A couple of weeks ago my teacher soulmate/partner teacher and I crashed an awesome professional development at the Stanford Design school called School Retool/Hacktivation Nation (I never really figured out why there were two different names used during the weekend). The purpose of this weekend was to develop “hacks” to work towards an aspiration at…… Continue reading Reflection on Hacktivation Nation at Stanford d.school
Guys. Rubrics are hard. I don’t think I’ve ever met a single teacher who was like, “Oh man I love rubrics! They are so easy to make and use!” Because they are not. But fear not! I think I’ve finally figured it out. Come with me on my journey from hating rubrics to falling in…… Continue reading Rubrics: A Love Story
Okay in my last post I said I would talk a little bit more on how me and my teaching partner are writing and grading assessments for our competencies so here goes. I have struggled a lot with how to define and assess competencies. There were so many questions. What is a competency? What is…… Continue reading Grading Competencies
When I was interviewing for my current position, I was provided with a copy of the school-wide grading policy and asked what I thought about it and what challenges I might foresee in adopting this grading policy in my class. Our school has adopted competency-based grading, similar but not the same as standards-based grading. Here…… Continue reading Our Take on Competency Based Grading
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