Customize proficiencies (Introduced/Practiced/Mastered/Needs More)
The ability to customize what the proficiencies are per school.
For example, you might want:
After a student is given a "masterable" lesson, there is oftena period of practicing, then proficiency, before I would feel comfortable marking "mastered".
The continuum I think of is " presented, practicing, proficient, mastered"
or presented, developing, proficient / mastered. is there a way I can change the key to fit my sense of observation / assessment?
Is the "needs more work" equivalent to "practicing"?
Also, what is the distinction between a "masterable" lesson and an "ongoing" one?
Nadine
shared this idea
This is now possible by customizing your lesson scale. See the email we just sent out, or read our blog at blog.transparentclassroom.com for more info.
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Brecca
commented
At least having something in between "introduced" and "mastered" would be helpful. Many parents at conferences have asked why their child has only been introduced to so many things and hasn't mastered them. They assume their child has only done the work once. Any many others don't understand that there is (and should be) a big gap between the introduction and mastering. A "practicing" label would be a step toward educating some parents that practice is important.
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Yvonne Froehlich
commented
I would like to be able to note that I had presented lessons in all areas of the curriculum - whether the child is practicing or not - often I present lessons in (particularly in geography and history) that the child does not practice - I'd like to be able to show the child when the lesson was given, as well as observe when it is being practiced
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Remember you can always enter a story from the activity page. For example, saying:
"@RobbySmith continued to work with #PinkTower today and is SO CLOSE! I'm excited to see what he does next with it"
This is exactly qualitative feedback that I would argue is much more valuable to parents than:
"@RobbySmith practiced #PinkTower"
Or even better & easier, take a picture and tag it with his name + the lesson name!
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Kelly Nastasi
commented
I completely agree! Parents ask me how their child is doing and there is a long time between something that is introduced and something that is mastered. I really like "presented, practicing, proficient, mastered." I used something similar when I had MRX, (but there was much I DIDN'T like about MRX) and the parents seemed to really like that. It gave more quantitative data to the work they're doing. As a 6-12 teacher, my students are going off to Middle School and this is the closest thing I give to a report card, and parents need all the information they can get. And, the schools request these progress forms, and giving as much information as possible is really important.
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Tiffany Brown
commented
I totally agree. It would also be great if there was a way to click if the child is "having difficulty", especially with social-emotional issues.