Equip (2009.10): Teacher encouraged by assessment results
07/10/09 07:48 Filed in: Equip
Teacher
encouraged by assessment results
Kim Essenburg, English 10 teacher at
Christian Academy in Japan, reflects her assessment
results.
What assessment did you give your students?
Kim: I gave them an essay (750-1000 words) on “Who are you spiritually, temperamentally, and culturally, and why is this a significant question to consider?”
What were your assessment results?
Kim: My students did a good job of responding to the prompt. I was encouraged by their essays. They wrote things like:
"Jesus, my model, influences which cultural values I adopt."
“I thank God for His allowing me to live overseas; I see it as a blessing. I think it was His plan all along to reduce the shyness in me by thrusting me out into the unknown so many times.”
"As a human, I am a reflection of God and therefore have value (Gen. 1.27, Matt. 10.31). As a Christian, I am a child of God (Eph. 5.1). These truths are liberating because they mean that I do not need to focus on obtaining value and love—I already have them. Instead, I can work on making others feel valued and loved (I Cor. 10.24)."
"I have a bad habit of comparing myself with others and feeling insecure, but now I realize that God gives each person a precious gift. Knowing this, I began to gain confidence in what I like and am good at doing, such as music and making people feel welcomed."
"Being a student at Christian Academy in Japan has transformed me spiritually. Although my family is not Christian, being in a Christian environment has led me to become a Christian....”
Empower others to give students opportunities to think through answers for themselves
Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “How can you give your students opportunities to think through answers for themselves?”
Define: Get the facts defined.
During the last week or unit, what opportunities did students have to think through answers for themselves?
Respond: Get the facts responded to in terms of feelings/experiences.
What assessment did you give your students?
Kim: I gave them an essay (750-1000 words) on “Who are you spiritually, temperamentally, and culturally, and why is this a significant question to consider?”
What were your assessment results?
Kim: My students did a good job of responding to the prompt. I was encouraged by their essays. They wrote things like:
"Jesus, my model, influences which cultural values I adopt."
“I thank God for His allowing me to live overseas; I see it as a blessing. I think it was His plan all along to reduce the shyness in me by thrusting me out into the unknown so many times.”
"As a human, I am a reflection of God and therefore have value (Gen. 1.27, Matt. 10.31). As a Christian, I am a child of God (Eph. 5.1). These truths are liberating because they mean that I do not need to focus on obtaining value and love—I already have them. Instead, I can work on making others feel valued and loved (I Cor. 10.24)."
"I have a bad habit of comparing myself with others and feeling insecure, but now I realize that God gives each person a precious gift. Knowing this, I began to gain confidence in what I like and am good at doing, such as music and making people feel welcomed."
"Being a student at Christian Academy in Japan has transformed me spiritually. Although my family is not Christian, being in a Christian environment has led me to become a Christian....”
Empower others to give students opportunities to think through answers for themselves
Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a discussion of “How can you give your students opportunities to think through answers for themselves?”
Define: Get the facts defined.
During the last week or unit, what opportunities did students have to think through answers for themselves?
Respond: Get the facts responded to in terms of feelings/experiences.
- When you were a student, what excited/concerned you about thinking through answers for yourself?
- What excites/concerns your students about thinking through answers for themselves?
- What excites/concerns you about your students thinking through answers for themselves?
- How does thinking through answers for yourself impact your learning?
- How does thinking through answers for themselves impact students’ learning?
- How does thinking through answers for themselves impact students connecting what they study and what the Bible teaches?
- How can you provide opportunities for your students to think through answers for themselves?
- How will you provide opportunities for your students to think through answers for themselves?