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How are you making students feel?

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As an attempt to change up how I am blogging and am starting to record videos on my thoughts.  I usually have plenty of time to record a 4-5 minute video while I am driving to and from the school.  I figured this would give me a more authentic posting and more frequent posting as well.  I rarely have time to sit down and write a long post about what I am learning or struggles that I am going through to share with other educators.  So for 2018, it is my hope that this will inspire you and help you along your way to being a successful educator.  You can find a link to my YouTube Channel on the sidebar.

Remember, what will you do with the time that you have been given? (#WWYDWTTTYHBG)

Creating Rubrics: Tools & Guidelines

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Some teachers say they use rubrics for everything and they do.  Some of those rubrics that I have seen that they use are horrible and just thrown together without taking the learner into consideration nor do they even define the proficient level for each student.

Here is a post from ASCD about creating rubrics and online tools you can use to create yours.

Education Update:Planning for Processing Time Yields Deeper Learning:Guidelines for Creating Rubrics:

Identify the proficient level first. In a four-tier rubric, we recommend that teachers identify level 3 of the rubric first. This level is an acceptable score and shows proficiency at performing the task or understanding the content.

Build the rest of the rubric around proficiency. From this point, building the remainder of the rubric is fairly easy: a 1 shows minimal understanding or performance; a 2 shows some understanding/performance but with significant gaps; and a 4 shows an advanced level of understanding or performance.

Focus on growth. Finally, we recommend that if you use a 0 at all, it should state “Not enough evidence at this point to assess understanding.” This way, even scoring at the lowest level of the rubric sends students the message that their level of performance can be improved.