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December 06, 2007

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David Truss

Evaluating a Journey

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Have you ever spent hours working on something and then looked at the final product only to wonder where the time and effort went? That's how I feel about the rubric I have been working on for the Graduation Transitions Program (for which I am the coordinator at our school).

Last year, under the old program, the 'Final Presentation' was about showing evidence and meeting criteria. This year the 'Exit Interview' is more about the journey...

So how do you create a rubric to give feedback to students about their journey? I decided on a few things first:

  1. Reflection is important and needs to be valued.
  2. This is a big transition... some forward planning also needs to be valued.
  3. This is NOT a grade! (The program is not graded, you just need to meet the requirements.)
  4. It needs to be 'different' enough that the many different teachers doing the interview won't fall into 'grading' mode.

Here is what I came up with...    (Link to a larger view)

Grad Trans Exit InterviewRubric 

At this point I can't decide if this achieves what I want it to, or if I wasted my time... feedback is really appreciated... I have to present this to students on Monday. 

Keywords: Articulate Thinking, datruss, David Truss, exit interview, feedback, Food for Thought, Graduation Transitions, journey, learning, Pair-a-Dimes, presentation, reflection, rubric

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  1. If I understand this correctly, Mastering is the level they all want to obtain, but the level they are assigned is how the teacher will be grading them. So, they may think that they are at the mastering level, but in reality, and according to the teacher, they are at the learning level. I like how this goes. It is very interesting, and I think that students should respond well to the rubric. I think it is great how it gives them words to use to describe where they are at. If/when they spend time thinking about it, they will have to start understanding that "In 5 years I will be..." is much different and more advanced than "this is my plan...". I don't know how to critique it to make it better. I looked at the site you linked to and looked at the PDF that explains the program. It seems to me that there is a leap the students will need to make from the two sources that I looked at. I think that is a good thing...it makes them think about how they will do things to achieve their requirements. Good luck.

    default user iconJethro on Friday, 07 December 2007, 03:17 CET # |

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