November: Assessing Diverse Learners

Plan:  
When are you going to meet this month?  

Connect: 
What resources exist in your school and community that could assist new teachers this month?

Activities: 
 Your focus this month should be on  EVALUATION STANDARD 1 Curriculum and Planning

Discussion Topics for November

This list is not supposed to be covered completely but instead is a suggestion of topics that might come up.  Resources are linked when available.  

Standard I: Curriculum and Planning

• How are students being assessed and evaluated: Here is a list of 20 simple assessments you can do everyday.
• Linking lesson plans to assessment: This article shows how to link lesson, assessment, and objectives.  
• Formative/Summative Assessments: see here for a list of assessment types.
• Documenting progress and record keeping strategies
• Communicating with students about their progress

Standard II: Teaching All Students

• Tapping Into Students Prior Knowledge: Yeah, there is a video on that.  Here it is.
• A Variety of Ways to Observe Student Learning
• Using Rubrics/Portfolios to assess student learning  Here is a list of different strategies
• Students monitoring their own progress
• Classroom/Behavior Management: Again.  
• Looking at Student Work: A video on how to do this.

Standard III: Community and Parent Involvement

• Communicating with Parents

Standard IV: Professional Culture

• Deadlines for application for lateral movement for next year: Here is the form
• Procedures for tuition reimbursement: Here is the form

​Reflect/Goals: 
 Fill out the monthly mentor log 

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Click here for the Nurses Monthly Discussion Topics.  
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Click here for the Guidance Councilors Monthly Discussion Topics
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