Pre Assessment - Collaboration in 2021

This year my focus is on student collaboration within the classroom. How can the students collaborate during learning and how can we collaborate with the learners. I wanted to get an idea of key areas of strengths and key areas of challenge for my learners. I completed a Behaviour Assessment System for Children (BASC). This is a teacher rating scale to monitor changes and progress in children’s behaviour or emotional status (“BASC”, 2015). 

Within my class these were areas I recognised as areas of challenge:

1. Attention

2. Distraction

3. Listening skills to others

4. Speaking out of turn

5. Trouble with stop and thinking before acting

6. Has better relationships with adults rather than peers.

7. Nervous/ loses confidence easily  

Areas of strength picked up in the BASC

1. Everyone is well intentioned

2. Does not want to upset others

3. Listens to adults

4. Follows direction when spoken to directly by an adult

I found this particular assessment was a great starting point and allowed me to get general information however I did find that it did not go into enough details particularly with how learners interact with each other to achieve something. Going forward I am going to look at how a range of interventions and activities can be used to support student collaboration and also use these assessment tools which will hopefully add more information and create a more detailed goal for the individuals. Going forward the interventions and activities we will implement and monitor will be:

• SCERTS

• ENGAGE

• LEGO therapy

• PEERS programme

• Attention Autism - stage 3 and 4

These interventions will be implemented within class time, with some being for all learners and some for targeted individuals. 

Reference:

BASC-3: Solve behavior issues today. For better lives tomorrow. (2015). Pearson Education 510F241 10/15