Middle and High School Teachers the Details

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Middle and High School Teachers the Details

• Susan Leddick

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Jeff Hoseley Social Studies

• Department Chair
• Teaches required courses in American Government,
  Economics
• Serves as an athletic coach
• About 2400 kids in the high school
• Using these methods for 7 years
• Has taught other teachers

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The Process We Used

• No Secrets
• Decide what you want them to know
• Decide the order you are going to teach it
• Tell the students what you are going to teach
• Do it
• See how you are doing

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The List The Quiz

• Learning Outcomes
• Learning Outcomes Quiz
• Class Progress
• Individual progress
• Department Progress

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Learning Outcomes for American Government 1-2

• Unit 5 State and Local
• 71. A good citizen is someone who votes, pays
  taxes, and obeys the laws.
• 72. Communities benefit from services provided by
  philanthropic organizations, local business, and
  community members.
• 73. State and local governments provide services
  that promote safety and education, as well as,
  recreational opportunities.
• 74. State and local governments receive revenues
  from various taxes, fees, levies, and the passage
  of bonds.
• 75. The President, Vice President, Governor,
  Lieutenant Governor, mayor of Meridian, mayor of
  Boise, and Idaho Congressional delegation are
  _____________ .
• 76. Small groups and individuals can demonstrate
  more power in local governments.
• 77. Native Americans have sovereign rights in
  Idaho and other states.
• 78. Federalism exists when there is a strong
  national government that directs local
  governments.

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• 7. What are the six purposes of the United States
  government as listed in the Preamble?
• 44. Whose job is it to enforce policies and laws?

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Progress towards YEAR END Outcomes
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Second Semester Still Progressing
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An Individual View of the Whole
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They Still Remember
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Compared to the Class...
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No Let Down
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A Look Across Classes
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Kevin Baker - Vocabulary

• List of 200 key vocabulary words for high school
  juniors
• Sample by square root of 200 (14 items) per week
• Words come from literature, usage lists
• Will also be used to develop Special Ed list

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Barbara Nelson - Geometry

• Terms, concepts, theorems
• Learning like a rocket!
• By the time I get there, they already know so
  much!

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Barbara Nelsons Geometry Class Run Chart
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Deb Molina-Walters Middle School Science

• By the time the kids took the state test, they
  had seen all the content for the year lots of
  times. They did better than any other group of
  students in the districtand better than any
  other group of students I had ever taught!

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Hope Shawley Music (Choir)

• The Essential Music Fun Facts
• Weve been studying. Somebody in class knows
  everything on the list except these five items
  youll have to teach them!

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Dave Brown - Art

• Since 1997
• Failure rate of about 50 before
• After one semester, failure rate of 5
• Linchpin of Daves National Board Certification

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From Knowledge to Performance

• Learn the basics in order to do the complex
• Sampling and counting work here, too
• Modify the graphs to show rubric levels or counts

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Jeff Burgard MS Homework Rubric
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Jana Vance - Writing

• Sample all semestergrade at the end
• Five 1-1 conferences at random four times a
  semester
• Tally errors, provide feedback, re-write
• Roll the dice at semester end

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Deb Molina-Walters MS Science Lab

• Give the rubric to students
• Conduct first lab and write report
• Self-edit, peer-edit, teacher score (no grade),
  keep paper for reference
• After 4 labs, select 2 for portfolio, teacher
  grades one (by rubric)

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Deb Molina-Walters
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Kevin Baker Grants HS Faculty - Reading

• Monitor speed and comprehension
• Theory raise speed, then comprehension to 80
  repeat
• Results from 95 seconds to read a 400-word
  passage to 15!
• And holding across summer vacation!
• All core subjects now monitoring

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Dave Brown - Art

• Rubric for Design Projects
• Self-score
• Peer-score
• Teacher score

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David Bell - Music

• Rhythm Patterns