Director's Annual Report 2016-1

ONE ~ Provide Supports for Success
1.5. | Design and implement strategies to strengthen teacher capacity for writing
effective Individual Education Plans
Ÿ Delivered by the French as a Second Language
(FSL) consultant and Special Education
Coordinators, professional development
provided specifically to FSL teachers delivering
the French Immersion program to support the
document, Including Students with Special
Education Needs in French as a Second
Language Programs: A Guide for Ontario
Schools
Ÿ Delivered by Special Education staff, after
school workshop offerings for school staff to
support effective Individual Education Plan
development
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Review of IEP engine specifications to provide
prompts and data-mining reports to ensure
effective development of Individual Education
Plans
1.6. | Implement consistent assessment for, as, and of learning strategies, evaluation
and reporting practices in all elementary and secondary schools
Ÿ Continue to develop and enhance teachers'
understanding and implementation of
assessment “for,” “as” and “of” learning (AfL,
AaL and AoL) to inform instruction, develop
students' ability to be assessors, and to support
evaluation of student work
Ÿ Continue to support teachers in gathering
student thinking from multiple sources;
including observations, conversations and
products, for instruction, grading and reporting
Ÿ Establish an Elementary AER Steering Committee
to improve assessment, evaluation, grading and
reporting practices for K to 8 administrators and
teachers
Ÿ Continue to promote recording and tracking of
student assessment data using Maplewood in
support of student and class profiles and
transitions
Ÿ Continue to provide report card resources and
workshops to support elementary and
Ÿ Continue to implement recommendations from secondary teachers with the development of
the Secondary Assessment, Evaluation and report card comments
Reporting (AER) Steering Committee to support
changes to Maplewood Markbook structures,
determine effective weighting practices, and Note: EQAO 2015-2016 Results on pages 17
develop transparency in communication about through 22
grading and reporting for students and families
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NURTURING SOULS AND BUILDING MINDS