Because it is the end of the quarter, we had PD on Friday, part of which was some worktime to update grades. All of the HS teachers at my school are supposed to have an updated "standards" document, that shows the level of proficiency each student has met for all standards or learning targets. Mine is by learning targets (which are aligned to standards). I had updated everything in PowerSchool, but needed to update my Google spreadsheet. As I was doing this I noticed that there are several students who have achieved proficient (or above) on all learning targets this quarter. I was really excited, so I decided to make little certificates and share it as a #Made4Math Monday :)
I made it up quickly on PowerPoint (it really isn't anything spectacular). I printed 2 slides per page because I thought little ones were cuter :) Also I printed on green paper because kids love colored paper. Here is a picture:
What I'm most excited about though is to give them to students. I have never done anything like this before, but I think this is something worth rewarding. I didn't consider whether or not they reassessed, just where they were at when the quarter ended. I really think this is a good way of encouraging students to do better. I haven't done much all year to encourage grades, and I don't want to start doing that. Some of my students who have an A or A- will not be receiving one of these certificates because they scored a 2.5 on one of the learning targets. I'm excited that I feel as though this is encouraging them to learn more rather than encouraging them to get a good grade. And I truly believe that this is an award all my students are capable of earning. That is why I am most excited to present the certificates, because I want to tell that to my students: YOU CAN DO THIS NEXT QUARTER!
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Kathryn
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