Oakland Schools issued the following announcement on Nov. 14.
Intended as an introduction to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 – Writing, this workshop introduces participants to the major and minor level descriptors and the criteria for assigning a global writing proficiency rating. Participants explore a variety of writing tasks across levels of proficiency, evaluate language samples based on the criteria as described in the guidelines, and design appropriate writing activities and writing assessment prompts at the four major levels.
Workshop Agenda
Participants who attend this workshop will become familiar with
- The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines – Writing (Revised 2012)
- The ACTFL Rating Scale (Writing)
- Assessment Criteria for Writing
Follow up activities:
Assessment Criteria Exercise
What is the Level of the Prompts?
- Rating a Writing Sample
Follow up activity: Level of Prompt = Level of Response?
- Rating Practice and Group Debriefing
- Creating Writing Prompts and Group Debriefing
- Evaluation and Closing
When:
• Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Time:
· 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Who should attend:
· World Languages teachers, department chairs and administrators
Cost:
· Oakland County: $90 includes lunch and training materials
· Out of county: $110 includes lunch and training materials
SCECHs: Pending
RSVP: https://www.smore.com/5b62d
Original source can be found here.
Source: Oakland Schools