Growing Success

GROWING SUCCESS: WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

Learning Skills & Work Habits

• Responsibility
• Organization
• Independent work
• Collaboration
• Initiative
• Self-regulation

"The development of learning skills and work habits is an integral part of a student’s learning. To the extent possible, however, the evaluation of learning skills and work habits, apart from any that may be included as part of a curriculum expectation in a subject or course, should not be considered in the determination of a student’s grades" (Ministry of Education, 2010, p. 10).

Report Cards

• Ontario Student Record (OSR)
• Ontario Student Transcript (OST)

"communication with parents and students about student achievement should be continuous throughout the course, by means such as parent-teacher or parent-student-teacher conferences, portfolios of student work, student-led conferences, interviews, phone calls, checklists, and informal reports. Communication about student achievement should be designed to provide detailed information that will encourage students to set goals for learning, help teachers to establish plans for teaching, and assist parents in supporting learning at home" (Ministry of education, 2010, p. 54).

Differentiated learning: accommodations & modifications

Accommodations: change in procedure allowing student to showcase learning

Accommodations:

Modifications: changes made to grade-level expectations in order to meet a student's learning needs. Ongoing assessment can be used to determine next steps.

changes in procedure allowing student to demonstrate learning

1. Special Needs Students: alternative settings, alternative methods to demonstrate achievement of expecations, visual supports clarify verbal instructions, assisstive devices
2. ELL: the use of student's first language, pre-teaching key words, alternative methods to dmeonstrate achiemvent of expectations, extra time, oral and written instructions

Government of Ontario, Ministry of Education. (2010). Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting In Ontario Schools. Retrieved from: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/growsuccess.pdf