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Click Here to see the web version | View this message in your mobile | Forward to your friends   OVERVIEW: Embedding Formative Assessment - There is now a large and growing evidence base that helping teachers develop their use of minute-to-minute and day-by-day assessment is one of, if not the most powerful ways to improve student learning. However, adopting formative assessment, or assessment for learning as it is sometimes called, involves far more than adding a few “quick fixes” to…

We’ve got incredible PD coming to a screen near you at this year’s Creative Constructor Lab Virtual. We promised you’ll get hands on and here’s what we mean: Learn how to share your story and create professional-looking videos fast and easy with your phone, tablet or computer. Get the details for Claudio Zavala Jr.’s workshop here. Plan, record and publish a podcast episode. Leave equipped to have your students podcasting by Monday. The scoop on Alicia Johal’s workshop is here. Explore the principles of creating…

Creativity is more necessary than ever! Creativity used to be considered something artists had in spades and mathematicians did not. Turns out, that was wrong. Creativity is what fuels innovation and solves problems — whether you’re an artist, a mathematician or a middle school librarian. Here’s what creativity looks like in the real world: It’s engineers who switched from making hockey equipment to designing shields for medical workers dealing with COVID-19 patients. Los Angeles Times   It’s workers at Ford…

Teacher Leaders: Empowering Students through Assessment   NEW! This is now also offered as a VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE 7 November - 5 December 2020 Research suggests that effective assessment practices can dramatically improve student learning. Assessment tools are most powerful when in the hands of master teachers who have the skills to democratize the classroom, put students in the driver's seat and truly empower students as agents of their own learning. This online learning experience will help you as a teacher…

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Click Here to see the web version | View this message in your mobile | Forward to your friends   OVERVIEW: Everyone knows what the Holy Grail of education is: schools and classrooms that help all students get the best grades they can AND build genuinely useful, transferable real-world capabilities and dispositions at the same time. We know that a key set of these attitudes and dispositions predict success in life more powerfully than test scores. They include not just resilience,…

Hello everyone, It is that wonderful time of year again...SENIA Conference registration!    This year's conference theme is 'Bridging the Gap' and the scheduled sessions will provide a wonderful opportunity for educators in any role to add new strategies to their practice for supporting diverse learners. Here is a quick clip of what you can expect to experience by attending the SENIA conference:   https://youtu.be/bjHvkwzCBTU   The conference will be online from December 4th - 6th.    If you are interested in…

Click Here to see the web version | View this message in your mobile | Forward to your friends OVERVIEW: In the true spirit of inquiry Kath has been working hard to develop an online workshop that will ensure teachers continue to have access to practical, professional learning that deepens understanding for classroom and online inquiry.   TIME INVOLVED: 4 x 2 hour interactive sessions with Kath over two consecutive days.   PLATFORM, MATERIALS AND RESOURCES: Participants will connect through the…