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Formative Assessment for Michigan Educators
(FAME)
Kent ISDApril 15, 2011
What is FAME?
The Michigan Department of Education and Measured Progress are in the third year (2010-11) of providing professional development for formative assessment coaches and their learning teams.
Since our first year, we have had the participation of approximately
100 coaches and nearly 900 educators as a part of learning teams.
Why is FAME important?
The Formative Assessment Process offers educators meaningful opportunities to explore classroom instructional practices and to provide intentional feedback to our students to increase learning.
Formative and summative assessments are interconnected. They provide different levels of information on student learning at different points in time.
Adapted from Ministry of Education Wellington, New Zealand
Assessment in Support of Learning
…it goes beyond merely providing judgments about student performance to providing rich descriptions of student performance
—Rick Stiggins, 2006
What does FAME look like?
Learning Team of 6-8 members
Principal is part of the team
A coach that is part ofthe team
What does the Learning Team do?
Meets at least 4 hoursper month
Tries new FA strategiesin their classrooms
Shares experiences Provides feedback
This is not a train the trainer program!
What Strategies does the Learning Team learn about?
Strategies vs. Tools
Learning Team’s Responsibility
Attend team launch Attend team meetings Be open to trying new strategies in
their classrooms Be willing to be open about their
teaching experiences, both good and bad
Be able to provide feedback to team members
Coach’s Responsibility
Attend Cognitive Coaching Training Attend Team Launch Participate in Webinars Participate in all team meetings Keep up-to-date on the Ning and
website All responsibilities of the Learning Team
apply
Principal’s Responsibility
Attend team launch Attend team meetings Participate in Webinars Be able to provide feedback to team
members Provide support to the Learning Team in
the implementation of new strategies in their classrooms
Provide time for the Learning Team to meet on a monthly basis
What have past learning teams done?
Baldwin Street Middle SchoolHudsonville Public Schools
•Principal•Assistant Principal •Teachers from Science, Math, and Social Studies
Once a month meeting, for 4 hoursTwo times for full day sessions
Hamilton High School
Met every two weeks Agenda Sharing Time –
› Discussions about readings› Interactive discussion concerning use of FA tools› How has this effected students?
Set individual goals for implementing next monthly theme
Set time for classroom visits
Hamilton High School
What resources does the project supply?
Is this just a one- year program?
What does the project not supply?
•Money for travel•Money for substitute teachers
Title II Funds can be used to pay for what the project
does not cover!
MDE anticipates inviting 60 new coaches to the project for
2011-2012
The deadline for coaches to apply is
April 29, 2011
•When do I have to have a learning team ready?
•When do learning teams apply?
For more information
Laura OttenFAME Regional CoachKent ISD School Improvement Consultant(616)[email protected]