"Members apply professional knowledge and experience to promote student learning. They use appropriate pedagogy, assessment and evaluation, resources and technology in planning for and responding to the needs of individual students and learning communities. Members refine their professional practice through ongoing inquiry, dialogue and reflection."

(Ontario College of Teachers)

I am a firm believer that assessment, in all its forms, acts to inform instruction. By triangulating my assessment on a daily basis, through conversations, observations, and products, I have a fulsome profile of each learner's stage and ability. Some of the tactics I like to utilize are guided reading groups, conferencing, diagrams/visual representation of learning, and co-constructed success criteria and rubrics. 

Together, we figure out their areas of strengths, challenges, interests, and unique learning strategies. The students in my class know that they are active participants in their learning and assessment, not passive bystanders - this ownership comes through in their successes and, more importantly, their improvements as learners.