Formative+Evaluation+and+Materials+Revision

__Description of Subject Matter Expert__:  The subject matter expert is a the head librarian for the American International School in Caracas, Venezuela. She has been working in the profession for more than thirty years. Ms. Pierce obtained her Masters degree in Library and Information Science from Florida State University and is continually involved in professional development opportunities around the world. Additionally, Ms. Pierce is very knowledgable in the curriculum I am posing to introduce. She has taught numerous lessons in regards to "keyword and topic identification. "

 __Summary of Information Collected and Results__:  After viewing the proposed lesson plan, Ms. Pierce had a few professional corrective criticisms. The instruction would benefit with some form of instructional assessment, a more individualized task for the students to work on (M.E. Pierce, personal communication, April 19, 2011). She suggested the class to be broken down into small groups, students are then afforded to work collaboratively, as well as both independently and interdependently (M.E. Pierce, personal communication, April 19, 2011). An additional suggestion came in the form the students performing an expository demonstration, explaining their findings (M.E. Pierce, personal communication, April 19, 2011). She did have one final suggestion, to reinforce the skills being instructed, an additional homework style worksheet to assess mastery of learning (M.E. Pierce, personal communication, April 19, 2011).

 __Revisions__:  I have modified my objectives to reflect the changes posed by the subject matter expert, Ms. Pierce. The students will work in a group setting, collaboratively and interdependently. The lesson will incorporate performance-based assessment, through student application and presentation. The teacher/librarian will give immediate feedback, based on rubric. An additional worksheet has been created as a homework assignment. The homework will be collected at the following scheduled meeting and evaluated, based on a teacher/librarian created rubric for mastery of learning.

I value the opinion of the subject matter expert, as she is a long standing professional in the field. With the modifications to the instructional strategy and objectives, the instruction appears to be more precise, dealing with every aspect of learning and corresponding instruction to the learning objectives. Working with a subject matter expert is a very informative proposition, and I have learned a lot from her suggestions. However, I feel working in a classroom environment, directly with the students, an actual field-trial, would yield a more concrete outcome. In the situation that I am in currently, this was not an option.