Recreational Leadership

Final Portfolio Assessment "Report Card" Post

Thanks to Mr.Neufeld for constructing the following framework with which we can better organize our reflective posts

There are Four pillars to provide evidence (screen shots + links) for, each worth 25%.

For report card posts in grades 8/9 we are legally required to provide a letter grade, and in 10-12 we need an actual percentage to go along with the more meaningful formative writing, so after discussing your semester you will need to put a summative evaluation on it.

As a way to help you organize your thoughts, the following breakdown for the "four pillars" and thematic questions can be used, but you may move beyond these in your explanation.

1) Participation- this category includes all of the factors around your ability to participate and the quality of your participation of in-class activities. Some things to consider would include: attendance and punctuality, wearing gym strip (actual change of clothing from what you wear the rest of the day),  physical presence/activity level during games, intensity of participation, skill level in various games, and the motivation behind your selection of activities on choice days. Missing “sometimes” or having “no strip” more than once or twice should result in a failing mark here.

2) Social Responsibility and Contribution to the Class- this category includes all of the factors that led to your improving skills around working with peers to make everyone's experience more successful. Some things to consider would include: examples of leadership (organizing others, encouraging peers), examples of initiative (helping with equipment, helping with other classes WITHOUT being asked to), positive energy and social dynamic during activities, honesty during competition and on fitness scores, and connections with the community/volunteering. Needing reminders from a teacher to do the above items negates their impact… thus resulting in a failing grade here. If you need to be talked to, you didn’t do well.

3) Healthy Living - this category includes all aspects of your past, current, and future data and goals on your health and fitness. Some of the things to consider would include: your actual fitness scores and what they teach you, noteworthy changes in your fitness, some of the barriers/limitations you face in participating, dietary choices and extra curricular activity choices and their impact on overall health, injury prevention, management, and rehabilitation, and future plans/goals for overall health choices. This is the connecting piece between class and life… if you have no evidence of choices/activities outside of class you should be failing this section.

4) Digital Portfolio and Reflective skills: this category includes all aspects of your blog posts. Some of the things to consider would include: the total collection of digital evidence and number of posts, the quality of the selection of evidence as a demonstration of learning, the quality of the summaries/explanation of the evidence (with reflection of effort, new learning cited, research included, and future goals/plans set), the usefulness of comments on peers blog entries as a part of socially constructed learning and assessment, and your ability to synthesize your entries into a summative final post which provides evidence for your learning.

We have worked very hard to create opportunities for you to learn about being intrinsically motivated, to learn about and find value in personalizing your experience to best suite your own physical needs, and we have devalued the external motivators like grades as a reason for being your best. However, along with our legal obligations, we would like to have you understand the spirit of what grades are supposed to reflect, and rather than having your "stories" be excuses for unfair teacher assessed grades, have them be your evidence for co-constructed grading. To do this you need to be honest about the four pillars of learning and how well you approached each of them.

While they are not set at 25% each, if you have minimal evidence for one or more of the pillars this should signal to you that you were NOT successful in that area, which would then be reflected in you self assessed final grade. Your final post should have evidence The goal here is for you to be able to critically and honestly see yourself within the context of the pillars and the class. Nobody is perfect and nobody is without hope... finding yourself in the middle will be more rewarding than anything I as a teacher can ever say about you. Good luck!!

Planning 10 Nutrition Log Day 2

Breakfast (6:30am):scrambled eggs, 1 egg and egg whites cooked in avocado oil, whole wheat toast with almond butter and jam. Oatmeal with half a banana, mixed berries, cinnamon, skim milk, flax seed and juice 3/4 water, 1/4 juice. 

Snack (9:30am): smoothie with frozen berries and mangos, 1 banana, coconut water, and non fat Greek yogurt. 

Lunch (12:00pm): turkey, gravy, asparagus, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams. 

Snack (3pm): non fat Greek yogurt with mixed berries and pumpkin flax granola. 

Dinner (6:30pm): chicken breasts, potatoes, salad and skim milk. 

Snack (11:30pm): 1/2 cup of skim milk and 1 scoop of whey protein powder. 

Planning 10 Nutrition Log Day 1

Breakfast (6:30am): scrambled eggs, 1 egg and egg whites cooked in avocado oil, whole wheat toast with almond butter and jam and oatmeal with half a banana, mixed berries, cinnamon, skim milk, flax seed and juice 3/4 water, 

1/4 juice.

 

Snack (9:30am): trail mix, apple and banana. 

Lunch (11am): chicken breast, potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, peppers and water. 

Snack (2:30pm):non fat Greek yogurt with mixed berries and pumpkin flax granola. 

Dinner (6:00pm): salmon, asparagus and salad with 3/4 water, 1/4 juice. 

Snack (9:00pm): almond butter on a rice cake. 

Interim Post March 2013

From the beginning of the semester you should have been collecting data to serve as evidence to summarize and provide a snapshot of how you are doing in class. Use your data and include it in your post to discuss your strengths, weaknesses and areas to improve on. Discuss some of your goals and how you plan to achieve them.

Encourage your parents to read your blog post. We will be conducting student led conferences Thursday, where your parents will be able to see your blog.

When discussing your strengths, weaknesses, and areas to improve on, think about the following:

• level of fitness and noteworthy changes (include documented evidence)
• contributions to the class in terms of effort, attitude, energy and leadership
• preparedness for class
• barriers or limitations preventing you from participating to your fullest ability
• respect, diet and healthy lifestyle choices outside of class.

*** Keep in mind the four pillars of this course***

1. participation
2. social responsibility and class contributions
3. Healthy Living
4. Digital Portfolio and Reflective Skills 

First Post: Personal Profile

*I registered for this course because…

* My favorite part of PE is…

*I think my current current level of fitness is…

*My previous personal best beep test is...

*I am currently doing the following things to be active (outside of PE)…

*Things that PHYSICALLY prevent me from doing exercise (i.e. medical, injury)

*Things that MENTALLY prevent me from doing exercise (i.e. energy, time)

*My eating habits are…

*I Want to be able to learn more about…

*I want to improve my abilities in… (ex. fitness, communication, positive impact)

*Outside school activities I’d like to try are...

*My fitness goals for the semester are…

*My personal character goals are...

PE 11 & 12

As we move further and further away from teacher centered, sport/skill based marking in physical education we ask that you as students learn to collect and reflect on the evidence of your own experience, effort and learning.

As a way to help you organize your thoughts, the following breakdown for the "four pillars" and thematic questions can be used, but you may move beyond these in your explanations.

1. Participation:

     This category includes all of the factors around your ability to participate and the quality of your participation of in-class activities. Some things to consider would include: 

• attendance and punctuality
• wearing gym strip & actually changing clothes at the end of class
• intensity of participation
• factors that influence work ethic and effort
• motivation behind your selection of activities on choice days

2. Social Responsibility and Contributions to the class:

    This category includes all of the factors that led to your improving skills around working with peers to make everyone's experience more successful. Some things to consider would include:

• leadership (organizing others, encouraging peers)
• examples of initiative (helping with equipment, helping with other classes without being asked to)
• positive energy and social energy during activities
• honesty during competition and on fitness scores
• connections with the community/volunteering

3.Healthy Living:

    This category includes all aspects of your past, current and future data and health/fitness goals. Some things to consider would include:

• Your actual fitness scores and what they teach you
• Noteworthy changes in fitness
• Barriers/limitations you face in participating
• Dietary choices, extra curricular activity choices and their impact on overall health
• Injury prevention, management and rehabilitation
• Future plans/goals for overall health choices

4. Digital Portfolio and Reflective Skills:

      This category includes all aspects of your blog posts. Some of the things to consider would include:

• The total collection of digital evidence and number of posts
• The quality of the selection of evidence as a demonstration of learning
• The quality of the summaries/explanations of the evidence (reflection of effort, new learning cited, goals/plans)
• The usefulness of comments on peers blog entries as part of a socially constructed learning and assessment
• Your ability to provide evidence of your learning