This webinar from the South Dakota Department of Education provides an introduction to SLOs and the SLO process within South Dakota. The webinar describes the benefits and challenges of SLOs and the four-step SLO process. It highlights how to develop high-quality SLOs and provides additional resources for creating SLOs.
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- Introduction to Student Learning Objectives | July 2013
- Scoring Student Learning Objectives | November 2014
- Student Learning Objectives: Considerations for Teachers of CTE Courses | October 2014
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This webinar from the New York State Department of Education provides practical steps for successfully closing out SLOs and considerations for reflection and strategic planning for the upcoming school year. This webinar will enable district leaders, principals, and teachers to consider systems for scoring summative assessments used with SLOs; translate outcomes into scores; and reflect on SLO results to inform instructional decisions and approaches.
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This webinar from the New York State Department of Education is for principals as they work through implementing SLOs. During the webinar, trends and patterns are identified through the review of participants’ SLO samples, leading to a discussion of misperceptions and common challenges in the development of high-quality SLOs. Six actionable steps that can help support meaningful, rigorous goal setting are explored in-depth:
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This webinar from the Illinois State Board of Education describes an example process of assigning a teacher rating as part of the SLO process. This presentation highlights an example of this fifth element in Illinois’ SLO process.
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This webinar from the Illinois State Board of Education describes the process of documenting actual outcomes as part of the SLO process. This is the fourth element in Illinois’ SLO process; participants will understand how to document actual outcomes as part of the process.
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During this webinar from the Illinois State Board of Education, participants will understand how to identify expected student growth targets as part of the SLO process.
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During this webinar from the Illinois State Board of Education, participants will learn how to identify appropriate assessments and the scoring procedures used to support and measure the learning goal that is the second element in the Illinois SLO process.
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This Illinois State Board of Education’s webinar helps teachers write a learning goal. Participants will identify the components of a quality learning goal, which is the first element in Illinois’ SLO process.
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This webinar created by the Illinois State Board of Education provides an overview of SLOs. The webinar defines the SLO and discusses its benefits. Participants will identify the elements included in the SLO template and the steps of the SLO cycle.
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This webinar from the South Dakota Department of Education introduces and provides an overview of SLOs. The webinar discusses the basics of SLOs and their benefits and challenges. It outlines the four steps within the SLO process and provides guidance on developing high-quality SLOs. The webinar concludes with how to find additional resources on SLOs.
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The Kentucky Department of Education developed this short video to explain how to use its Think and Plan tool in detail. Teachers can use this comprehensive tool in the construction of student growth goals. This tool will help teachers think through the process and assist principals with ensuring that each goal meets all of the requirements.
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This webinar by the Rhode Island Department of Education is on scoring SLOs. Participants will learn how to score individual SLOs.
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This webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education is on approving SLOs. Participants will learn the process of approving SLOs.
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This Rhode Island Department of Education webinar is focused on learning objectives for special educators. Participants will understand when special educators should write SLOs, student outcome objectives (SOOs), or both and understand how to write SLOs and SOOs that fit special educators’ diverse roles.
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This Rhode Island Department of Education webinar is focused on SLOs for building administrators. This webinar
- reviews the basics of the building administrator SLO process
- articulates the role of collaboration in the SLO process between central office administrators and building administrators and between building administrators and teachers
- clarifies the types of alignment between building administrator and teacher SLOs
- considers best practices for assessment and data collection and illustrates the changes to the SLO form
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This webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education explains the student learning objective process for support professionals. The webinar aims to help participants understand the expectations of gradual implementation and key flexibility factors and understand the three evaluation criteria within the support professionals model.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education developed this webinar on using baseline data to set SLO targets. This webinar aims to help participants understand the purpose of baseline data, be able to identify several sources of baseline data, and understand how baseline data can be used to set targets.
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This webinar by the Rhode Island Department of Education introduces resources in the Assessment Toolkit. The webinar aims to provide participants with some ideas for how to use the toolkit’s resources collaboratively.
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This webinar by the Rhode Island Department of Education focuses on deepening assessment literacy. The webinar aims to help participants develop a shared understanding of the various types and purposes of educational assessment and identify best practices for local assessment development.
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This webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education is focused on the process for writing an objective statement. Participants will learn the four-step process: examining your standards and curriculum, determine the priority of content, write an objective statement, and check the scope or grain size.
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Participants of this webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education will understand how SLOs are an integral part of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Participants also will learn the key steps to take in order to implement SLOs successfully.
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This fourth video in a series by the Maryland Department of Education discusses the critical components of high-quality SLOs.
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This third video in a series by the Maryland Department of Education explains the benefits of SLOs.
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This second video in a series by the Maryland Department of Education explains the process of formulating SLOs.
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This first video in a series by the Maryland Department of Education introduces the concept of SLOs.
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This four-part webinar series from the Ohio Department of education is intended to help participants plan for and participate in SLO calibration. SLO calibration is the process of ensuring, through systematic comparison, that SLO reviews are conducted to a similar standard. Participants will learn how to effectively use the SLO checklist for reviewing SLOs, provide specific feedback to assist teachers in strengthening SLOs, and actively participate in consistent review and approval of SLOs.
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This four-part video series from the Ohio Department of Education is focused on writing SLOs. It is intended for use by teachers who have student data available to them. This module has participants learn to develop a complete SLO using their own available data.
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This four-part video series from the Ohio Department of Education is focused on writing SLOs. This module is intended to be used by teachers who do not have data available to them. At the end of this video module, participants should be able to explain the SLO development process and develop a complete SLO.
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The New York State Department of Education created this webinar to provide practical steps for successfully closing out the SLO process. This webinar will enable principals, district leaders, and teachers to consider systems for scoring assessments used within SLOs, translate outcomes into scores, determine ratings, and reflect on results to inform instructional approaches.
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Some districts permit teachers to develop schoolwide SLOs as one measure of student growth. This webinar from the New York State Department of Education discusses how to develop a schoolwide SLO using a high school academic intervention services teacher as an example.
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Teachers with small class sizes have unique challenges in developing growth targets for their SLOs. This webinar from the New York State Department of Education explores alternative target-setting approaches for use within SLOs, particularly for teachers with small class sizes.
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The New York State Department of Education developed this webinar to explore a variety of target-setting models, including individual growth targets, classwide minimum rigor, classwide growth to mastery, banded/range-based, and Half to 100/Close the Gap. This webinar examines criteria that align with the target-setting models, considerations when setting targets, and outcomes based on the various target-setting models.
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In this webinar from the New York State Department of Education, participants will explore aspects of preparing for and developing SLOs, identify key actions to increase efficiency and quality of SLO development, and consider various resources that support the different stages of work. This webinar is intended for principals and other building leaders who are managing and leading the SLO process.
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Your career and technical education (CTE) teachers are uniquely positioned to improve college and career readiness for all students. Are you giving them the support they need? State education agencies (SEAs), in collaboration with CTE stakeholders, can create a talent development approach that aligns certification, evaluation, and professional learning policies to support CTE teachers' needs.
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This video from the New York State Education Department provides an introduction to SLOs and explains the elements of an SLO. The video also describes what additional resources are available to New York educators.
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This video from the New York State Education Department provides guidance on how to construct an SLO. The video also explains how to use the multi-state SLO rubric to measure the quality of an SLO.
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This video from the New York State Education Department explains how to develop an SLO using trend data in order to inform and determine appropriate growth targets. The video explores two examples: a U.S. History Regents course where the summative measure will be the Regents exam and an 8th grade science class that culminates in a state assessment.
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This video from the New York State Education Department reviews the state’s 50% rule. The video addresses how to determine whether or not a teacher will need to write an SLO and how to determine for which course he or she will write SLOs. The 50% rule is explained using four examples: an 8th grade ELA and social studies teacher, elementary physical education teacher, high school science teacher, and an inclusion teacher.
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This video from the New York State Education Department covers how to develop a school-wide SLO. The video uses a high school Academic Intervention Services teacher as an example.
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This video from the New York State Education Department provides guidance on how to create SLOs for librarians. It covers how to distinguish characteristics of a school-wide SLO for a Librarian, uses three guiding questions to work through decision points, and how to complete all eight sections of the New York SLO template.
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This video from the New York State Education Department explains the basics of SLOs for principals. It also discusses what might be different from the SLOs that teachers are developing.
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This video from the New York State Education Department explains how principals determine how many SLOs are required for them to meet the 30% rule. Two sample SLOs are explained in detail for an elementary and a high school principals.
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This webinar from the New York State Education Department is designed to support districts as they implement SLOs. The webinar provides background and the basics of SLOs. It explores the relationship between SLOs, the Common Core State Standards, data-driven instruction, evidence-based observations, local measures of student achievement, and the difference between the state, district, school, and teacher’s role within the SLO process.
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This webinar from the New York State Education Department provides district leaders with the role the Common Core plays in SLOS and key messages for SLOs. The webinar provides a timeline for five key district-level SLO decisions and provides tools for district leaders to make the first three of their five SLO decision.
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This recorded webinar from the Rhode Island Department of Education reviews the process of writing SLOs for teachers. The webinar provides guides and best-practices for writing SLOs and highlights resources for Rhode Island teachers to utilize throughout the year.
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This three-part webinar series is discusses the use of schoolwide growth, student learning objectives, and building or buying assessments.