Bondurant-Farrar Community Schools

Artifact
Artifact Title: ___Email to parents________________
Portfolio Author: ___Maggie Trecker_______
Iowa Teaching Standard __ Uses a variety of methods to monitor student learning.
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Aligns classroom assessment with instruction.

Communicates assessment criteria and standards to all students and parents.
Understands and uses the results of multiple assessments to guide planning and instruction.
Guides students in goal setting and assessing their own learning.
Provides substantive, timely, and constructive feedback to students and parents.
Works with other staff and building and district leadership in analysis of student progress.

I chose this artifact to show:

_____ growth in this standard
__X__ strength and competency in this standard
Evidence to support attainment of this standard:
Description of artifact and how the artifact meets the standard:
After spring break one of our special education students had a substitute 1:1 associate. These
situations have been troublesome for this student in the past so when she had an amazing day I
wanted to provide substantive, timely, and constructive feedback to her parents.

Reflection on artifact (what went right, what went wrong, how to make better):
This child has had some rough days in the months prior to this email and I know that her mother
really appreciates knowing how her daughters day went, because her daughter is non-verbal. I
think it is important to let parents know about the successes of their child. Communicating the
successes creates a great relationship between the teacher and parent and makes it easier if I ever
do need to call and talk to parents about something that may have gone wrong in their childs day.