Class Business:

FIRST, Google Classroom:

Open Google→click on the 9-square waffle→

Open Google Classroom→click the + on the right to join a class→enter the class code

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NEXT, Remind

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1 point extra credit on your vocab quiz if you join before 5:00 pm today

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3P Grading System

A holistic approach to evaluating learning

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Adapted from Teaching That Makes Sense - www.ttms.org

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of these questions

"What's my grade in here?"

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"How much is this assignment worth?"

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"If I get an 'A' on the next test,

will my grade go up to a 'C'?"

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"Do you have any extra credit in here?"

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"What do I need to do to get a 'B'?"

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"Did I miss anything important yesterday?"

The BEGINNING

of these questions

"What have you learned?"

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"What are you doing to improve?"

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"Are you taking the advice I offer you?"

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"Are you taking ownership of your performance results?"

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"What grade do you think you have in here?

Let's talk about it."

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"You missed a learning opportunity yesterday.

What will you do to make up for what you've missed?"

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The Traditional Point Percentage Method

• Your grade is the average of small (and sometimes very large) assessments
• Bombing a major test = digging a hole you cannot fully climb out of
• Your needs as a learner are not necessarily the same as your neighbor's.
• Your final overall grade may not reflect the tremendous progress you made as a student.

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Talk to your partner...

• If you never received a grade for an assignment, and if you never got a report card, how would you know how you were doing?
• How would you learn to improve over time?

Evaluation in the Real World

• In the world outside of school, we tend to judge the people we interact with regularly on a holistic basis.

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• Our evaluations often break into three traits: participation, progress, and performance.

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�Evaluation in the Real World

We've all known coworkers or teammates who we judged...

• as being incredibly talented (performance)
• but difficult to get along with (participation)

Evaluation in the Real World

We've all known people who...

• while not particularly talented (performance),
• worked very hard (participation),
• and made consistent improvement (progress).

Evaluation in the Real World

Then there are some people who...

• get by on hard work alone (participation);
• they never seem to get better (progress) and
• they never seem to do anything really great (performance)
• But because they are so great to work with, our overall judgment of them is positive.

3P Grading

PARTICIPATION

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PERFORMANCE

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PROGRESS

The Whole Learner

Review

• What do the 3P’s in 3P stand for?
• How much is each category worth?

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Why PARTICIPATION is so important

• Participation is the key to maximizing achievement for every student.
• The harder you try, the higher you fly.
• In life we can't always determine our results, but we can always determine our effort.

Why PARTICIPATION is so important

• Effort is often the determining factor in how well human beings perform over long periods of time.
• It provides an incentive for you to monitor your own conduct.
• It also gives me as your teacher a powerful and appropriate tool when intervention is required to resolve persistent problems.

Talk to your partner...

• Take a look at the Expectations for Participation
• Review the seven expectations with your partner
• Discuss what each one would look like in this class.
• Be ready to share out.

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Expectations for Participation

1. Come to class every day.
2. Come prepared: Bring necessary materials to class consistently and complete all homework assignments before coming to class.
3. Follow directions the first time they are given and stay on task.
4. Put full effort and focus into the class activities.
5. Share regularly. Give good feedback. Ask good questions.
6. Take ownership of your results; be accountable; don’t blame; don't make excuses.
7. Ask for help when you need it; use the advice the teacher offers you.

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How Participation is Graded

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• I observe and document classroom behavior.
• I favor trends and patterns over individual highs and lows.

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Why PROGRESS

is so important

• Progress is simply learning.
• Any learning that has occurred during the grading period is progress made.
• How can a learner progress:
• Improvement in participation
• Improvement in performance
• The setting and achieving of specific goals

How Progress is Graded

• What I consider:
• Meeting grade-level appropriate standards and objectives (daily/weekly/end-of-year, etc.)
• Meeting my explicitly-stated expectations for you.
• Achieving the specific, realistic goals that you've set for yourself.

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Why PERFORMANCE

is so important

• Performance refers to the quality of student work
• How well you do on tests, papers, projects, homework, and any other tasks I assign.
• This is the data used to demonstrate proficiency

How Performance is Graded

• You will be provided with
• rubrics and exemplars
• portfolios to store evidence
• conferences with your teacher

The Real World Grading Scale

Four Keys to 3P Grading

• Students are evaluated on participation, progress, and performance.
• Students assess themselves in a way that counts for 50% of their final grade.
• Participation is more important than progress or performance.
• Grades are calculated based on a collection of work over time.

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Questions?

1. How can I teach you to assess yourself accurately?

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• What if you lie or try to deceive me in some way?

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• What if you can't manage a collection or the self-assessment process?

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Grades in the World of Work

Step 1: Choose a store that you frequent on a regular basis. (Starbucks, Forever 21, McDonald’s…)

Step 2: Think about the performance of workers at that particular store.

Step 3: If you had to give a grade to evaluate the workers, how would you describe what an "A" worker does to deserve that grade? How is that different from what a "B" worker does? To a "C" worker? How about a "D" worker? Be specific.

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The World of Work: Job Evaluations

• Reflect back to any experiences you've had working (this doesn’t have to be a paid job).
• How did you know when you were doing a good job?
• What situations caused you to work to improve the job you were doing?

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Traditional Grading

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3P

The Conference

• I define to you my expectations for participation, progress, and performance, and give each trait a percentage weight (early on in the grading period).
• You collect relevant work during the grading period (portfolios).
• You assess yourself by completing a written reflection and giving themselves a letter grade for participation, progress, and performance (before the conference)
• I then review collections, reflections, and student-supplied grades (the conference)
• I assign a grade for participation, progress, and performance and the final grade is calculated (post-conference).

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