Congratulations to Dr. Michael Zulfa, Associate Superintendent of Business, for being appointed the 22nd Kern High School District Superintendent, effective February 1, 2024. Dr. Zulfa is a highly esteemed educator with a remarkable 30 years in education.

Excited to be presenting equitable grading to the Kern High Teacher Residency program today. ❤️ Love that these new educators have Grading for Equity as required reading. Joe Feldman KHSD

Today I get to learn, tomorrow I get to provide professional learning. I love education. KHSD . excellencethroughequity2023.sched.com

I did this for a minute only I was even worse - I turned the 4-pt scale into a 💯 scale and thought I was doing something different. If you're going for accuracy, don't add elements that are hard to articulate.

Today's the day. Looking forward to discussing equitable grading and assessment with this group.

Excellent conversation about voice. "The power of your voice isn't how much you talk but how much people listen." Appreciated the definition of voice as well - lots of takeaways in this one. Jim Knight 🇺🇦 Dr. Russell Quaglia podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/coa…

Hope is what it's all about for students AND teachers. In yesterday's grading cohort, a teacher shared: after creating clear targets & implementing learning progressions students achieved 3s & 4s. "I feel hopeful for the 1st time this year." KHSD

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Too often, feedback can be viewed as a mechanism for justifying a mark rather than one for expediting learning.

The "zone of average" is comfortable, but it's also a dangerous place to stay stuck.

Build the new.

Instead of requiring teachers to post x-number of grades per week, require them to provide x-amount of feedback per week. Yes, I know. That'll take too much time. You can't give meaningful feedback like it's a drive-thru. It's almost like we'd have to rethink the whole meal.

So happy to see this back in my podcast feed. Can't wait for my morning commute. @TomSchimmerPod

A little late to the party but, in case you are as well, I'd highly recommend Adam Grant Think Again to all educators. Not only for personal perspective but for thinking about instruction as well. Loved it!

Sad.

#EducatorTwitter our district is looking for a program that offers interim assessments for core subjects (math, science, ss, ela). Anyone know of good ones for the high school level? Go . . .

This is why it's so important to have ☑️clear grading purpose for students & parents & ☑️why we need to remove behaviors from grading. YES, behaviors matter & should be taught but need to be separated from the measurement of academic ability.

This article describes the three prerequisites you must consider to successfully implement standards-based or competency-based grading reforms! kappanonline.org/addressing-inc…

Watched the wonderful Paul A. Kirschner via Complete Maths on 'How can your school help pupils to learn, by remembering better?' Starting with this... which made me think: Isn't the GPA system in the US geared to performing? Why waste time on learning if all you need is the grade?