Assessment demonstrates teacher-led, self, and peer assessment strategies which effective teachers use to determine what students know already and what they need next on the way to meeting learning outcomes. The segment showcases a range of classrooms, subject areas, and grade levels in which teachers have planned and implemented assessment for learning in a variety of responsive ways. It also shows how teachers use the evidence they collect to shape instruction and to determine next steps.
Gradual Release of Responsibility showcases a number of classrooms where teachers have incorporated the stages of the Gradual Release of Responsibility instructional model, which provides a continuum of support for students as they learn new concepts & skills. Footage from several different classrooms demonstrates the respective roles of direct and explicit instruction, shared and guided practice, and independent student work. Throughout these stages, teachers embed active and responsive assessment for learning.
This first in a series of four short videos explains how to respond to an invitation to join a video conference system using the Nova Scotia Virtual School's Talk.EDnet, VIA video conference system.
This second in the series explains conventions for communication when attending a video conference so that the participant participates fully in the discourse.
This third in a four part series explains how to control and trouble shoot the participant's audio, including plugging in the headset microphone, avoid echo, adjust the volume to facilitate participation in the VIA video conference.
This fourth in the series illustrates how to set up and adjust the web camera to support participation within the video conference. Also illustrated are proper composition of the image and a few annoying actions to avoid as a participant.
This webinar addressed the “new” learning focuses of the Sr. High English Language Arts Teaching in Action 10-12 document. The webinar looked at the document front matter (pages 1 to 208) that teachers find most meaningful, and how teachers are implementing the resource.
Talk & Walk: An Overview of Teaching in Action 10-12
ELA teachers had the opportunity to discuss "best practice" in the high school classroom using the Planning for Balanced Assessment & Instruction in ELA 10 –12 Desk Blotter resource as the focus of conversation. Informal "Talk" centred around the Classroom as a Workshop, Gradual Release of Responsibility, Approaches to Assessment, and Approaches to Instruction.
Planning for Balanced Assessment and Instruction in English Language Arts: It's Foundational!
This video describes the benefits provided by the Co-operative Education Program in the words, and through pictures of, participants at three different schools across Nova Scotia. Parents, students, community hosts and school staff explain specific elements of their local programs, while testifying to the value these placements have for schools, students and families. The principal audience for this resource is school and board staff, as well as potential co-op community partners, but also may be useful to students considering participation in a Co-op program.
This video describes the benefits provided by the Options & Opportunities Program. Several participants are interviewed at three O2 schools across Nova Scotia. Parents, students, and school staff explain specific elements of their local programs while testifying to the value that is provided by the O2 approach. School and Board staff who are considering the adoption of the O2 program for their jurisdiction is the principal audience for this resource, but it may also be useful to students considering participation in an existing program.
Options & Opportunities: What We've Learned So Far
