AER Strategy Form

Record One Question/Concern   for each of the 8 policies	Growing Success  Grades 1 to 12 Policies	Choose 3 policies you want to learn more  deeply about Curate 2 resources for each of the 3 policies	Write a Brief Summary  of each resource, explaining how it contributes to your understanding of that policy
How will I use assessment and evaluation to improve student learning?	Fundamental Principles
How will I evaluate learning skills and work habits?	Learning Skills & Work Habits	(2017, January). Learning Skills and Work Habits. York Region District School Board. Retrieved from http://www.yrdsb.ca/AboutUs/ReportingStudentAchievement/Documents/LearningSkillsandWorkHabitsBrochure.pdf (2013). Learning Skills and Work Habits at School. DDSB Ignite Learning. Retrieved from https://www.ddsb.ca/Parents/HelpingYourChildSucceed/TheProvincialReportCard/Pages/Learning-Skills-and-Work-Habits-at-School.aspx	The Ministry of Education emphasizes the significance of developing learning skills and work habits in children. Students benefit when teachers model the skills and habits and explain how they will be assessed and evaluated. The development of these skills and habits needed to succeed in school and life starts in the early grades. Students will be provided with learning opportunities in order to develop their learning skills and work habits. There is a “learning skills and work habits” section on progress reports and report cards. These include responsibility, organization, independent work, collaboration, initiative, and self-regulation.
How will I assess and evaluate content and performance standards?	Performance Standards: The Achievement Chart
How can I engage in assessment as learning to help students to be independent?	Assessment for Learning and as Learning
How do I improve student learning through assessment and evaluation?	Evaluation	(2016). Effective school evaluation: how to so and use internal evaluation for improvement. Education Review Office. Retrieved from https://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/effective-school-evaluation/ Miller, D. (2017, May). Importance of School Monitoring and Evaluation Systems. Lean System Society. Retrieved from http://leansystemssociety.org/importance-of-school-monitoring-and-evaluation-systems/	This resource describes what effective internal evaluation is, what it involves, and how to go about it in ways that will enhance educational outcomes for students. It draws on knowledge about internal evaluation and schools that have used it to inform the development of strategies successful in raising achievement.  Evaluating in the measurements of success. This leads to a summative assessment of current practices within the school, then informs future planning for learning and teaching. Evaluation is important for accountability, performance, and planning.
	Reporting Student Achievement
How can I design my lessons to accommodate the needs of students with special education?	Students with Special Education Needs, Modifications, Accommodations and Alternative programs
How do we figure out which modifications and accommodations students need to succeed?	English language Learners: Accommodations & Modifications	Woodson, K. 7 ESL Modifications to Set Your Students Up for Success. FluentU. Retrieved from https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-modifications/ Mills, S. Adaptations and Accommodations for ELL Students in Reading. Study.com. Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/adaptations-accommodations-for-ell-students-in-reading.html	It is crucial for teachers to choose appropriate modifications and accommodations in order to make the content more accessible to ELL students. ESL modifications for lesson plans that will make learning easier including alternate response, advance notes, extended time, etc.  Teachers learn strategies for adapting materials and providing accommodations ELL students. The first step to accommodate ELL students in reading is to promote reading. ELL students should be provided equal access to curriculum through the use of accommodations.