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20-Minute Online Schoology Course: SAO Beginning of the Year – Creating & Submitting a Quality SAO

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Directions to access the Professional Learning Schoology Group:

• Log in to Schoology and go to ‘Groups’ on the top blue navigation bar.
• Select the ‘My Groups’ link on the right of the screen.
• Select ‘Join Group’ on the right and enter the access code: ZJDR-NJQR-XRZVW
• The Professional Learning list of offerings can be found in the ‘Resources’ section on the left navigation bar within the group.
  • Then choose ‘Instructional Staff’, next select the ‘Student Achievement Objectives (SAOs)’ folder, and finally click on the ‘SAO Beginning of the Year – Creating & Submitting a Quality SAO’ course info page.  The course access code is found there.

SAO – Beginning the Year 2022-2023

SAO Classroom Template 
SAO Classroom Template Response Guide 
SAO Non-Classroom Teacher Template 
SAO Non-Classroom Teacher Template – Response Guide
SAO Classroom Teacher Quality Rubric 
SAO Non-Classroom Teacher Quality Rubric 
3_SAO Evaluation Timeline 22-23 -Year long course
4_SAO Evaluation Timeline First Semester-22-23
5_SAO Evaluation Timeline Second Semester-22-23
7_Teacher and Administrator SAO Manual-22-23
6_SAO Decision Tree 22-23
Using Baseline Data to set Targets 

Journey Directions

12_SAO Initial Review Directions for Classroom Teachers 22-23

13_SAO Initial Review Directions for Non-Classroom Teacher Groups 22-23

Improving the Quality of SAOs (Year 3 Examples)

Elementary Example
Kindergarten ELA Example

Middle School Example
7^th Grade ELA Example

High School Example
U.S. History Example

Module Videos

Beginner Sample SAOs ( Year 1)

Elementary

• 1st Grade
  • Elementary_Grade1ReadingComprehensionSAO
  • Elementary_Grade1ReadingComprehension_SAOPlanningPages
• 2nd Grade
  • Elementary_Grade2MathProblemSolvingSAO
  • Elementary_Grade2MathProblemSolving_SAOPlanningPages

Middle

• 6th Grade
  • MiddleSchool_Grade6ScienceSAO
  • MiddleSchool_Grade6Science_SAOPlanningPages

High

10th Grade
HighSchool_Grade10WorldHistorySA
HighSchool_Grade10WorldHistory_SAOPlanningPages

Improved Quality SAOs Examples ( Year 2)

Elementary
3rd Grade Math Example 

Middle
8th Grade Science Example

High

English 2 Example 

Teachers are responsible for continuing to implement the SAO and monitor student progress throughout the entire school year.  Essentially, teachers should record student scores from the SAO summative assessments on a spreadsheet or in a table to track students’ progress.  The classroom teacher should collect samples of student work that are representative of each target level established in the SAO.  The SAO Student Progress Spreadsheet is an example of how teachers may choose to record student progress on SAO summative assessments.  Teachers are responsible for documenting student performance and being prepared to have a conversation with their administrator about the data during the end-of-year SAO evaluation.  The method for documenting student progress may vary from teacher to teacher.

Classroom Teacher SAO Modules

Non-Classroom Teacher SAO Modules

In preparation for the end-of-year evaluation, non-classroom teachers should record the activities provided and the results on a spreadsheet or in a table to track their progress. The Non-Classroom Teacher Progress Spreadsheet is one example of how non-classroom teachers may choose to record progress. This template would allow the non-classroom teacher to identify the groups supported, the strategy/activity provided, the evidence collected, and the responses from individuals in the target group with respect to their understanding of the expectations identified in the SAO Learning Goal.

Teachers should plan to gather summative data in preparation for the SAO summative evaluation by mid April.   Directions for the end-of-year evaluation and required Journey actions will be distributed in April.