Academic Rigor 1: Assessing Student Understanding
What is a curated workshop series?
A set of workshops deliberately designed and sequenced to build skills in one topic, from the fundamentals to advanced techniques. Through community, discussion, and multiple opportunities to practice, teachers hone new strategies they can use right away.
Description
This workshop series equips teachers with essential strategies to promote high academic performance and support student learning. Participants will learn to create and analyze standards-aligned student work exemplars which communicate a clear vision for student success. They will explore techniques for checking student understanding both before and during independent practice (via the "Academic Monitoring" technique). Through hands-on practice, educators will develop skills to assess understanding and offer immediate feedback to deepen learning and maintain high expectations.
Learning Objectives
Create and use student work exemplars that show what students need to know and be able to do at each grade level
Effectively check for whole group understanding before releasing students into independent practice
Implement "Academic Monitoring": intentionally guiding and monitoring independent practice.
Give real-time feedback to students while they are working independently
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