to do that I think we need some specifics about
what we will be working on in FAI in March and next year so we can
bring the necessary materials to make a doable and worthwhile plan.
How does a BOE affect middle school students? Is it coming for 6-8
grades?
Ideas and examples of what good formative assessment looks like.
What forms of assessment they are using to progress monitor in their
Districts and how they help teachers implement them.
Complete understanding of the steps that we need to take to develop
formative assessments.
I would like to know how to help teachers unpack standards.
If you are an Instructional Facilitator, please tell
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out of the session with your colleagues.
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Practical and tried formative assessments to share with our teachers on
all levels primary - high school.
How are instructional facilitators across the state measuring their
effectiveness? Do any of them have evaluation forms and/or formal job
descriptions? Do the IF's keep logs of their work with teachers? How
are they spending their time? Related to assessment: How do they
promote good assessment practices in their work with teachers?
I would like to discuss/develop a clearer picture of what the role of an
instructional facilitator should be in the formative assessment scheme of
things for our district. Right now, it feels as though we have not had a
conversation in which we all know exactly what our goals are, and
consequently, we do not seem to have a clear idea of what our roles
should be.
I would love to really identify our district action plan and my role in that
plan as a facilitator.
See what others are doing.
Knowing good assessments when I see it, and helping teachers build
learning targets.
Just having people share what they are doing and how it is working in
their district would be beneficial.
If you are an Teacher, please tell us the most
important thing you would like to get out of the
session with your colleagues.
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I would like to see actual formative assessment tools, especially a
management system to keep records for individual students.
Unpacking standards so we are consistent around the state.
How to best integrate formative assessment in the classroom regularly.
Time to work on implementation and bringing the ideas back to the rest of
our building.
Work on pre and post assessments for PLC's/Intervention.
Just the talking and sharing are tremendous help. What are others doing,
where do they struggle, where are their successes?
Ideas for learning targets.
I would like to get a good, clear, and concise wrap up of each of the
components of formative assessment. A quick multiple-choice response
with some discussion afterwards would be great. Things become a bit
muddled, and I'm pretty sure that I know more than I think I know. It
would be interesting to see how much we really do know and have learned
(of course, in a non-threatening fun way!).
Mainly how to successfully implement these strategies in my school.
More toolbox strategies. A potential lining out of assessments for each
grade level. What works best.
If you are an Teacher, please tell us the most
important thing you would like to get out of the
session with your colleagues.
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I would like to see actual examples of how other teachers break down
their standards or use formative assessments.
I would like to look at samples of good formative assessments so we can
make the transition to writing our own assessments a little less painful.
It would be helpful to have them at all areas and levels. (k-12)
Networking and sharing the ideas with other districts then coming
together with ours was really an eye-opener and educational.
Assessment accountability
Examples of effective formative assessments we saw some examples in
individual school handouts that did not look like the represent what we
are learning am I correct? Did any of the presenters look at those
materials?
We are going to plan our staff development for next year; we already
have discussed what we are going to do when we are there.
Practice matching learning goals to test questions or evaluating tests to
see if they match learning goals. I am struggling with that aspect.
If I were teaching, I would want to know where I was in teaching
students with effective teaching practices and what I needed to do.
Questions to be asking myself when planning good instruction.
If you are an Teacher, please tell us the most
important thing you would like to get out of the
session with your colleagues.
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How, why and when to use formative assessments and the value of them.
Some samples of formative assessments teachers are currently using and
how they are fitting them in around all the summative assessments we
have to complete. I would like something to bring back to the other
teachers to share with them.
Ideas of formative assessments they have used with success.
More practice with the activities
I enjoy seeing how other districts are handling the state's body of
evidence with common assessments and some of their specific formative
teaching tools.
I would like to do more work on actually unpacking the standards and
understanding what learning targets are.
If you are an Teacher, please tell us the most
important thing you would like to get out of the
session with your colleagues.
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How to actually implement some of this stuff or share it with my
fellow teachers.
How are other districts using formative assessment with writing? I
would like examples of how these assessments are implemented.
Formative assessment strategies that are content specific or maybe
grade level specific (elem, ms, hs)
Useful ideas I can implement ASAP.
Working with my group. It is much more valuable than listening to the
same information being repeated over and over again.
Immediate classroom usage of material.
Do you feel it would be beneficial to have
a short presentation on BOE requirements.
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Please give us some feedback about the
logistics of the Institute (training room,
food, breaks, etc).
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It was great being back at the Inn in Lander.
The logistics were fine. If I was cold, I dressed warmer. The food
was sufficient, and if it wasn't to my taste, I will bring my own.
The Inn at Lander is the best place to be. We are saddened that we
have to return to the hard chairs at the community center. It's nice
to be able to be comfortable for 2 days, especially for those of us with
physical health issues.
The Institute is very comfortable now. All of our needs are met and
the group size is great. Keep up the good work!!!
The Best Western was Awesome! I wish we could all meet there. The
sound system was much better at the convention center this time.
In March, could we spend 1/2 of the time at the community center and
1/2 of the time at the Inn?
The February session was just fine. Do not change anything.
The training room at the hotel is great. The food was excellent as
usual.
Bringing lunch to the Community Center on the second day was great!
Please give us some feedback about the
logistics of the Institute (training room,
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Good environment
Need more Diet Pepsi at the community center and a few more snacks.
Everything is going well.
It would be nice if you could provide food for the folks at the
Community Center so we don't have to drive back and forth.
People seemed to get up and take breaks whenever they needed them.
there should be more of a variety of food/snacks so that those with
food allergies can find something they can eat
The community center is not the best. It is hard to see and hear. The
food is very good. The breaks are sufficient.
It was much better with internet at the center.
Much better! However, the extra long day was very difficult. It was
beneficial due to the weather, but I'm not so sure I want to do it again.
I think all of the logistics are great. I am pleased that we have been
broken into two different groups, it is much better this way.
Please give us some feedback about the
logistics of the Institute (training room,
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Please and fruit if possible.
As professionals, I think we're there to learn rather than to be
provided with every comfort. It was fine. We could see and hear and
had some elbow room, and that was great. No one was cold and hungry
to my knowledge.
Both places are good, but it would be nice to at least have some
muffins/doughnuts/fruit for breakfast at the Community Center for
those who do not wish to stop at the other building.
Maybe shorter breaks and longer breakout sessions
Hard to travel for lunch and breakfast back and forth.
Great! The hotel staff feeds us very well.
The community center is a horrible place to meet. It is dark, difficult
to hear, and cold. I did not get anything out of the time there because
I couldn't see or hear. The hotel is a much better place to meet.
The food as always been awesome! You have done a great job of fixing
all of the other logistical problems since the first meeting.
All good
Please give us some feedback about the
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Great!!
Nice to be in the Lander Inn rather than the community center with it's
poor acoustics and uncomfortable chairs and the bathroom so close to the
tables (ppphhhew) We do wonder though what the larger school district
are doing? Are there ideas that the other group should hear?
Keep doing what you are doing.
IT went nicely this time...no complaints
The food has been great. You might want to think about when you allow
districts collaboration time as often times if we have collaboration time
at the end of the day team members leave and we do not use the time as
effectively as we could if it were scheduled differently.
I think you have it down!!
It was very nice in the Inn with the fewer number of people. The breaks,
the food, everything was very nice.
Everything was great this time.
Please give us some feedback about the
logistics of the Institute
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You are doing an amazing job with the number of participants!
Fine
The facility at the Inn is much more conducive to large group
presentation along with small group collaboration.
Food great but I always go for protein like the eggs and bacon. I liked
having just drinks or fruit for breaks. The room was comfortable and the
sound good.
I really like the atmosphere at the hotel better than the convention
center. The food has been wonderful.
Just fine.
The Inn at Lander is wonderful! I do not like the room at the community
center. It's not a good room to conduct a meeting in all day long. Chairs
are really uncomfortable and it's hard to see and hear presenters.
Fine
I do not like going to the community center. Not enough restrooms for
the women. The Lander Inn is great. Food is always good.
Community center chairs are uncomfortable and sound system lacking.
Food is great! Can we get Diet Coke? Cold cans better than that soda
machine.
Please give us some feedback about the
logistics of the Institute.
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It is fine
Great Chef! She deserves a huge round of applause! Thanks for the
wireless Internet at the Community Center.
Overall it is okay.
The hotel is significantly better than the community center. The lighting,
sound, temperature, and chairs are much more conducive to learning.
Personally, I'd rather be crowded in a good learning environment than spread
out in a poor facility.
You are doing well with handling a large group. I appreciated the effort to
allow some thinking and interaction time with those of other districts. The
training room rotations seemed fair and workable. The breakfast mixed fruit
was disappointingly soft and seemed unfresh. Running out of pop in the
dispenser might have been avoided.
I have been fine with all the logistics.
I really felt that everything was very nice and Lander is doing a great job of
finding ways to make this a success for all attending. My hat is off to Paige,
John, and the others for all they have done. As for the question about the
BOE work, I think people need to know where it fits in with what we are doing
here and it does. I think knowing the direction both are heading and how this
will compliment that process would be worth the time. I would not spend a
large amount of time on it at this time.
Please give us some feedback about the
logistics of the Institute
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No environmental concerns.
The host facility has done a good job accommodating the many needs
of the institute participants.
Everything was really great, especially the boxed lunches.
I absolutely LOVED being at the Hotel and not having to travel
anywhere throughout the day.
The Hotel site was much better than the lodge.
I prefer to have our sessions meet at the Inn (of course), and it seems
to me that it would be better if meals could be served at the venues
where our teams are working (instead of traveling to the Inn from the
community center).
Since we are breaking in to two groups I feel the logistics are fine.
Worked well
Split up again
The Best Western does an awesome job.
The motel is so much more conducive to learning than the center.
The community center and overall schedule worked well for our team,
and as always, the food was great.
Need water during every session and small snack.
What area offered you the greatest
learning opportunity?
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Writing Learning Targets
I experienced the greatest learning opportunity during the FEBRUARY
(not November) FAI training during the networking of other districts
during the sharing of our homework.
I think this is supposed to say February FAI training, the time to work as
a district on our plans.
Creating learning targets.
Time to work with the concepts presented so that we could internalize
them for use back in our district.
The five kinds of learning targets.
Unpacking standards.
Conversations with other administrators and instructional facilitators
Unpacking standards
Learning targets Unpacking the standards
Time to work/discuss with colleagues.
Networking
Sharing information with colleagues on where everyone was and what they
were doing.
Time to work in our team on our implementation ideas.
What area offered you the greatest
learning opportunity?
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In February, I especially found the assessment breakdown beneficial.
I really enjoyed listening to Scott Marion. It was also beneficial to work
with the standards and the learning targets.
Back to November? If this is a typo, and if you are asking about
February, I would say that the keynote speaker gave me the greatest
learning opportunity. The speaker was encouraging as he expressed that
there are different opinions even among experts about several areas
regarding formative assessment - even down to the basic definition. He
was easy to listen to and he made sense. He offered some basic
knowledge and addressed some concerns/issues that I was feeling in
regard to the whole area. I especially enjoyed his comments about
embracing the confusion.
Do you mean February? Looking at our own assessments with someone
there to talk to.
Break out sessions
The toolbox strategies.
Do you mean January? It was so helpful sharing our "homework." I
needed more time. Also, it was very helpful meeting with the other
instructional facilitators.
What area offered you the greatest
learning opportunity?
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Unpacking standards
I enjoyed being able to learn from people in other districts as well as
share ideas with people in my own district.
Assessment value and testing curriculum
Working in groups
The separate break out sessions were more beneficial than the group.
Feb. training was great...I liked it the best.
Team working time after the presentation sessions.
Descriptive feedback.
Descriptive feedback.
February's meeting left me confused. It did not have the clarity and
focus that the other meetings had. Scott may have been the cause of
this.
Actual time to talk to people in our own District. I really like the big
sheets with the Dist. Classroom and building level. They are very helpful
and help us to focus.
Chance to work together as a team.
Networking
Looking at our district-wide assessments and setting up a plan.
Breaking into groups
What area offered you the greatest
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Networking with other districts.
The understanding of unpacking standards
I appreciated the work on assessments and the sharing opportunity
(homework) with other districts
The greatest learning opportunity in February was the collaborative
group times both in mixed groups and with colleagues. Unfortunately,
both groups were extremely rushed which limited the effectiveness.
Time to visit and interact with people outside our own district to learn
what and how they do things.
I was able to learn and work in the rooms we were given.
If so the assessment work was great and the feedback meeting with all
the different Districts was great.
Unpacking standards Target learning
Work on teacher assessments.
In the February training the best part was the sharing of the homework
activities. We learned so much from each other.
At the February training it was so helpful to look at our own students'
work and analyze the learning targets. The discussion generated helped
teachers better understand the connection between learning targets
and assessment. It also helped them understand the role of formative
assessment in guiding instruction.
What area offered you the greatest
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Time for team collaboration with specific tasks in mind.
The time spent with our group looking at learning targets.
Community sharing with other districts.
To see what others were doing.
If so I enjoyed the break out session were I was able to here how
different districts are utilizing the FAI training.
Discussing similar concerns with other districts and finding we have
common issues.
Learning Target Information
It was great being able to see what is being implemented in different
districts, so I would say the homework sharing time.
If you could change one thing
what would it be?
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Not being able to work with our team, but this was remedied in the Feb.
training.
The FEBRUARY training was fine as was.
Nothing, the February training was a great opportunity.
The Learning Target Analysis remains confusing to me. I need more practice
looking at student work.
More time to work within our own school groups.
Not have Scott Marion there
More breaks in the morning.
Get better chairs at the convention center!
I know Scott Marion knows his stuff, but it was way too long.
I wonder if we could put the smaller schools together and see if they could
make a plan to get together with their staffs to unpack the standards
instead of working by themselves to reinvent the wheel...maybe in the
summer.
Weather!:)
The first day was really long, but I understand the guidelines and the
required # of hours.
Perhaps breakout sessions with a defined assignment in our district teams.
The guest speaker was long and boring.
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I would have the keynote speaker keep talking and to a Q&A time with
him.
After we have looked at our assessments, give us time to have a
table/panel look at them with us to give ideas for what looks good, what
needs improvements, etc.--a fresh face. We need more time to do this.
Nothing (this was listed several times)
Worked for me.
More hands-on activities and more practical tools and models for
formative evaluation in the classroom. Many of our team felt
disappointed with the level of theory and lack of applications that we
could use now.
I would not like to meet at the community center anymore
The keynote speaker, Scott Marion, was hard to track. Thank you for
arranging the meeting times to accommodate us who had to drive a
farther distance. It really helped to get out earlier on Tuesday in order
to drive in the daytime.
All ok
Jim Popham was a poor speaker and was not funny!
I thought it went well this time around.
I have no suggestions for improvement.
The one keynote speaker seemed a bit wanting too many atta boys.
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The guest speaker needs to address the issues of formative assessments and
work towards those goals. I felt his presentation was about something totally
different.
Location...the Community Center was not the best environment. It was very
difficult to hear and it was cold.
Collaborative time was limited and very rushed, which limited the
effectiveness. I haven't really gained much from the presenters because it is
all in the book. Personally, I can read it and comprehend it, but I want to learn
how to implement it in real schools. I feel we are receiving information
presented by professional- professional developers not necessarily teachers
or educational leaders who have effectively implemented Formative
Assessment in their buildings.
It would be helpful to bring in people who have used FA "in the trenches."
Experiences of others and anecdotal observations that could expedite the
process would be very helpful. I think the TIE ladies are friendly, personable,
and professional, but I don't feel I am learning nearly as much as I anticipated
from this Academy. The format will definitely need to change in order for me
to participate in 08-09. Ten days is a long time to be gone from a building for
marginal professional development. Maybe ! we could look at compacting the
curriculum into a 2-3 day intensive session next year?
I found it very difficult to follow Scott Marion's speech. I would leave it out.
It was just fine
Too much too fast
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I am not sure I would change much of anything. Maybe more time with
the other Districts when we had the trading of ideas.
Would have liked to work more with Scott M. on the hands on use of
data and not just taking about data.
More energized keynote address. During the actual class present
better useful materials and ideas. We need to take useful easy options
back to our district and teachers, for them to make this a part of their
instructional practices.
If I could change one thing about the February training it would be the
breaks. Our group is a large group and every time we're given time to
discuss as a team, we always run out of time! This discussion has been
particularly beneficial to our group and I think if discussion time was
followed by breaks, those with smaller groups could be excused, while
those of us needing more time, could spill into the break period.
I would suggest to break up groups by position/job so the
administration, teachers and instructional facilitators could all
participate within their role in the professional development process. I
do like to see what teachers are doing but to move a school in a new
direction needs to have PD just for an administrator.
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