In education, assessment includes events, tools, processes, and decisions used to gather information about learning. Well-designed assessment practices allow teachers to identify learning patterns, to modify instruction and to meet the needs of learners.
While instructors will assess you on an ongoing basis throughout the course, you will receive written feedback on your overall progress at four check-in points during the course. The first three are called Progress Updates, and the last is the Final Report.
Each Progress Update and the Final Report include:
After each Progress Update, as well as for the Final Report, instructors will provide you with a Rubric of Professional Learning using the feedback feature in the corresponding Dropbox folder. They may also provide you with additional ongoing written feedback as you progress through the course.
*Note that given the timing of the first Progress Update, it is expected that not all criteria will be highlighted.
The Rubric of Professional Learning addresses the following four categories: knowledge and understanding, thinking, communication and application.
These are the same assessment areas for student learning at Elementary and Secondary levels across all subject areas and disciplines in Ontario. They are defined in the table below.
| Categories | |
|---|---|
| Knowledge and Understanding |
Candidates demonstrate their knowledge and understanding when they:
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| Thinking |
Analyzing, inferring, evaluating, and synthesizing are central to critical and creative thinking. Thinking is evident when candidates:
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| Communication |
The goal of communication is to foster a collaborative community of learners. Candidates accomplish this when they:
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| Application |
Application refers to candidates' ability to use knowledge by putting ideas into action. Candidates accomplish this when they:
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The Rubric of Professional Learning is converted into a final grade using the grid below.
| Rubric of Professional Learning | |
|---|---|
| A+ | All criteria at the excellent level. |
| A | 7 or more criteria achieved at the excellent level with 3 or fewer at the competent level. No criteria can be at the beginning or developing level. |
| B+ | 7 or more criteria achieved at the competent level or above with 3 or fewer at the developing level. No criteria can be at the beginning level. |
| Fail | Any criteria achieved that do not meet the requirements for A or B+. |
Additional Qualification Courses are designed so that candidates work through the same modules at the same time. All assignments will be accepted up to the due dates identified in the course outline. Although assignment submissions to instructors need to be uploaded by the module's due date, Discussion board tasks must be completed within the time frame of the specific module, allowing candidates enough time to read and respond to each other's' posts.
Candidates who are unable to meet the due dates for any assignment due to extenuating circumstances, must request additional time from the instructor. Extensions are given at the discretion of the instructor. Candidates who do not request extensions and who make more than one late posting on the discussion board or submit more than one late assignment cannot be considered for an A+ grade in the course.
Please note that a candidate who has completed less than half of the required work by the end of the course, will not be admissible for an extension and will receive an automatic Fail.
Candidates who receive a Beginning level in any Progress Update must communicate with the instructor for further instruction on improving their level in the course. This process will usually involve resubmission of the assignment(s).
Candidates who receive a Fail grade at the end the course may appeal by following CTE's Appeal Process.
Applicants who require special accommodations are asked to follow these steps:
Refunds are issued back to the original form of payment.
If you drop a course:
