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    • Two Letcher County teachers have been working together for the past two years with their students to collect and showcase the rich history and culture in central Appalachia that they believe is not or very rarely […]

      Letcher Teachers Team Teach to Collect and Promote Appalachian History

      Two Letcher County teachers have been working together for the past two years with their students to collect and showcase the rich history and culture in central Appalachia that they believe is not or very rarely promoted to the...

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    • Remember, KVEC needs each team’s revised Theory of Action (including budget items) by April 30th!

    • Also, I spoke to my Original Trainers and asked them how many videos they had created this year since the training. They had stated that they had created over 100 videos this year. A lot of hands on training going on with this group. A lot of their work focuses around a high school entrepreneurial grant that focuses on building a video…Read More

    • Educational Reform has made major impacts within education within the past 20 years.
      But not until recently has the impacts driven the way we evaluate student achievement and success. There have been several major players who have helped this movement, such as KDE, Gates Foundation, and ARI. Teachers no longer are waiting on state test…Read More

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    • Thank you for your post Tony. Student ownership is certainly what we all are after. Do you have any more details for how you encourage or prompt student analysis of their work?

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      • Students use a data notebook to analyze assessments and performance. We update them every few weeks to keep it fresh in their minds.

        • Fantastic! Tried and true. John Hattie identified “Self Reported Grades” as 2nd among 252 other factors to increase student achievement( https://visible-learning.org/hattie-ranking-influences-effect-sizes-learning-achievement/)

        • I am new to student data notebooks this year so I know that I have a lot of room to grow. Tony, what all is included in your data notebooks? Also what grades are they used with? We currently use them with 4th-6th grades, but would love for this to expand all the way down to K. I would appreciate any insights on data notebooks that you or anyone…Read More

          • I use assessment data from various sources. We use STAR Reading data, Reading Plus data, MAP data, CERT data. We also use a student data notebook to allow students to do self-reflection and set goals. You can set this up using classroom assessments as well, but it has to be consistently used throughout the year to be effective.

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