Assessing Academic Assessing Academic ConversationsConversations

Session 2Session 2

Presented by:

Cynthia Godoy, NBCT&

Kit McConnell, NBCT

Monday April 27 3:30 – 5 pm

Goals of the Grant: To build a statewide network of accomplished classroom teachers and other education leaders who will:

•provide expertise for the instructional shifts needed to implement the CCSS in ELA and Mathematics, and the NGSS;

•support the design and implementation of school-based professional learning around instructional practice;

•create and lead regional professional development;

•become a resource for continued instructional support statewide by communicating and coordinating with CTA/local associations, school districts, county offices of education, and the California Department of Education.

• Reflect on experiences facilitating academic conversations

• Share instructional plans that incorporate academic conversations

• Discuss strategies for implementing student assessed academic conversations

• Identify benefits and challenges of using academic conversations

• Collaborate around structures to support various conversations

Engaged participants will…Engaged participants will…

THETHE 4 4 C’S C’S OF THE OF THE COMMON COMMON CORE STATE CORE STATE STANDARDSSTANDARDS

In PracticeIn Practice

• Adaptations/Know your students• Student Feedback• Participant’s Reflection share artifacts

In PracticeIn PracticeVideo AnalysisVideo Analysis

Successes Challenges

Take note of what went well and what needs improvement

Adapting academic Adapting academic conversationsconversations

Form a group of 4 – 5

5 points

5 points

Experiencing academic Experiencing academic conversationsconversations

Choose a role:•Facilitator: Assures full participation

• Assessor: Monitors and evaluates conversation

• Time Keeper: Keeps group on task • Reporter: Communicates group findings publicly

(Groups of 5 will have duplicate roles)

The TextThe Text1.View/read the text 2.Think critically about what information is presented3.Discuss your ideas with your group4.Formulate one question on the poster as a group

You will spend 8 minutes at each poster talking. After all rotations, each poster will contain 5 questions.

Play your rolePlay your role

Assessor: - Observe text based conversations,

and assess the academic conversation using the “TALKS” handout.

- Pay particular attention to participants using K (knowledge from the text)

Play your rolePlay your role

Facilitator: Lead your group’s conversation.

• Consider the strategies you can utilize to promote participation of all group members. Foster conversation about the text.

Play your rolePlay your role

Reporter: Summarize your group’s conversation, and be prepared to share out. You will report following your conversation about the fifth poster.

Play your rolePlay your role

Timekeeper: Decide on the best ways to alert your group to the time limitations. Communicate the tools that you’ll use before your group begins.

For 8 minutes your group will have an academic conversation. The assessor will observe participation.

Instructional ShiftsInstructional Shifts

Report OutReport Out

• Assessor’s perspective

• Measuring success

Keep Collecting and sharing…Keep Collecting and sharing…Artifacts related to the academic

conversation: TALKS form Questions on index card Recorder/reporter notesVideo Short piece of student writing that was a

result to the conversation Other ideas…

Resources…Resources…SBAC sample activitiesSBAC promptsSBAC performance taskBenchmark assessmentsAnytime students have to writeVisual textsAVID Weekly

EvaluationEvaluationAccess evaluation at:• www.rlstevenson.net

Click on the following:• DepartmentsEnglish Language Arts Assessing

ConversationsSession 2