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Study Group 5

** Dolores, Shelley, Holly, Trish, Laurie M., and Leanne A **

**__ Technology __** Tools for student assessment should be online or in electronic form to reduce use of paper; such as, TROLL and Get It, Got It, Go. Recordkeeping should be kept in a digital format. Laptops and other technology tools; digital cameras that are used to expand learning should be serviced and upgraded to increase functionality and accessibility. Electronic portfolios could capture a student’s development and learning throughout their WMS experience. This would entail having classroom scanners and technology tools to capture and save evidence of development, growth and learning. Once adopted, staff should receive specific training before implementation. Staff should have remote access to the P drive. **__ Betty Garner __** There are many good ideas for assessing many concepts. Her ideas help us understand what students are capable of doing. **// Spirituality //** Important piece that is part of Montessori philosophy. We don’t “retreat” enough It is one of those pieces that is missing from the “teacher” quality and the curriculum in other educational institutions **// Conservation //** I/T/P lays the foundations for knowledge that emerges starting in K-1 Assessment and practice strengthens skills to support student development of conservation Use of observation as students interact with conserving materials to assess Create work and use them as an assessment focus Three period lesson can be used as an assessment tool **// Questions //** How can we collate the different EC entities and Garner to identify universal standards, goals and teaching strategies? Can it lead to curriculum development? Where do we implement Spirituality and Conservation into our classroom curriculum? What Montessori work meets Garners categories? Montessorians are trained to know, how do we need to record? How best to facilitate recording achievable, concrete, observable, documented data in light of assesment? What do we do with the information we collect? Could technology help us organize the information?