Recommended Classroom Management Resources:

– Power Plays: Moving from Coping to Cooperation in your Classroom.

 Barrie Bennett, Peter 

Smilanich, 2013.

– Class Interrupted: Strategies for Positive Behaviour.

 Avis Glaze, Ruth Mattingley, 2010.

– Classroom Management that Works.

 Robert J. Marzano, Jana S. Marzano and Debra Pickering, 

2003.

– Creating the Dynamic Classroom – A Handbook for Teachers.

 Susan Schwartz and Mindy 

Pollishuke, 2004.

– The First Days of School.

 Harry K. Wong and Rosemary T. Wong, 2009.

– The Heart and Art of Teaching and Learning: Practical Ideas and Resources for Beginning 

Teachers.

 ETFO, 2011.

– With All Due Respect.

 Ronald Morrish, 2013.

– Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community.

 Alfie Kohn, 2006.

Elementary Progress Report Card and Elementary 

Provincial Report Card Continued Implementation Update

(Growing Success Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools, First Edition, 2010)

Schools will continue to use the Elementary Progress Report Card between October 20 and November 20 
of the school year. The progress report card is designed to show the development of a student’s learning 
skills and work habits during the fall of the school year, as well as a student’s general progress and growth 
in working towards the achievement of the curriculum expectations.

The first Elementary Provincial Report Card will be issued between January 20 and February 20. The 
second Elementary Provincial Report Card will be issued at the end of the school year. Exact dates are 
set by individual school boards. The Elementary Provincial Report Card is designed to show a student’s 
achievement at two points in the school year. The first provincial report card will reflect the student’s 
achievement from September to January/February of the school year. The second provincial report card 
will reflect the student’s achievement from January/February to June of the school year.

The following guidelines will support members, protect against increased workload, and ensure 
consistency from school to school across the province as the report cards are completed.

The ETFO Elementary Progress Report Card Guiding Principles:

1. The term “teachers’ professional judgement” is used consistently throughout the Growing Success 

document. Teachers use their professional judgement to determine where a child is progressing in 
the progress report card boxes. The teachers’ professional judgement should also be relied upon 
to determine which subject areas to comment on in the “Strengths/Next Steps for Improvement” 
comments boxes. Teachers do not need to comment on every subject or learning skill.

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