mrrablin.bsky.social
Instructional coach, author, and former HS ELA teacher. Big fan of the outdoors. Wildlife and nature photographer.
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In essence, I group student data by learning outcomes. Previously, I would just list the assignments by date, but it didn't show trends in specific skills. Now I group them by skills first and then by date. Here's the template I use (anyone can copy): docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Making this is explicit for students is such a smart move. Do you notice a shift after the lesson?
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This is such a valuable resource! Thanks for sharing it.
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I like the point about not assuming they know you believe in them. I told my kids as often as I could that I believed in them, saw their growth, etc. It got to the point where I said it so much that kids would sort of roll their eyes sometimes, but it still made a difference.
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I really like this question. So simple, but it points students towards a spot where they can recognize a sense of success.
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I want to say this is from the book Radical Candor, but I could be wrong. I think that’s where I encountered this phrase. I wasn’t convinced it would be that powerful, but it has an amazing impact.
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Agreed. I don't think I realized for a long time how important it was that students could make sense of their data well enough to see growth. It required me to keep records a bit differently than is traditionally done, but it made such a difference.
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That 1:1 piece is so important. I think for me this was one of the key reasons I shifted to some more small group and independent time to be able to have more of these conversations.
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I love that inherent in this approach is the fact that you would inevitably be affirming things they do know that will help them be successful.
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A3. That's the moment that I really try to find meaningful evidence of success in their past. If I want to see grit and resilience, I have a burden to provide them with proof of previous success to believe success is possible in the future if they try.
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This is the second time learning stories have come up in this chat, and I'm loving it. They are such a unique and personal way to really understand student and help them understand themselves as a learner. Also, props for being on @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social! That's a rad milestone.
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This is awesome! I used Autocrat to share assessment data with students, but someone once showed me how they had taken my idea and used (at the time) Data Studio to basically make each student their own report page that had all the relevant data they needed.
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I could see this being a really cool running log on some sort of document. I think the more we can capture this kind of thinking in one spot, the more effective it can be.
I'm curious to hear any tips from Laura, too.
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I love how straightforward but effective this is. It feels like something students could get used to and comfortable doing after a couple tries.
How do you help students see the value in doing this step after an assessment?
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After each assessment, my students leave a Hope Tag—a sentence, sketch, or symbol capturing their growth. It’s added as a comment digitally or Post-it if on paper. Before the next test, we revisit them. It's not just reflection—it’s proof they’re growing. #HopeInSchools #EduInFocus
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I love this. It feels like such a humanizing and affirming approach to running a classroom. For anybody interested in moving more towards this approach, what tips would you give them?
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I love them emphasis on seeing each other's success. Such a great way to boost student self-efficacy while also developing a positive classroom culture.
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A1. I really like using a learning portfolio where students record what they learned and demonstrated on the assessment. I also try to have space for the student to record the next thing they are going to learn. It helps them see the purpose of the assessment, too.
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For anyone who might be interested, I wrote two entire features on this very topic. Here's one—where I quote @mrrablin.bsky.social—and share several ways educators make academic growth more visible to their students:
www.edutopia.org/article/8-wa...
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Here's the other, on the importance of celebrating students' small wins:
www.edutopia.org/article/cele...
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I always appreciate your work and writing. Thanks for sharing these Paige!
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This is such a heartwarming story and a good reminder of how valuable those individual conversations about growth can be.
Have you found any specific structure to these conversations to be helpful?
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I think it's so cool that you are working in outdoor education. I think so many students could benefit from this type of experience.
The checklist and the narrative has my wheels turning. Thanks for sharing this.
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Thank you so much for sharing!
These are such a lovely way to document learning. I really like the use of the continuum to place where the student's demonstration was in terms of writing, thinking, etc.
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I'm such a fan of Seesaw. My wife uses it with her class, and the ability to create portfolios and then also give families access to those portfolios is just so cool. #EduInFocus
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These look awesome!
I am very much a doodler when it comes to taking notes, and I realized a bit ago that my doodles are always related to the content and end up helping me process things better. #EduInFocus
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Such an important point here, that success is determined together. Often when the teacher is the sole person defining success, it ends up being hard to get students to see it as valuable.
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This sounds incredible. I will do some digging into Margaret Carr’s work.
Thank you.
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I agree! I loved doing this.
One of my classroom neighbors used to have students post their new favorite piece on top of their old ones on the wall, and the cool part was that the students got to see how they had grown by looking back at their old favorite pieces. #EduInFocus
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I’ve heard mention of learning stories before, but I’ve never used them. Could you explain a bit about how they work?
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I hadn’t planned on the relational piece, but it ended up being one of my favorite parts of this practice.
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This week’s host is @mrrablin.bsky.social: an award-winning instructional coach, former ELA teacher, and the author of “Hacking Student Motivation.” He’s all about using tech with purpose, rethinking assessment, and building classroom cultures where students are challenged & supported.
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A1. I loved having students track their feedback. My tracker had columns for grows and glows, and every time a student had something move from a grow to a glow column, we celebrated that.
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