CTQS Standard III

Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction and create an environment that facilitates learning for their students.

Element B:

Teachers use formal and informal methods to assess student learning, provide feedback, and use results to inform planning and instruction.

Collecting Data for Instruction

One of the formal ways I take data is by assessing student’s work and writing through a standardized rubric. This rubric is designed to be as objective as possible within art. In assessing their work I am looking for the development of their ideas and how students implemented their ceramics skills to make them come to life. Students are graded based on the following 4 criteria.

  • Creativity / Planning

  • Artisanship

  • Skill

  • Writing

More often, I am informally assessing students skills and ideas through purposeful circulation and academic monitoring. I sit at every table while students are working to give them in the moment feedback. I also provide support in in progress critiques and with individualized meetings which give me a more clear connection to where the student may be confused.

Artifacts