Last year, I was part of the team of teachers that piloted the Student Learning Notebook app, developed by Peel District School Board, under the leadership of Kristen Clarke, our assessment coordinator. At this professional development we were introduced to learning maps. A learning map is not just an assessment tool but also an instructional plan. It is not just evaluative but also focuses on assessment for and of learning. The key element of learning map is assessment and evaluation of evidence of student-learning in the context of overarching learning goals. It provides rich description of student learning that informs instructional decisions and provides the language for descriptive feedback. It can work as a tool for self assessment as well.
After having attended the full day session on Mentoring hosted by Peel's NTIP team, I was inspired to create a self assessment tool that BOTH Teacher Candidates and Mentor Teachers can use in a fair, transparent and reliable way to assess their own growth in relation to the learning goals of the collaborative inquiry. It would be informative to place ourselves on the continuum of learning. This learning map would provide next steps for both Teacher Candidates and Mentor Teachers as we take this journey of building mentor-mentee relationships. Though this tool would have been more effective if created at the beginning of the collaborative inquiry, it can still prove to be an effective self-assessment tool.
Each Mentor Teacher and Teacher Candidate will be provided with a copy of the learning map. Once I have all the learning maps, I will analyze and evaluate the results creating a short-term action plan for professional learning conversations for Mentor Teachers and Teacher Candidates. The results would also enable me to collect some resources to move our learning forward. It will provide both Mentor Teachers and Teacher Candidates a sample resource or tool that they can use in their own assessment practices. Here is the link to the learning map I created:
Collaborative Inquiry Learning Map
After having attended the full day session on Mentoring hosted by Peel's NTIP team, I was inspired to create a self assessment tool that BOTH Teacher Candidates and Mentor Teachers can use in a fair, transparent and reliable way to assess their own growth in relation to the learning goals of the collaborative inquiry. It would be informative to place ourselves on the continuum of learning. This learning map would provide next steps for both Teacher Candidates and Mentor Teachers as we take this journey of building mentor-mentee relationships. Though this tool would have been more effective if created at the beginning of the collaborative inquiry, it can still prove to be an effective self-assessment tool.
Each Mentor Teacher and Teacher Candidate will be provided with a copy of the learning map. Once I have all the learning maps, I will analyze and evaluate the results creating a short-term action plan for professional learning conversations for Mentor Teachers and Teacher Candidates. The results would also enable me to collect some resources to move our learning forward. It will provide both Mentor Teachers and Teacher Candidates a sample resource or tool that they can use in their own assessment practices. Here is the link to the learning map I created:
Collaborative Inquiry Learning Map
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