Learn+About+Students

You can learn about your students through:


 * Observations**
 * @ lunch
 * in class
 * beginning of the year (all about me questions)
 * have them write a journal entry every day
 * icebreaker activities
 * When Learning (Questions to Ask)**
 * What is their understanding of the content knowledge
 * How quick can the teacher go
 * Do the students have academic language?
 * Do they use more non-academic language?
 * What is their interest on topics?
 * Look at Students Work Samples**
 * Work samples can be found in the CUM folder
 * Can find other health and disability information in the CUM folder.
 * CUM folder found in school office
 * Learn through students observation**
 * - Content knowledge-** are students aware of subject, do students have any understanding of whole concepts
 * -Academic Language-** are students able to use appropriate terms for subject
 * -Interest on topic-** observe student enthusiasm, what he likes/does not like


 * Outside Sources:**
 * Hold parent conferences in person, phone or e-mail (interests, strong subjects, areas of focus)
 * Talk with previous teachers (motivation advice, discipline help)
 * Ask recess supervisors/yard duties (behaviors/attitudes, cooperation/sharing)


 * Learn about students by surveying them for information.**


 * Learn about students through assessment:**
 * Formal assessment: chapter tests, standardized testing, etc.
 * Formative assessment: regular quizzes, ongoing observations, etc.
 * Summative assessment: Chapter tests (assess knowledge accumulated over an extended period of time.)
 * Informal assessments: Observe student behavior in the classroom (group and individual time).
 * Why we assess: to track student progress and decide where we need to meet their needs. Helps to decide where to start and how to pace lessons.
 * drives instruction (if everyone bombed the test, the test was too hard, if half bombed the test small groups are appropriate, if everyone passed the test it was too easy)
 * use the process of elimination to find out what went wrong with the test like a car repair man assesses a broken car.

This contains all the following information- - Health history (allergies, ADD, ADHD, etc) - Vision and hearing tests - Any learning disabilities - Any important information pertaining to the child’s education thus far as well as any behavioral issues experienced thus far. - **//__ This folder is extremely valuable and is therefore locked away in a cabinet in an office and is NEVER allowed to leave the room unless the child has moved and is transferring to a new school. __//** If it is necessary to move the folder to the new school, then it needs to go through an entire cycle of first being sent to the district office and then to the new school. - Individual Education Plan - This is the plan which is developed once a child has been confirmed with a learning disability of any kind. - It is decided by having the parents of the child, the teacher, the special education teacher, and the principle meet together to set goals in which the child can work towards obtaining within the year. - These goals will not look like the standardized goals set forth for the other children in the class however, if these goals are all met, the goals will supersede to grades on the report cards (even if the grades depict the child as failing every subject).
 * The CUM Folder: **
 * IEP: **