How can a community-focused project experience help students meet specific content-learning goals? Our CivicTREK cohort members responded to this question at our January 9th session, developing assessments and timelines during another workshop in the program’s series of professional development days.
CivicTREK teachers:
- Reviewed the specific SOL or academic goals and “Five C’s” (Profile of a Virginia Graduate) goals that each applied to their selected student projects;
- Outlined formative and summative assessment activities to measure resulting student learning and progress; and
- Gathered in small peer consultancy groups to critique and enhance one another’s work, collaboratively problem -solving identified challenges.
- Developed and posted timelines incorporating the tasks that teachers, students, and community partners would need to complete; and
- Participated in a gallery walk review, providing positive feedback and helpful suggestions on one another’s plans.
These activities helped teachers envision how their projects would come alive this year and teachers left feeling feeling “organized”, “focused”, “excited”, “supported”, and “ready to go!”
