Midwest Principals' CenterAn Approved Illinois Professional Development and CEU Provider

Standards-based Assessment and Grading

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  •  April 18, 2017 - May 18, 2017
     8:00 am - 10:15 pm

Early Bird price of $200 for members ends Feb. 15, 2017.

Administrators’ Academy #1577     ILSPS 1,2,3,5    Domains 1,3,4

Rick Wormeli is one of the first Nationally Board Certi ed teachers in America, Rick brings innovation, energy, validity, and high standards to both his presentations and his instructional practice. For more than 30 years, Rick has taught math, science, English, physical education, health, and history, and was also a teachers’ coach. His work has been reported on ABC’s Good Morning America, on Hardball with Chris Matthews, in National Geographic and Good Housekeeping magazines, in What Matters Most: Teaching for the 21st Century, and in the Washington Post. Rick is the author of the award-winning book Meet Me in the Middle, as well as the best-selling books Day One and Beyond, Fair Isn’t Always Equal: Assessment and Grading in the Di erentiated Classroom, Di erentiation: From Planning to Practice, Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching Any Subject, Summarization in Any Subject, and The Collected Writings (so far) of Rick Wormeli.

With today’s focus on high-stakes accountability and more rigorous standards—including the Common Core—the roles of assessment and grading have never been more important. Unfortunately, assessment is often seen as a “Gotcha!” enterprise, and grading issues can divide faculties. But assessment is a coaching tool that is meant to guide—not just document deficiencies or proclivities—and evidence-based grading can focus educators on what really matters.  This workshop will focus on the following innovative and    use-right-away strategies . . .

  1. Focus assessments so that they provide valid evidence of what is and is not mastery.
  2. Effectively use assessment that reveals your students’ readiness and then provides descriptive feedback to help students revise their efforts and achieve mastery of content and skills.
  3. Identify the necessary elements for useful pre-, formative, common, and summative assessments that really work in today’s classrooms.
  4. Know what to grade, how to grade, and how to report a grade, especially when working with students who learn differently.
  5. Thoughtfully address the burning issues of assessment and grading, including: designing rubrics, using grading scales, averaging scores, handling zeroes, homework, do-overs, late work, extra credit, and much more.
  6. Develop a principled mindset to determine assessment and grading techniques that create transcripts of true integrity that stakeholders in other schools and districts can trust.

Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am

Lunch provided

Venue:  

Address:
6440 Double Eagle Dr., Woodridge, Illinois, 60517, United States

Additional Information
  • All registrations will be confirmed by email.
  • If you register 10 people, the 10th registration is free. Call 847-851-2256 or email [email protected] to receive this discount.
  • Cancellations must be received at least 5 business days before the program event in order for refunds to be made. A $10 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations.
  • If you have questions or need assistance in registering, call Tresie at 847-851-2256 or email her at [email protected].