Q&A
DOE officials explain curriculum support and student portfolios in Summer Rising
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DOE officials provide information about curriculum support and student portfolios in the Summer Rising program. They explain the resources available to teachers and the process of evaluating student progress.
- Teachers have access to online resources, sample lessons, and office hours for curricular support
- Promotional portfolios from spring are used and updated during the summer program
- Portfolios are used to assess student readiness and determine supports for the upcoming school year
- If a student doesn't complete the portfolio, they may not be promoted to the next grade level
Danielle Domingo
1:00:34
Good morning to you, Joseph and Jess Stevens, and the council members.
1:00:37
Good to be here with you today.
1:00:41
Before I talk about portfolios, I also wanted to add to curriculum and the training for teachers.
1:00:47
One of the things that we also included our office hours for teachers where they can go on on and speak directly to some of the curricular support, as well as online resources that are available.
1:01:01
So there are sample lessons, videos for supports as well around the curriculum.
1:01:08
Promotional portfolios start, you know, as you know, in the spring, where schools look at students work aligned to standards and multiple measures to talk about readiness and preparation for next year.
1:01:23
And what we do in the summer is we those portfolios actually go to the summer school site.
1:01:29
And teachers working through the assessments and the curricula add student work in alignment with the rubric to assess where students are towards the standards.
1:01:42
And and to measure readiness.
1:01:44
And then we take those portfolios which go back to the school and plus the beginning of year assessments and determine MTSS supports, assessment supports, and in in which supports for students starting right at the beginning of the school.
Rita C. Joseph
1:01:58
And if that student doesn't complete the portfolio, what happens?
1:02:01
I'm sorry?
1:02:02
If the student does not complete the portfolio, what happens?
Danielle Domingo
1:02:05
Should we do everything that we can to get the student to complete the portfolio, but if a student is promotion in doubt, it is a recommendation that the student may not be promoted to the next grade level if they're not showing progress from what the school's determined in the spring.
