Why am I writing this personal entry? Well, it is not an attempt to gain any sympathy. It attempts to show what is possible if a clear intention and goal serve the learner's needs. In May of 2022 just near the end of another fantastic school year, I do not remember what happened. But, I was unable to finish the school year and was unable to teach the following year. Why? On May 21st, 2022, I fell down a flight of 16 stairs (luckily carpeted) from the 2nd to 1st story of our home. I was found at the bottom of the stairs. I was found foaming at the mouth. This would lead to a 2-month hospital stay which included an induced coma because my seizures would not stop, several rounds of lumbar punctures, and relearning basic physical movements like something as simple as being able to roll in the hospital bed. Simply put, when I was admitted to the hospital, I was diagnosed as being “critically ill.” Please take a moment and read those words: critically ill. They are not terms...
I had the opportunity to read a wonderful and super rich book about grading practices by Cathy Vatterott called Rethinking Grading: Meaningful Assessment for Standards-Based Learning.
The book is not only for those thinking bout implementing standards based grading. It has important, research based strategies that we should all be using in our classroom from crafting learning objectives, forms of assessment, and the power of feedback.
I put together some of my takeaways from the book in a single diagram. This image can't do justice to the depth of the book. My highlights covered over 10 pages in a Google Doc. So, search it out and dig in.
If you find errors in the doc, I'm always looking for help proofreading!
Thank you
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