Marty Roettgen
Agenda
 How do you measure Student Success
 Get Certified
 Set Expectations
 Student Control of Learning
 An Idea of How to Grade Fewer Assignments
 Certification Motivation
 Getting Students Certified
 Lab
 Questions
How Do You Measure Student Success?
 Final Exam Scores
 % of Students that Certify
 Enrollment increasing
 Students learning how to learn
 Self-motivated Students
“A classroom where students chase learning
and not just grades.”
Get Certified
 Teacher’s need to get certified
 You need the experience so you can help your students
to succeed in certifying
 Hang your certification on the wall for students to see
 Try to earn a perfect score and display score report
 Re-test each year
 You MUST believe students are capable
Set Expectations – Day 1
 90% productive
 Responsible for themselves, tablemates, row mates
and rest of the class
 Set a high but achievable goal for the number of
students that will pass the certification
 Have a celebration when they achieve the goal
 Students pick what to have at the celebration and plan it
 Let students know that they will work at their own
pace, but a minimum pace is required
Set Expectations – Day 2 On
 Don’t be quick to answer their questions
 Let students answer each others questions
 Pace much faster when many people answer questions
 Once you have a feel for capability – put the best students
next to those that are struggling.
 Let the best student know that if by helping, they can’t get an
assignment done to let you know. Tell them they will earn a
100 if needed
 If student gets ahead and wants to try to certify – let them
 The earlier someone certifies – the quicker the spark is lit
Set Expectations – Day 2 On
 If student finishes Lesson early have them go to the
next
 They review the PowerPoints, do the Step-by-Step and
projects on their own.
 Minimum Pace:
 Everyone takes the lesson test at the same time
 Everyone listens to the lecture at the beginning of next
lesson
Students in Control
 Everything is in Blackboard by Day
 Minimum Pace including day of Lesson test in
Blackboard
 Students progress at their own pace from Blackboard
 They decide when they want to certify
 Minimum pace dictates when everyone has to take test
and move to next lesson
 If they get ahead and want to learn another application
on their own and certify, they can.
Grade Fewer Assignments
 For each Lesson
 Test from the test bank
 Skills test with focus on key skills and certification skills

This forces accountability for learning
 3 to 4 assignments that teach the skills for the lesson
 Give a completion grade for Assignments
 If Skill Test is less than an 85 (you pick the score)
 Assignments are grade otherwise a 100
 Skill Test grades can only be improved by score on the
certification test
Certification Motivation
 Celebration for Reaching the Certification Goal
 Warn students early that they do not want to be the
student that keeps the class from a celebration
 Count kept on the board
 Celebrate each successful certification attempt
 Print their certifications same day if possible
 Certification is only way to improve Skills test grades
Getting Students Certified
 Print the Skills Tested list with space for notes
 Have students check off skills they know
 Have them study what they don’t know
 Have students do practice tests
 After test, print score report
 Write on Skills Tested list questions they did not know
using score report to help on the areas to focus on
 Pair students who passed with those who didn’t to
review prior to retesting
2013-2014 Fall Semester
Certification
1st
Microsoft Office Specialist 2010
Master
3rd
4th
Shared
5
7
2
Office Excel® 2010
30
27
27
84
Office Excel® 2010 Expert
14
12
5
31
Office Outlook® 2010
6
13
1
20
Office PowerPoint® 2010
15
9
6
30
Office Word 2010
8
5
1
14
Office Word 2010 Expert
5
6
1
12
30
25
27
82
Grand Total
113
104
70
# of Students in Class
30
29
28
Office Access 2010
Number of Extra Certifications
3
Grand
Total
3
17
290
3.33
93
Where Students Chase
Learning and not Grades
 I give no credit for earning “extra” certifications, but at
least a third of my students do.
 About 20% will earn Master level certifications and
most have not taken Word / PPT.
 For those really motivated – get them trying to become
a US semi-finalist.
 2012: US Champion / 3rd in the World Excel
 2013: 4 US Semi-Finalists, US Champion / 3rd in the
World Excel
 2014: US Champion in Excel (Worlds end of month)
Lab
 Describe New Certification Test and retake policy
 Review Skill Checklist
 Prep for Excel 2013 Certification Test
 Discuss Access 2013 Certification Test
Questions ? ? ?
Marty Roettgen
mroettgen@wcpss.net