Standard+8

=Standard 8 = =** Teachers know how to test for student progress. ** =

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The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil. ======

The piece of evidence that I am using is the, Integrated Multimedia Unit written for my high school Assistant Child Care Certification Class. During the lesson the students use their knowledge of how children develop from birth through 12 years of age to create a multimedia presentation. Throughout the lesson there are various activities/strategies that allows for me to check on how students are progressing. I have never taught this lesson using the multimedia component, but hopefully will be able to this fall.
 * Evidence 1:** Integrated Multimedia Lesson
 * Rationale 1:**

As a teacher it is important as a developing teacher to incorporating both formal and informally assessments throughout a unit. First, having informal assessments built into the lesson allows for me to see who understands the concept and who doesn’t. When doing this I can go back and clarify for the entire class or work with those individuals who are not getting the concept thus clearing up any misunderstandings they may have before moving on and giving a final assessment. This is both very important to me as a teacher because I can tweak the lesson as a go or when reflecting back on the process either by adding or deleting some of the unnecessary activities. As for student achievement, having informal assessments throughout the unit allows for the students to become more confident about the subject matter and then when the formal assessment is given they will be able to be successful.

In this lesson the teacher has included several assessment strategies to and instruments to allow for student growth throughout the lesson. In this lesson the teacher can check student understanding through observation of activities of brainstorming, small group work, and a give them a pop quiz in the form of a concept check just to see how they would do on a test. Since in this lesson students take the knowledge that they learned to construct a presentation the teacher has also included a step by step instruction sheet with a rubric which states what is expected to complete the project. In addition the teacher has included a self evaluation where the student can evaluate to the teacher what they did well and what they need to improve on.
 * K.D.S.**
 * 8. K. 2**
 * The teacher knows how to select, construct, and use assessment strategies and instruments appropriate to the learning outcomes being evaluated and to other diagnostic purposes.**

Teachers who allow students to evaluate their project and new skills that they have learned are allowing students to grow both personally and professionally. One skill I see that is missing in a lot of students is the ability to assess themselves critically and give examples of how the perform well as what they need to do to improve. This ability to self assess themselves will be a benefit to them for the rest of their life as they continue to learn and grow.
 * 8. B. 3**
 * The teacher uses assessment strategies to involve learners in self-assessment activities, to help them become aware of their strengths and needs and to help them to set personal goals for learning.**


 * 8. C. 1**
 * The teacher values ongoing assessment as essential to the instructional process and recognizes that many different assessment strategies, accurately and systematically used are necessary for monitoring and promoting student learning.**

Teachers who keep track of student’s progress throughout the learning experience may be able to intervene if a student is having a problem and give special attention and resources to help them gain this knowledge. So many times students who are not being successful during the lesson or feel left out may shut down and learning will not take place. In fact, teachers who use formal and informal strategies throughout the learning process will more than likely have more students who will succeed. One thing that I learned early on in my teaching career is that students who have success with their learning usually are intrinsically motivated to succeed again and a teacher who monitors student’s learning early and throughout the lesson will no doubt in my mind promote student learning.

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