PARTNERS
“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. ”
NEW HAVEN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. UNION CITY, CA.
6th grade students
Outcomes. Design and implementation of quality performance assessment. Increased student reflection on learning.
Instructional Implementation. Supporting 6th grade teachers at one middle school to design and implement performance assessments. Deepening understanding of the implementation of the workshop model with a focus on debrief and reflection to promote student metacognition and ability to articulate their own learning process.
Instructional Design. Supporting 6th grade teachers at one middle school to design quality performance assessments.
Performance Assessments. Supporting District Instructional Coaches in deepening understanding of the role of effective assessment practices on a daily basis, design and implementation of quality assessment of for learning with a focus on the effective use of performance assessments in order to support staff at their school site.
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Hewlett Foundation. Deeper Learning Leadership Forum
Members of cohort 1 sharing powerful words and phrases after fieldwork in The Mission District,San Francisco, researching the essential question 'How gentrification impacts the community."
Deeper Learning and Equity.
Outcomes. Building Deeper Learning Networks.
Facilitating two Deeper Learning Leadership Forums; presently 30 educational leaders form across the US. The cohorts meet 6 times during the course of 18 month period. Participants experience professional development that models best instructional practice and project based learning strategies in deepening understanding of Deeper Learning and Educational Equity.
The intended end result is that each member will establish their own 'Deeper Learning Cohort in the local region. The work is grant funded by the Hewlett Foundation.
Deeper Learning Leadership Forum Blog
PINER-OLIVET SCHOOL DISTRICT , SANTA ROSA, CA
Teachers from Piner-Olivet Unified School Districtlooking at student work.
Outcomes. Deepened understanding of the 'Intersection of Pedagogy, Assessment, and Environment'.
Facilitating the second year of the Re-Imagining Learning Collaborative; a group of 25 K-12 educators in deepening understanding of Pedagogy, Assessment, and Environment. The cohort meets 5 times during the school year for whole group professional development. Includes looking at student work, analyzing data from classroom walkthroughs, and identifying and developing best instructional practices that can transfer to the classroom.
PINER-OLIVET CHARTER SCHOOL, SANTA ROSA, CA
Student sharing art work used to create a culture or critique.
Outcome. Implementation of project based learning strategies and student reflection.
Instructional Practice and Student reflection.
Outcomes. Providing professional development for middle school staff (certified and classified) in
design and implementation of projects
Implementation of project based learning strategies
Implementation of student reflection
Supporting leadership in conducting classroom walkthroughs and observations of student metacognition on outcomes for learning, and proficiency levels.
Stevenson Elementary School, Mountain View, CA
Students at Stevenson Elementary engaged in making during a classroom observation.
Outcome. Implementation of inquiry based classroom and assessment for learning strategies
Providing professional development to deepen understanding of assessment for learning strategies and supporting teachers in 'Open Classrooms'; opportunities to observe each other through a structured observation protocol and provide feedback.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
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