Pre-Conference Institutes
Classroom Assessment and Grading: Making Standards Useful
October 28, 2010 | Chicago, Ill.
Done properly, formative assessments allow districts and schools to identify the strengths and weaknesses of every student quickly and efficiently. The goal is to prevent students from ascending through grade levels while lacking knowledge and skills.
Robert J. Marzano will address grading issues such as
- Designing assessments for learning.
- Exploring systems to track student knowledge gains.
- Using technology to increase student involvement.
- Making standards useful in the classroom.
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Institute Staff: Robert J. Marzano, ASCD Author and Educational Consultant, Centennial, Colo.
Registration Fee: $249 (ASCD members), $313 (Nonmembers)
Materials Fee: $30 for Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading
PDI Code: PD11GA001
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Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice
October 28, 2010 | Chicago, Ill.
In her 2006 book Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice, Charlotte Danielson defines teacher leaders as teachers who informally and voluntarily lead activities that mobilize colleagues in efforts to increase student learning. These are teachers who are committed to their work as teachers and also are willing to lead school-based improvement efforts. Informal teacher leaders, in addition to their work as exemplary teachers of their students, provide much of the professional energy required by excellent schools to pursue a path of ongoing improvement.
This session is designed for teachers who display the characteristics of teacher leaders described by Danielson. They demonstrate leadership skills and dispositions, but they have no ambitions to become administrators and don't aspire to formal teacher leadership positions, such as department chair or instructional coach. This session is designed to provide perspective and knowledge to the undeniable leaders who may not have yet acquired the knowledge or skills to serve in a leadership role with their colleagues.
In this session, Sue Presler will help you
- Understand the framework for teacher leadership.
- Identify how teacher leadership is manifested in their particular settings.
- Acquire the knowledge necessary to provide leadership in schoolwide policies and programs, teaching and learning, and communications and community relations.