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Copy of Reporting Progress to Lower School Parents
Lower School Parent & Director Coffee
December 8, 2015
Congressional Schools of Virginia
"Consider developing a report card around
the standards in each subject"
-Grant Wiggins
Challenge:
False Perceptions
Tips for Parents
- Focus on specific strengths
- Ask questions about your child's challenges
- Set the bar high, but be realisitc
- Develop goals and have consistent follow through
- Effort counts
- Think about high school
- differently!
"The teachers are no longer going to give tests, grades, or quizzes"
"My child will not be motivated to learn without the reward of a grade."
"Having no grades in Lower School will hurt my child's chance of getting into a top school."
Current State
"The school isn't serious about academics because there are no grades."
"Teachers must be
'dumbing' down the curriculum."
Work Habits and Behaviors
(Grades K - 4)
Exemplary
Secure
Developing
Needs Support
Non-applicable
Goal of Reporting
Provide accurate and transparent feedback to parents concerning their child's progress at school
- Show progress for specific skills
- Provide a more accurate portrait of a student's progress
- Use age-appropriate reporting
- Focus on the process and not the product
Focus of Reports
- Parent survey results indicated concerns with the report cards
- Teachers found the attributes confusing
- Faculty worked together to create a list of viable attributes
- Teachers worked in cross grade level groups
- Finalized attributes
Checklist
Process
Narrative
The Report
Lower School Report
2015-16
Reporting
Progress to
Lower School Parents
Ask
questions
at
any
point
Thanks
for
your
patience!