Bryan Van Pelt's bportfolio

Reflection: Standard 11 states teacher leaders utilize formative and summative assessments in a standards based environment.   To gain knowledge and skills surrounding this important aspect of teaching, I engaged in a multitude of learning activities in the course “Standards-Based Assessment”.   Prior to EDU 6613 I knew my assessment practices needed some adjustments.   The school in which I work, already uses standards-based grading, and we have received quality instruction on how to best implement this assessment style.  However I still did not feel confident in the ways I assessed students.   After the first couple weeks of the class I formulated two areas of focus for my teaching and assessment practice.   These two areas are: 1) Communicating learning expectations to students. 2) Giving effective feedback in diverse ways. Students in my class have voiced their concerns on “why do we need to know this?”.   Something I put in the ...

Course goals:  1) to develop a sense of assessment vocabulary and conversation, and 2) to define and implement a strong understanding of sound classroom assessment practice and experiences within an authentic classroom context. Teacher Leadership Standard: Standard 11: Utilize formative and summative assessment in a standards-based environment Response : Prior to EDU 6613 I knew my assessment practices needed some adjustments.  The school in which I work, already uses standards-based grading, and we have received quality instruction prior to implementation, on how best practice principles regarding this assessment style however I still did not feel confident in the ways I assessed students.  Even though the two areas of weakness come before and after the assessment, these two areas of improvement are apart of the larger assessment field.  These two areas are: 1) Communicating learning expectations to students. 2) Giving effective feedback in d...