Collaborative Assessment Conference Protocol

1. Collaborative Assessment Conference Protocol Qualitative Data Example Source Protocol recommended group size of: 5-10 people

2. During Any Protocol Process We Are:

3. Step 1: Getting Started • Choose a Facilitator • Student work is available for all participants • No background of work is provided • Participants observe or read work in silence- brief notes on individual observations

4. Step 2: Describing the Work • Facilitator Asks: • What do you see? • Group members provide answers without making judgments about quality of work or personal bias • If a judgment emerges, facilitator asks for the evidence on which the judgment is based

5. Step 3: Asking Questions About the Work • Facilitator Asks: • What questions does this work raise for you? (group members state any questions they have about the work, the child, the assignment…) • Presenting teacher may jot down questions posed but does not answer them yet

6. Step 4: Speculating About What the Student is Working On • Facilitator asks: • What do you think the child is working on? • Participants bases on their reading or observations of the work, to answer this question

7. Step 5: Hearing From the Presenting Teacher • Facilitator invites the presenting teacher to speak • Perspective of the student’s work, describing what they see in it, may respond to some of the questions raised, adding information deemed important to context • Comments on anything surprising or unexpected that they heard during describing, questioning and speculating steps

8. Step 6: Discussing Implications for Teaching & Learning • Facilitator invites everyone to share any thoughts they have about: • their own teaching • children’s learning • Ways to support this particular child in future instruction

9. Step 7: Reflecting on the Collaborative Assessment Conference • The group reflects on the experiences of or reactions to the conference as a whole or to particular parts of it

10. Step 8: Thank the Presenting Teacher