{"id":281,"date":"2016-02-18T07:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/timrollwagen\/?p=281"},"modified":"2016-02-18T13:55:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T17:55:18","slug":"how-do-you-approach-dilemmas-in-your-classschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/timrollwagen\/2016\/02\/18\/how-do-you-approach-dilemmas-in-your-classschool\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you approach dilemmas in your class\/school?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, I spent much time figuring out the intricacies of applying project based learning\"\" in my grade 12 biology class<\/a>. \u00a0I shifted to teaching grade 11 biology this year and quickly realized upon reflecting from my experience last year, that I needed to iron out my approach to feedback and assessment in order to deepen student learning\u00a0while also having them practice the skills they need for 21st-century life in education. \u00a0At my school, I have found that there seems to be a significant gap in the conversation surrounding assessment. I began to approach a few people that I knew could help, both with my classroom dilemma and with a desire to start conversations around assessment in the wider community.<\/p>\n

Joe McCrae, who recently moved to our community and join the LCS faculty, had spent quite some time working with protocols designed by The National School Reform Faculty<\/a> who’s mission is to “empower educators to create meaningful learning experiences for all, by collaborating effectively in reflective democratic communities that foster educational equity and social justice.” \u00a0<\/em>He suggested that we offer up an opportunity to present my dilemmas surrounding assessment to the greater faculty. @ddoucet<\/a>, Joe, and I sent out an invite and were pleasantly surprised by the overwhelming response by people who wanted to talk more about assessment (approximately 40% of our faculty responded and wanted to be involved),\u00a0and I was happy to see that people were interested in working as a team to approach the dilemma I was having in my grade 11 biology class; perhaps a dilemma they were also having.\"\"<\/p>\n

The NSRF is a not-for-profit organization and offers several free protocols that allow for collaborative approaches to a variety of situations in your school and class. (Protocols from A-Z<\/a>). There are many so depending on what your goal is for the collaborative time with staff or students, will depend on which protocol fits. \u00a0As I was looking for consultation and feedback from my colleagues, we decided the Consultancy Protocol<\/a> would offer the best structure for me to get as much feedback on my Cohort 21 action plan and assessment dilemmas as possible.<\/p>\n

How does this look?<\/strong><\/p>\n

First of all, I presented a PBL activity that I had given to my students and explained the process of daily goal setting and reflective practice (using docAppender<\/a>). I also presented my self-assessment piece that the students had to complete and the rubric that I used to evaluate.<\/p>\n

Afterward, I presented my dilemmas:<\/p>\n