Assessment Reflection

Q: Think about how you will use the Assessment page of your Digital Portfolio during your first teaching block. 

I will use my assessment page to remind myself my growth from what I though assessment in school was, and how it is actually more similar to my experience through singing lessons than I thought it would be. I will also use it as inspiration to motivate me to implement for, as and of learning strategies in not only my placement class, but also in extracurricular opportunities, like privately teaching in my home.

I will also use my assessment page, specifically the AER form, to use as reference to any questions or strategies I can use to help with assessment or planning ideas. I found some very comprehensive strategy guide on Assessment As Learning, as well as working with the Achievement Chart that I would like to really get to know more thoroughly.

Q: Choose 1 professional learning goal from your AER Strategy Form that you would want to emphasize during a job interview. 

I would talk about using the achievement chart to guide my lessons in an interview. I found an interesting resource that explained how to use the chart effectively, and it provided examples of how to implement each category in multiple facets. This is a key component and ability for differentiation, and to provide students with many different opportunities to demonstrate learning. Often, this is assumed in the end product, but I found it interesting that this resource suggested differentiating for each achievement chart category with performance, conversation and written strategies to assess knowledge, thinking, communication and application.