I know it's been a while since I wrote, but I've been busy preparing for the school year! I will be posting pics of my music room soon, but besides preparing my music room and music lessons, I also just finished taking a class about student learning objectives, or SLO's.  For those of you not in the state of Ohio, legislation was recently passed in which teacher evaluations will be based 50% on observation and 50% on the results of two SLO's. Student learning objectives are plans each teacher writes for a specific concept, estimating adequate yearly growth for each student. We give a pre-test, teach for several months, then give a post-test and compare the data. The geeky part of me is excited to have data to back up what I do in the music room, but I am also nervous the data won't support what I think is going on! It will be an interesting experience for sure! Fortunately, my district hired a consultant just to give professional development about SLO's. I reali......

I know it's been a while since I wrote, but I've been busy preparing for the school year! I will be posting pics of my music room soon, but besides preparing my music room and music lessons, I also just finished taking a class about student learning objectives, or SLO's.  For those of you not in the state of Ohio, legislation was recently passed in which teacher evaluations will be based 50% on observation and 50% on the results of two SLO's. Student learning objectives are plans each teacher writes for a specific concept, estimating adequate yearly growth for each student. We give a pre-test, teach for several months, then give a post-test and compare the data. The geeky part of me is excited to have data to back up what I do in the music room, but I am also nervous the data won't support what I think is going on! It will be an interesting experience for sure! Fortunately, my district hired a consultant just to give professional development about SLO's. I reali......