Assessment, Planning & InstructionSupporting Students,

Supporting Your Practiceby Joel Krentz - @joelkrentz

Assessment Reflection

PlanningInstruction

How do we assess? What do we want students to learn?

● big ideas and essential understandings● framing or guiding questions

● curriculum expectations ● learning skills ● achievement charts

Instruction is Driven by Assessment

How does planning with the end in mind benefit students?

● students are set up for success from the beginning● students know what is expected of them● students are more engaged as they have an active

part in their own learning

Student Success

What instructional strategies support student success?

● establish Learning Goals with students● create (or co-create) Success Criteria● provide ongoing, Descriptive Feedback● develop student ability to Self-Assess

Student Success

How does this improve our teaching practice?

● encourages collaboration and sharing amongst grade and division team members

● simplifies assessment practices by making them transparent, shared and well understood

● frees up teachers to spend more time helping students learn rather than teaching content

Effective Teaching

Ministry of Education

★ Learning for All★ Growing Success★ Planning Assessment with

Instruction

School Library Resources

● Understanding by Design by Wiggins & McTighe (PRO 375.001 WIG)

● Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design: Connecting Kids and Content by Tomlinson & McTighe (PRO 371.102 TOM)

Resources and Further Reading