Cycle I Secondary Report Card
TRAINING OUTLINE
(2 hours)
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Introduction
Overview—Setting the stage
Exploration of the report card—List your questions
Presentation of the report card
Answering the questions
Synthesis
Goal of the workshop: To become familiar with the elements or components of the
Cycle I Secondary report card.
REPORT CARD
TRAINING OUTLINE
The workshop
1- Introduction: Presentation of what will be done during the
information session (5 minutes)
Approach: Presentation
Who:
Content:
o Goal: To present the new elements of the report card
o Expectations: Principal, Teachers and Guidance Counsellor work as a team
o Approach: Hands-On, with debriefing and synthesis as opposed to presentation
o This time frame for the workshop means that the focus must remain on answering
questions in a factual manner; it cannot become a forum for complaints or a report
card development committee
o Timeline of the workshop
Animator’s Notes:
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2- Overview: A very brief presentation of the context of the report card.
(10 minutes)
Approach: Presentation
Who:
Content:
o 6th draft
o Outcome of consultation processes:
o Report Card Committee: Teachers, School principals etc.
o School Principals Meeting for most recent changes
o Considers requirements of Basic School Regulations -- have to follow guidelines
o Minister’s latest communiqué about the marks and involvement of parents
o What needs to be done
Material: One page outline of the development of the report card
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3- Exploration of the new report card –List your questions (30 minutes)
o Explanation (5 minutes)
o Team Work (25 minutes)
Who:
Note Takers:
Approach:
o Teams will be asked to list questions that they have about the new report card.
The question template contains five broad categories or themes:
1- Legends and scales
2- Subject Competencies
3- Cross-Curricular competencies
4- Special Needs
5- Other—
o Once the teams have completed their list of questions, animators pick up the
templates in order to review the questions during the report card presentation.
Materials:
o Paper copies of the new report card
o Template for the list of questions
o Template for the answers to the questions
o To bring: Scissors or table-cutter
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4- Presentation of the report card (15 minutes)
Who:
Approach:
o Overall presentation of the main elements of the report card.
o During the presentation, participants use the second template to jot down the
answers to their questions. Questions left unanswered will be addressed after the
presentation.
o The other animators review the participants’ questions during the presentation and
get ready for the following section of the workshop.
Content:
The elements of the report card are:
o Legend of student progress: The Letter scale with a range in brackets.
o End of Cycle Legend : The scale
o Assessment of subject competency: Note and cote
o Supplementary information including IEP
o “Decision Making Area”—Information about promotion and classement
o Comments and messages
o Assessment of cross-curricular competency
Materials:
o Electronic version of the new report card to project
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5- Answering the questions (45 minutes)
Who:
Note Takers:
Time keeper:
Approach:
o Using the list of questions drafted by the participants and based on the content of
the presentation, animators answer the people’s questions à tour de rôle.
o Each topic should be allocated roughly 9 minutes.
o Notes of the questions should be taken during the presentation
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Legends and scales
Subject Competencies
Cross-Curricular competencies
Special Needs
Other—
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6- Synthesis (10 minutes)
Who:
Note Taker:
o Wrap-up— Emphasize that the function of the report card is to
communicate to parents and students. Make links with other evaluation
topics for which further Professional Development will be offered:
o The difference between evaluating and reporting
o The difference between evaluation of learning and evaluation for
learning
o Who assesses which cross-curricular competency?
o Communicating to parents and students
o Differentiation
o Support measures for learning and evaluation
Materials:
□ Hand-out of the draft proposal for PD for next year (drawn from recent Secondary
School Principals’ meeting).
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Workshop materials:
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Latest Version Report Card –Hard Copy
Electronic version – Report Card
Overview sheet—Setting of the context
Placemats of the 5 categories (One per school team)
Answer sheets (one per participant)
Train the Trainers Outline
Offers of Service (Implementation Outline)
Computer
Projector
Scissors
Reference Materials:
□ Basic School Regulation :
http://www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/legislat/regime_ped.htm
□ QEP : Quebec Education Program
http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/DGFJ/dp/programme_de_formation/secondaire/
qepsecfirstcycle.htm
□ Yearly Directives:
http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/DGFJ/instructions/pdf/directives2005-2006.pdf
□ Renouveler l’encadrement local (In French only)
http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/dgfj/de/renouveler.htm
□ Scales of competencies levels:
http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/dgfj/de/echellessec.htm
□ Evaluation of Learning Policy :
http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/dgfj/de/politique.htm
□ Evaluation Framework (Secondary): Available as of June 2006
□ Fiches d’information sur l’évaluation (In French Only):
http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/dgfj/comitepea.htm
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