Nurturing Collaboration and Communication with Rubrics and Grading
Background:
Lisa Blackwell is a Teacher Librarian at Polytechnic High School. She serves students in all grades and collaborates with all teachers. Mrs. Blackwell uses the LMS to collaborate with both teachers and students to facilitate access to information in a wide variety of formats. She also teaches AP Seminar and AP Research courses. She takes us into her journey of how she has leveraged the Learning Management System (LMS) to communicate with students and teachers more effectively, and how she has transformed her grading by using learning objectives and grading rubrics. Learning Management System Audience for this example:- Support Staff (e.g., Counselor, Instructional Coach
- Teachers
- Students
Interview:
Personalized Example:
100% Graduation is Supported:
- Equitable access to high-quality curriculum and instruction in every classroom, every day
Mrs. Blackwell collaborates with other teachers by linking library assignments, facilitating information to students, creating rubrics to grade assignments and assigning a final grade in the gradebook. Her knowledge of rubrics in the LMS makes it possible for Mrs. Blackwell to be an equal stakeholder in student learning.
ISTE Standard Alignment
- Innovative Designer
Lisa Blackwell decided to leverage the LMS beyond just using as a gradebook. She engaged other teachers in collaborating and generating promising practices. Ms. Blackwell identified the lack immediate feedback to students as an obstacle for teaching and learning, and used her creativity and the LMS tools to apply a solution to this issue. Now she is in constant communication with students and can collaborate with teachers through the use of rubrics. This has resulted in an innovative practice and has solved an issue that was hinder collaboration, and made grading more transparent.
