Practicum Group Meetings
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OVERVIEW of LOOKING AT STUDENT WORK
We wanted interns and mentors to have a space to discuss their work as educators, to connect the theory of the coursework to the reality of the classroom, and to share experience and ideas to improve their work with students. We call this space Practicum Group Meetings: a weekly "get-together" of interns and mentors to work and grow as educators.
Practicum Group Meetings last about one hour and draw mainly from the ideas of Looking at Student Work (LASW), a website created by an association of educators and researches to help us do the very work we want to accomplish. The best way to better understand LASW is to visit their site -->
Below is the introduction:
Introduction
This web site represents an association of individuals and educational organizations that focus on looking at student work to strengthen connections between instruction, curriculum, and other aspects of school life to students' learning.This association grew from a meeting on "Examining Student Work and School Change" held in Chicago in October 1998, hosted by theChicago Learning Collaborative and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
The site is offered as a resource for teachers, administrators, staff developers, and others who work with teachers, schools, and students.
Looking at Student Work provides ideas and resources about a set of practices we term "looking at student work."
Beliefs about Looking at Student Work
These practices for looking at student work reflect common principles:
The practices typically involve groups of teachers (and others) in collaborative inquiry into student learning through a close study of samples of student work.
Purposes for Looking
There are a range of purposes for looking at student work. These purposes include:
Practicum Group Meetings last about one hour and draw mainly from the ideas of Looking at Student Work (LASW), a website created by an association of educators and researches to help us do the very work we want to accomplish. The best way to better understand LASW is to visit their site -->
Below is the introduction:
Introduction
This web site represents an association of individuals and educational organizations that focus on looking at student work to strengthen connections between instruction, curriculum, and other aspects of school life to students' learning.This association grew from a meeting on "Examining Student Work and School Change" held in Chicago in October 1998, hosted by theChicago Learning Collaborative and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
The site is offered as a resource for teachers, administrators, staff developers, and others who work with teachers, schools, and students.
Looking at Student Work provides ideas and resources about a set of practices we term "looking at student work."
Beliefs about Looking at Student Work
These practices for looking at student work reflect common principles:
- Students' work in schools is serious work
- Students' work is key data about the life of the school
- The work of children and adults in school should be public.
The practices typically involve groups of teachers (and others) in collaborative inquiry into student learning through a close study of samples of student work.
Purposes for Looking
There are a range of purposes for looking at student work. These purposes include:
- professional development;
- accountability (determining the effectiveness of curriculum and instruction);
- setting standards; and
- reflecting on student learning and development.
RESOURCES
Looking at Student Work website
Go here for a detailed explanation of LASW, how to guides, and sample protocol conversations.
A good protocol to use:
The Collaborative Assessment Conference was developed in part by Harvard's Project Zero.
Other great protocols and resources:
Go here for a detailed explanation of LASW, how to guides, and sample protocol conversations.
A good protocol to use:
The Collaborative Assessment Conference was developed in part by Harvard's Project Zero.
- overview of the protocol
- a virtual walk through of the protocol (very helpful!)
- a pdf download of the protocol steps
Other great protocols and resources:
