December 12, 2022

Bishop Brady High School

Formative Assessment Workshop

Dr. Donna Hyatt Scarlett

Founder/CEO

The Oaks Center for Educational Advancement

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Teaching Videos and Discussion

  1. What FA strategy/strategies is the teacher using?
  2. What do you notice about student learning/understanding?
  3. What could the teacher do better?
  4. What questions do you have for this teacher?

Lisa Bostwick

Art Educator, Drew School

San Francisco, CA

11th and 12th grade Art History

October 2022

Lesson Overview: In this mini lesson, students are exploring the visual art concepts of (1) form (how something is done – medium, styles, etc.) and (2) content (subject matter, ideas). Students will be determining whether the four items listed below are examples of form or content.

  • Sonnet
  • Impressionism
  • A crown
  • Thick gray paint in stripes from dark to light on a square canvas

Anastasia Zamkinos

English Language Arts Educator, Drew School

San Francisco, CA

11th grade English Honors

Lesson Overview: Students just finished viewing the film Moonlight and are determining whether the main protagonist is psychologically free (versus at the beginning of the film). Later in the lesson, students will craft a two-sentence statement about the character, Chiron, and the film’s message of freedom.

Mary Kerr

Science Educator, Drew School

Lesson Date: October 31, 2022

12th grade Engineering

Lesson Overview: Students just completed a unit where they designed and built a bridge (Mary will refer to the bridge during the video). In this video clip, Mary and students are reviewing the Engineering Design Process so Mary can gauge individual student understanding of each design process step.