Progress Report
Kelli Sprenger
Standard #6: Assessment
Progress Report: L.W.
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The above artifact is a partial progress report that was written as part of a class (and for practice writing progress reports) during the fall of 2014. At the Conductive Learning Center, a progress report is written for each child at least once a year, depending on their attendance in the program. The report is used to monitor progress and achievement of goals throughout the program. Goals are written in the areas of participation and social skills, lying, sitting, standing/walking, ambulation, visual perception motor skills, communication, and self-care. The entire daily routine is shaped to allow children to meet these goals. Once the targeted skill/goal is in place, the child's ability to meet it is measured during the first week of the program. The conductor measures what kind of assistance is needed and how much of the goal that the child is able to complete. Goals can be measured throughout the session (typically four weeks), but are also measured in the last few days of the session. The hope is that the child is able to reach the goal with less facilitation/help. During this time, a next goal is thought of; this could be something that needs to be learned in order for the child to better accomplish the first goal, or it could be the next step to accomplishing a larger goal. progress reports also include advice for home, such as something that the parents can do to help the child.
Since this assignment was just practice for us in learning the process, it was completed a little differently than normal. We each chose one child to write a practice report for, then wrote goals for one section per week, and met with a conductor teacher each week to discuss it. I found it very helpful to start it this way because the conductor teachers could give us advice each week and help us before we got too far along. One thing that made it harder for me was that, since it was practice, it was theoretical and we had to guess to evaluate the goals. We weren't actually measuring them, but guessing from our time in the classroom. Also, since we were completely one section per week, it was much more spread out so it was hard to remember what level that child had started at. I feel that I learned a lot during the process of writing this progress report, and even more when I assisted in writing a progress report during my student teaching placement at the CLC.
This assignment is a very complex assessment tool that is used by the Conductive Learning Center. It is a great way to guide all activities during the session. It is used by the conductor teachers for planning and goal setting, but is given to the parents at the end of the session to show progress and if often shared with other teachers or medical professionals working with the child. In assessing my own work with this assignment, I know that I have already made growth in my ability to write thorough progress reports. Throughout the weeks working on this report, I had to revise many times, which forced me to look back at my own work and see how I could make it better.
Since this assignment was just practice for us in learning the process, it was completed a little differently than normal. We each chose one child to write a practice report for, then wrote goals for one section per week, and met with a conductor teacher each week to discuss it. I found it very helpful to start it this way because the conductor teachers could give us advice each week and help us before we got too far along. One thing that made it harder for me was that, since it was practice, it was theoretical and we had to guess to evaluate the goals. We weren't actually measuring them, but guessing from our time in the classroom. Also, since we were completely one section per week, it was much more spread out so it was hard to remember what level that child had started at. I feel that I learned a lot during the process of writing this progress report, and even more when I assisted in writing a progress report during my student teaching placement at the CLC.
This assignment is a very complex assessment tool that is used by the Conductive Learning Center. It is a great way to guide all activities during the session. It is used by the conductor teachers for planning and goal setting, but is given to the parents at the end of the session to show progress and if often shared with other teachers or medical professionals working with the child. In assessing my own work with this assignment, I know that I have already made growth in my ability to write thorough progress reports. Throughout the weeks working on this report, I had to revise many times, which forced me to look back at my own work and see how I could make it better.