- by Amnah Hzaiyen
- Sunday, February 16, 2020
This week we had a half-day, however it was not a regular half-day schedule. The students had two specials to attend so there was a lot of plan time for the teachers. While the students were attending an assembly, my CT and I attending a professional development meeting on progress monitoring critical areas of need for each grade level. For third grade, that critical area is IAR Planning. I definitely felt it was important to hold that meeting to create more of an awareness on the importance of progress monitoring for the IAR, especially with it being right around the corner. However, I kind of felt it was useless in a way because they didn't really give any tips on how to monitor it. Progress monitoring in theory has been around for many many years at it assists the teacher in understanding the critical needs of the students and track their understanding and progress. My CT mentioned during the meeting how she wished there were other ways to track the students' progress in their IAR test practicing which I agree with. When we do practice, we read the articles aloud to students and read the questions to them. My CT mentioned how we see their progress when we do that, but what will happen when they're on their own taking the test? That is what we need to practice and monitor!
In Response to Amnah,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had an action packed half day! It sounds like the meeting you attended had information that you could potentially use in your future career. It's a shame that the meeting didn't provide you with ideas on how to track the students' progress in the IAR test, but maybe that is something you could do further research on.
Thanks for Sharing,
Caitlin Miller