Conversion from

Traditional to
Performance-Based

Beneficial tools to help
begin the school year
Vision (should be district or school-wide)
Code of Cooperation (similar to a student contract or rules of your room)
Standard Operating Procedures (daily procedures that have specific tasks
to follow- ROUTINE)
Flowcharts (needed to show students their choice and direction of what
they should do)
Rubrics (tells students what their expectation is- I like picture rubrics
best for behavior rules)
Tools to use within
classroom teaching
parking lot (allows for voice and choice of
students and assists in determining teaching
needs)
affinity charts (used as a tool to organize
information into categories)
power voting (provides students voting
opportunities)
consens-o-gram (how invested students are or
how much they like something)
Tools to use as a quick
formative assessment
Thumbs (up, down, side)
Fist to 5 (time needed to work or discussion)
exit slips (ask students to answer a question
before they move on)
Think-Pair-Share (work independently, share
with partner)
Turn to your neighbor (ask a question, they tell
their partner, partner confirms if they know the
answer with a thumbs up/down)
Management of
Standards
Binder for each student (list of standards,
tracking forms, assessment information,
resource of materials)
Teacher tracking form for individual students
and which standards have been completed
ILP (individual learning plans)
Forms you are comfortable with to get students
from point a-b (I use many different types of
Action Plan forms)
Ways to differentiate
ILP
Pre-teach
video lessons (flipped classroom
style)/keynotes
wiki/portaportal
students teach others
choice boards
pacing (individualized, for specific groups, etc)
Grading
1-4 scale
when they are proficient grade is entered and
they move on to the next
rubrics are important for clarity
pathway vital as well (where are we, where are
we going)
Motivation
pace at my pace or faster (able to teach smaller
groups with more direct instruction)
competition with others or self
action plans (steps of how to get there)
Role of Teacher
learning facilitator within class
create lessons that align with common core
standards
create activities for students to practice standards
create assessments for standards (use Marzano
taxonomy)
classroom culture!!!!!
Role of Administrator
school culture
school vision/code of cooperation
support of resources/materials
time for PLC (professional learning
communities)
Training
RISC
CDD
online course
continual discussion at staff meetings
Plus/Delta
Independent Students
Goal Setting
Task focused
Clear Expectations
Real life application
allows for choice
Time to teach/set up lessons/assessments
need to be organized
need to motivate
noise level tolerance
resources for standards
Online tools
wiki: https://jenniferruel.wikispaces.com/
portaportal:
http://guest.portaportal.com/mrs.ruel
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