Want to jumpstart your Learning Team? FAME Basecamp offers resources and ideas to inspire and re-energize FAME Coaches and Learning Teams for the formative assessment journey ahead.
“With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.”
What do experts say about the formative assessment process and its impact?
What do experts say about the formative assessment process and its impact?
“We know of no other school improvement innovation that can claim effects of the nature or size.”
Dr. Margaret Heritage describes the formative assessment process and how it empowers teachers and students to propel student learning forward.
View this animated illustration of a keynote presentation by Margaret Heritage (at the 2021 Building a Better Assessment Future Conference).
What are students saying about why formative assessment is important for their learning?
What are students saying about why formative assessment is important for their learning?
“The learning target is important to me because it shows me what I need to start off the day in class. It helps me understand why I’m doing what I’m doing and helps me regain focus back on the learning.”
Ashlynn, an 11th grader, explains how her teacher makes learning targets clear to students.
Ryan, a 12th Grader, describes a process for student self-assessment.
How do Learning Teams support collaboration and community?
How do learning teams support collaboration and community?
“We have been collaborating on the best practices for engagement in virtual settings and have been brainstorming strategies to assess needs in that format. We are looking at ways to manipulate and change F2F formative assessment practices to a virtual practice.”
Jay Schreur, a high school social studies teacher at MGLVA, answers the question, “What was our FAME team’s role in supporting the high school last year?”
How does the formative assessment process help teachers become more effective?
How does the formative assessment process help teachers become more effective?
“I continue to implement more formative assessment (practice) to make instruction more meaningful as students come back to the classrooms.”
Drew Cope, a high school social studies teacher at MGLVA, answers the question, “How has your work with FAME helped you to become a more effective teacher?”
Reach out to your Learning Team! Here are some ideas to get you started on your first or next FAME Learning Team meeting.
Reach out to your Learning Team! Here are some ideas to get you started on your first or next FAME Learning Team meeting.
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Teams explore individual strengths and how those might support the team as a whole.
View this animated illustration of a keynote presentation by Margaret Heritage (at the 2021 Building a Better Assessment Future Conference).
Where do you want to start and where do you want to go? Use these resources to help your Learning Team and individual teachers identify and reach goals.
Where do you want to start and where do you want to go? Use these resources to help your Learning Team and individual teachers identify and reach goals.
Connect with your administrator about the power of formative assessment and the importance of your Learning Team. Start or continue a conversation! These resources can help.
Connect with your administrator about the power of formative assessment and the importance of your Learning Team. Start or continue a conversation! These resources can help.
Abby Brown, high school principal at Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy, answers the question, “How do administrators at MGLVA support its FAME teams?”
FAME Learning Team members at Springport High School say their time together has become a crucial factor in their own professional growth. Their team serves as a catalyst to take their learning into classroom practice, with a focus on helping students achieve. Tanya Newland, a secondary building administrator, initiated and supported FAME engagement.
