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Component 2 - HELP!!

by speia

Apr 26, 2017

I had thought I was ready to get everything submitted for Component 2 and went back and found from my downloaded instructions I did in the fall that another item was added (Culminating Assessment) and then went back and reread all of the information and now have more questions...sorry this is a bit long!

1)Culminating Assessment - would I just include the test I gave? If the font was in smaller than what NB wants for say our Written Commentary is that acceptable as it's our assessment. It's still viewable and I did scrunch questions together (that wasn't how I had it formatted) but if I bump it to 11 font it will be too many pages. Also it indicates "Culminating assessment (no more than 2 pages) that shows how you differentiated the assessment (can be an instrument or a description of any alternative means of assessment)". Do I describe how I differentiated it here or in my written commentary. It's only 2 pages allowed and really doesn't give much more detail. Should I just w...See MoreI had thought I was ready to get everything submitted for Component 2 and went back and found from my downloaded instructions I did in the fall that another item was added (Culminating Assessment) and then went back and reread all of the information and now have more questions...sorry this is a bit long!

1)Culminating Assessment - would I just include the test I gave? If the font was in smaller than what NB wants for say our Written Commentary is that acceptable as it's our assessment. It's still viewable and I did scrunch questions together (that wasn't how I had it formatted) but if I bump it to 11 font it will be too many pages. Also it indicates "Culminating assessment (no more than 2 pages) that shows how you differentiated the assessment (can be an instrument or a description of any alternative means of assessment)". Do I describe how I differentiated it here or in my written commentary. It's only 2 pages allowed and really doesn't give much more detail. Should I just write about how I differentiated for my EL student here and then provide some example type of questions that I used for that assessment?

2)Instructional activities materials. It indicates I need 3 instructional activities and related materials (no more than 9). If I give the lab instructions for this should I also provide the lab rubric. If I do (without reformatting it) it won't fit on the required pages....so should I remove some of the instructions to fit in the rubric? Also it indicates "Three instructional activities and related instructional materials (no more than 9 pages combined). At least one of the activities must show connections to technology. A description of how you addressed the diversity of your students should be included." Where do I put in how I addressed diversity (again fitting within the page limit) and how I address technology. Most of these activities utilized lab equipment and I used a smart board to give notes and background info and they used my web site for information and to research but this can't be seen necessarily in the materials info...so how/where do I put that?

3)"Two student work samples for each instructional activity (no more than 15

pages combined). Include any written feedback you provided to the student and a description of how you differentiated instruction." Can the written feedback be on their sample and again where do I indicate how I differentiated instruction? The lab report for one of the samples far exceeds what will be allowed, so do I just take parts of the samples and include just those parts, or can I reformat them? I also have a part of an activity they turned in where they created a "puzzle" of sorts and it will be difficult to scan. Could I take a picture of it and then just post that into a word doc?

Note: In the commentary there are prompts where I had to answer "how I differentiated instruction/assessment" and "how I incorporated tech" would this just be where I address those type of questions.

I'm finding it really hard with all that they have to get things into the max number of pages and show this learning. If you made it this far THANK YOU for your help!

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chemgirl I have a lot of the same questions.

I removed all the answer spaces for my culminating assessment to make it shorter and removed a few questions so it fit the length requirement.

My differentiation was allowing students to use blank paper to answer their questions if they need more space than I provide. That's the only modificati...See MoreI have a lot of the same questions.

I removed all the answer spaces for my culminating assessment to make it shorter and removed a few questions so it fit the length requirement.

My differentiation was allowing students to use blank paper to answer their questions if they need more space than I provide. That's the only modification I make on my assessments since I have no IEP students.

Did you remove all the extra space on your instructional activities?

I'm hoping some one who knows more will help out. I looking forward to answers on your questions too.

On 4/26/17, speia wrote: > I had thought I was ready to get everything submitted for Component 2 and went back and found from my downloaded instructions I did in the fall that another item was added (Culminating Assessment) and then went back and reread all of the information and now have more questions...sorry this is a bit long! > > 1)Culminating Assessment - would I just include the test I gave? If the font was in smaller than what NB wants for say our Written Commentary is that acceptable as it's our assessment. It's still viewable and I did scrunch questions together (that wasn't how I had it formatted) but if I bump it to 11 font it will be too many pages. Also it indicates "Culminating assessment (no more than 2 pages) that shows how you differentiated the assessment (can be an instrument or a description of any alternative means of assessment)". Do I describe how I differentiated it here or in my written commentary. It's only 2 pages allowed and really doesn't give much more detail. Should I just write about how I differentiated for my EL student here and then provide some example type of questions that I used for that assessment? > > 2)Instructional activities materials. It indicates I need 3 instructional activities and related materials (no more than 9). If I give the lab instructions for this should I also provide the lab rubric. If I do (without reformatting it) it won't fit on the required pages....so should I remove some of the instructions to fit in the rubric? Also it indicates "Three instructional activities and related instructional materials (no more than 9 pages combined). At least one of the activities must show connections to technology. A description of how you addressed the diversity of your students should be included." Where do I put in how I addressed diversity (again fitting within the page limit) and how I address technology. Most of these activities utilized lab equipment and I used a smart board to give notes and background info and they used my web site for information and to research but this can't be seen necessarily in the materials info...so how/where do I put that? > > 3)"Two student work samples for each instructional activity (no more than 15 > pages combined). Include any written feedback you provided to the student and a description of how you differentiated instruction." Can the written feedback be on their sample and again where do I indicate how I differentiated instruction? The lab report for one of the samples far exceeds what will be allowed, so do I just take parts of the samples and include just those parts, or can I reformat them? I also have a part of an activity they turned in where they created a "puzzle" of sorts and it will be difficult to scan. Could I take a picture of it and then just post that into a word doc? > > Note: In the commentary there are prompts where I had to answer "how I differentiated instruction/assessment" and "how I incorporated tech" would this just be where I address those type of questions. > > I'm finding it really hard with all that they have to get things into the max number of pages and show this learning. If you made it this far THANK YOU for your help!

Apr 27, 2017

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