*Welcome to English 3 and 4

PLT Leaders Meeting

English Wiki wcpssenglish.pbworks.comCLICK PLT LeadersFebruary 18th >Powerpoint

Performance Tasks for Rigorous Thinking

*Promoting Student

Learning

*Today’s Objectives

Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this session, participants will be

able to… 

1. Explain WHY Performance Tasks are valuable instructional and assessment structures for deep learning.

2. List 7 key skills that students must be able to demonstrate on Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks.

3. List 5 instructional techniques that teachers should use to train students for complex, integrated thinking.

Today’s Agenda

When What Who How

3:30 Welcome Sara Overview

3:40The Student Experience

Participants

Classroom Experience

4:20 The Who and WhatParticipant

sLarge Group discussion

4:30 The Why Sara Mini-Presentation

4:35

What’s Next for Teaching and Learning Cycles?

Participants

Small Group Collaboration and

Report

4:55 Self-AssessmentParticipant

sTurn and Talk

Fist to Five

Learn by Doing

*What is a Performance Task?

*You will need

Packet of information1. Part 1 Instructions—

(yellow)2. Notetaking chart3. 4 Sources• Wikipedia• Letter-Washington

Post• Letter-Ottumwa

Courier• Reason.com

4.Research Questions • Part 2 Instructions

(yellow)Digitals at http://sqworl.com/8lfkbx

Read Part 1*Let’s Begin…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alrxqx_B34s

James Hansen on Nuclear Energy

CNN Report: Fukushima’s Meltdown Zone a Year Laterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6oQAyunXqk

*Continue with Part 1 Tasks…

Part 2*Let’s Continue…

What ARE Performance Tasks?

*So…

What skills

do they

require?

What content knowledge do they require?

* Effect on Knowledge*Traditional testing and tasks: *Do you know it?*Performance assessment and tasks:*How well can you use what you know?

* Integrates content knowledge, process skills, work habits, and authentic literacy *Why Use

Performance Tasks?Hibbard et al. Teacher’s Guide to Performance Based Learning and Assessment. (1996).

*Upcoming NC Accountability Measures*Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/ *Multi-State consortium to develop CCSS-aligned tests*NC chose to work with SBAC, not PARCC*4 Item and Task Types*Selected Response*Technology-Enhanced*Constructed Response*Performance Tasks

*Why Use Performance

Tasks?

Performance Tasks

* Strategic

and Extended Thinking

*Why Use Performance

Tasks?

The5E

Instructional Model

*Why Use Performance Tasks?

* The use of Performance Tasks…*Does not change the curriculum significantly … BUT…*DOES influence teachers to use a wide array of instructional strategies modeled on the Performance Tasks their districts have developed

*Why Use Performance

Tasks?Research Report. How Performance Assessments Affect Teaching and Learning (ASCD, 1995).

* Effect on Student Learning*More engagement with project-based tasks than other assignments*Better writing skills and habits*Better study habits*More rigorous content challenge

*Why Use Performance

Tasks?Research Report. How Performance Assessments Affect Teaching and Learning (ASCD, 1995).

* Authentic-scenario project-based learning tasks* Reading, writing, speaking, listening, research, product* Integrate content knowledge, process skills, and work

habits* Teach (or assess) multiple standards within a focused task* Can range from short activities (partial class) to polished

projects for authentic audience (multiple classes)* Better measure than traditional test of *Depth of understanding*Research skills*Complex analysis*Critical thinking*Ability to “pull it all together”

*What are PerformanceTasks?

How long does it take for students to learn all of these skills?

What is the best way to teach all of these skills?

*What’s Next for Teaching and

Learning Cycles?

List as many skills as you can that students must have to be successful on Performance Task Assessments.

How are teachers at your school already giving students the learning experiences they need to learn those skills?

What changes to the student learning experience do teachers need to design and implement?

*Look closely

* Go to http://www.smarterbalanced.org * Pull Down: Smarter Balanced Assessments* Click: Sample Items and Performance Tasks* Scroll down to English Language

Arts/Literacy (about halfway down)

* Click: English Language Arts/Literacy* Pull Down: View More English Language

Arts/Literacy Sample Items* Click: Nuclear Power (High School/Performance Task/Bottom

Right)

*Fist to 5 Self-Assessment

I Can…   Explain WHY Performance Tasks are valuable

instructional and assessment structures for deep learning.

List 7 key skills that students must be able to demonstrate on Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks.

List 5 instructional techniques that teachers should use to train students for complex, integrated thinking.

*Thank you!Your Primary Contact

Sara OverbyCoordinating Teacher for Secondary Literacysoverby@wcpss.net919-431-7571 (office)Crossroads 1, cube 2516 Another Great Resource

Catherine TrudellSenior Administrator for High School English

ctrudell@wcpss.net 919-431-7643 (office)

Crossroads 1, cube 2513

Wiki of Resources

>wcpssenglish.pbworks.com>Professional Resources > Literacy > >Training > Writing Performance Taskshttps://wcpssenglish.pbworks.com/w/page/73619954/Writing%20Performance%20Tasks

WCPSS Performance Task Writing TeamEng 3Geoff Thomas, Holly Springs HSAlicia Whitley, Leesville Rd HSEng 4Merry Noyes, Fuquay Varina HSSharon Winzeler, Broughton HS