Professional Learning

Description

Explore and examine ways to shift to more equitable grading practices that accurately communicate what students know and can do. Through a dilemma based approach, we will learn and reflect upon the foundational components of an equitable grading system.

Dive deep into the principles of standards-based teaching, learning, assessment, and grading and gain practical strategies, tools, and insights that will help you along your journey to a standards-based classroom.  This isn't just theory.  It's about rolling up your sleeves and leaning into the heavy lift necessary to move towards putting the theory into action. 

Professional learning to address the why, the what, and the how of equitable grading. Topics range from begining with educator identity and belief systems to creating standards & competency based learning environments through rubrics and proficiency scales.  

Professional learning to address the why, the what, and the how of standards based classroom practices. Topics range from what it means to center teaching, learning, assessment, and grading around instructional standards to creating robust instructional units and assessment systems that support standards based grading.

If your site/district needs support with equitable grading and/or standards based classrooms implementation, we will lead your district through the process of forming a team, creating a shared vision, development of an implementation plan, and support the journey towards achieving the collective vision.