A Passion for Excellence in Teaching--and How We Undermine It
Facilitator(s): Robert Fried

Roundtable   +   Classroom Practice: curriculum & instruction   +   High School
"How and why are teachers' learning goals for students so often undermined by their grading practices, and how do we get out of that trap?" This roundtable experience and discussion will begin with teachers focusing on a course they currently teach. We will compare their long-range learning goals for students with their current grading practices, using specially designed "pie-chart" graphs. Discussions of how a school's culture and conventions often lead to teachers giving students mixed messages on what is truly important will hopefully lead participants to reconcile grading with goals, in the interest of promoting excellence in teaching and learning.

Robert will be signing copies of his books at the Fall Forum at an event called,
Meet the Authors.
Date/Time: Friday, 1:30pm - 2:30pm   Room: Sheraton 416   Session #22
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Participants indicating interest in attending this session are:
sarah ashworthcatalina foothills high school
Marna BlanchardJames Lick MS
Tom ConryMadison High School
Lynn DahlbergQuest High School
Marie ErwinSBRSD
Allison FanslerIndependent
Eva FrankCES National
Robert FriedSchool of Education, Northeastern University
nina hagermanholly heights school
Karen KennedyGreenville Technical Charter High School
Kate KeplingerCenter for Inspired Teaching
dave ketterThe Heritage Institute
Valere E. Lee
Natalie MoreyMaryknoll School
Stephen ScannellGresham High School
Amy SchuffSouthridge High School
Brad StamSan Francisco USD
kaile tsapisacs
Sharon VothSqualicum High School
Hideki WatanabeSouthridge High School
Allison WerlockSacopee Valley High School