Discussion #3

An essential responsibility of professional educators is keeping accurate records of both instructional and non-instructional events. Discuss how you keep track of: Student completion of assignments. Student progress in learning. Non-instructional records (permission slips, money for field trips, etc.)

This has been a great point for me to reflect on and to make note of what I could work on. In Health we are required by the state to teach Sex Ed, but with that we must have permission from parents/guardians so a disclosure is sent out for signature. I ask for the students to kmail me the form once it's complete, the easiest way I have found to keep track of all of these is in an excel spreadhseet. I mark who turned it in and what option they chose whether its to take the course, take it with exceptions, or to not take it. It's a really easy and quick method that I can and do refer to often throughout the semester and during the sex ed course.

I use Total View a lot for notes on when I talk with students be it an instructional/non-instructional setting. Most of the phone calls, small groups, or one on one tutoring are all instructional and I make note of those in our notes in Total View, it is a great way to keep track of everything on every student.