Maintaining Accurate Records
What is component 4B?
An important job teachers have is to maintain accurate records for a multitude of instructional and non-instructional data. This could include grades, improvement, attendance, picture day forms, and much more. These different types of records also calls for different ways of organizing records. For example, grades and attendance might be kept on a chart or digital document. However, students' behavioral notes may be kept on notes within their portfolio. A teacher should be able to consider what approach fits best for each type of data. Organized and accurate records allow teachers to monitor student understanding.
Why do you need it?
Maintaining accurate records may take some time to set up, but in the long run it can save a lot of time. A teacher with well organized records will be able to efficiently enter or access them, with minimum loss of instructional time. It will also allow teachers to observe patterns or improvement over time. It would be very difficult to recall how ever student performed on every test, but this is important as it shows the teacher how to respond. However, a teacher could quickly access their records to decide a course of action. This can also be helpful for behavior management.
What are the elements?
Student completion of assignments: Many teachers have a system for recording homework completion and correctness.
Student progress in learning: A teacher should be monitoring student understanding during a lesson to gauge if they are learning the material. Collecting this information could be formal or informal.
Non-instructional records: Teachers often are tasked with collecting medical forms, permission slips, dues, and other non-instructional records. The teacher should make sure that these are not loss, especially when money or personal information is involved.
In the classroom:
*A teacher creates a spread sheet for any forms that are being submitted through them. They mark as each student submits the form, and the form and anything with it is stored with others from the class in a labeled manila folder.
*Students are divided into teams, and each week one student from each team is responsible for taking the teams attendance. Another student will collect homework, and place it on the teacher's desk.
*The teacher creates a spreadsheet for each student that is shared with the student. The teacher could then enter grades, and the student could see improvement and share this information with their parents. The teacher could even have students help enter their grades into this spreadsheet.
What is component 4B?
An important job teachers have is to maintain accurate records for a multitude of instructional and non-instructional data. This could include grades, improvement, attendance, picture day forms, and much more. These different types of records also calls for different ways of organizing records. For example, grades and attendance might be kept on a chart or digital document. However, students' behavioral notes may be kept on notes within their portfolio. A teacher should be able to consider what approach fits best for each type of data. Organized and accurate records allow teachers to monitor student understanding.
Why do you need it?
Maintaining accurate records may take some time to set up, but in the long run it can save a lot of time. A teacher with well organized records will be able to efficiently enter or access them, with minimum loss of instructional time. It will also allow teachers to observe patterns or improvement over time. It would be very difficult to recall how ever student performed on every test, but this is important as it shows the teacher how to respond. However, a teacher could quickly access their records to decide a course of action. This can also be helpful for behavior management.
What are the elements?
Student completion of assignments: Many teachers have a system for recording homework completion and correctness.
Student progress in learning: A teacher should be monitoring student understanding during a lesson to gauge if they are learning the material. Collecting this information could be formal or informal.
Non-instructional records: Teachers often are tasked with collecting medical forms, permission slips, dues, and other non-instructional records. The teacher should make sure that these are not loss, especially when money or personal information is involved.
In the classroom:
*A teacher creates a spread sheet for any forms that are being submitted through them. They mark as each student submits the form, and the form and anything with it is stored with others from the class in a labeled manila folder.
*Students are divided into teams, and each week one student from each team is responsible for taking the teams attendance. Another student will collect homework, and place it on the teacher's desk.
*The teacher creates a spreadsheet for each student that is shared with the student. The teacher could then enter grades, and the student could see improvement and share this information with their parents. The teacher could even have students help enter their grades into this spreadsheet.
Resources:
Chart. (2015). [image] Available at: https://www.pexels.com/photo/notebook-working-macbook-computer-34177/ [Accessed 28 Nov. 2017].
PDE SAS. (2011). The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument. [online] Available at: http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf [Accessed 27 Nov. 2017].
Chart. (2015). [image] Available at: https://www.pexels.com/photo/notebook-working-macbook-computer-34177/ [Accessed 28 Nov. 2017].
PDE SAS. (2011). The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument. [online] Available at: http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf [Accessed 27 Nov. 2017].