Equitable Grading

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if you could grade less while helping students learn more? Wouldn’t it feel great to make grades an even more meaningful form of student feedback? Equitable grading practices can help!

This PD series is for teachers who are intrigued by the idea of standards-based grading, but who would like support in taking the plunge. Over the course of five after-school sessions, participants will discuss various aspects of equitable grading and will develop a complete standards-based grading scheme for one of their courses. Time at each session will be set aside to workshop ideas, giving teachers a chance to hash out the nitty gritty details with colleagues. Teachers will enter the 2020-21 school year ready to run a standards-based classroom!

Curriculum teams are especially encouraged to apply, though teachers are also welcome to participate on their own.

The Equitable Grading Implementation Cohort will consist of five after-school sessions (dates below) and application work. Participants will be able to timesheet their session attendance (a total of 7.5 hours).

Upon completion and submission of application work, teachers will be able to timesheet up to 8.5 additional hours. The work to be completed outside of the PD sessions and submitted includes:

• Completed rubrics for at least ten standards (or all course standards if there are fewer than ten).
  
• A syllabus for the participant's course that explains how s/he will assess students, how student grades will be computed, and the class policy for retakes and missing work.

Session activities will be geared towards supporting completion of these items in order to be prepared to launch a standards-based grading model in fall 2020.

All sessions run from 4-5:30pm at the District Office. The session dates are:

• March 12
• March 19
• April 9
• April 16
• April 23

Participants will be able to timesheet session attendance.

We will accept the first 12 applicants who can commit to attendance and completion of cohort activities. We will compile a list of additional interested applicants for enrollment in future Equitable Grading Implementation Cohort opportunities.

We will notify accepted applicants by February 14th.