Teacher2Teacher @SpedDenison Ambre Lee, EdD Emily Dawson, NBCT Cheryl Graff Blair Hicks, Ed.S. Emily Quinlan Faigy Abraham M.ED. NAlston, Ed.D. Beyond the Curriculum - especially their series on inclusion and of course Cult of Pedagogy, it is the best!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!!!

How to structure a gradeless classroom.

How to establish learning goals.

How to communicate the gradeless class with parents and students.

How to get administrative support.

For more information visit:
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'I do not design assignments to evaluate you. I design assignments for you to learn.' Paul Thomas #TG2Chat LIVE! ctt.ec/T4hz_+

TONIGHT!

Arthur Chiaravalli interviews Barry Fishman, author of a new introduction to the 50th-anniversary edition of Wad-Ja-Get. Watch and participate via YouTube or Facebook. Participants are entered in a drawing for a hard copy of the book! #tg2chat teachersgoinggradeless.com/calendar/tg2ca…

NEW POST!!! Barry Fishman writes, 'If you never get started on building infrastructure, the change you desire will never happen. And infrastructure building is a collective enterprise, not an individual one.' #tg2chat ctt.ec/v22ci+

'In a system that favors standardization rather than personalization, students are ahead or behind those arbitrary benchmarks for each grade every single year.'

via Vanessa Ellis | Teacher → Instructional Coach
#tg2chat

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The premise of merit pay, and indeed of all rewards, is that people *could* be doing a better job but have perversely refused to do so until it’s bribed out of them.

NEW POST!!! 'I began my tenth year of teaching with an uneasiness about the pandemic but also optimism about new approaches to learning. This year would forever change the way I teach.' Vanessa Ellis | Teacher → Instructional Coach #tg2chat ctt.ec/02OzU+

Lessons Learned from COVID-19. Learning must be humanized. Equity is essential.

#Education #Equity #lessismore #SpecialEducation #Autism #Disabilities #IEP #Teaching

spectrumlife.org/blog/lessons-l… via Aaron S Blackwelder MA Ed Beyond the Curriculum

A focus on increasing 'rigor,' 'raising the bar,' demanding 'higher standards,' etc. usually means teaching the same sorts of things in pretty much the same way, except now with fewer students being able to succeed.

“OMG! STANDARDIZED TESTING IS ABSOLUTELY TRAUMATIZING OUR CHILDREN! THEY WILL NEVER RECOVER! IT’S AWFUL! INHUMANE!”

Here’s the report on my kid. (With both autism and ADHD.) 🤷🏻‍♀️

'Going gradeless. Sounds so empowering, right? But for many, going entirely gradeless is not a possibility in their teaching contexts.' Vanessa Ellis | Teacher → Instructional Coach #tg2chat ctt.ec/Qgf6l+

As testing season descends once again on schools, join The Standards-Based Classroom's Emily Rinkema and @TG2Chat's Arthur Chiaravalli as we discuss the impact of tests and to imagine what teaching might be without them! #tg2chat teachersgoinggradeless.com/calendar/apr25…

Hey CVSDVT and #vted join us! We’ll be thinking about testing culture & its impact on Ss, Ts, & schools—and what role testing has in a standards-based, personalized system & in the schools of our future. Adam Bunting Rene Sanchez @PeterLangella Arthur Chiaravalli

'Labor-based grading allows students to experience the messy process of writing. The method provides the conditions for students to embrace failure—an essential part of the writing process.' Anthony Lince #tg2chat ctt.ec/9e4D3+

Just got around to listening to this and it's worth your time whether or not you've read #Ungrading yet. Lots of ideas to apply to #destreaming too!
@2f2yQ99IN4V2pwL アウト Aleda Klassen Carolyn Gingerich Andrea Teichroeb

Don't Forget!!!

Join Will Dunn (Will M Dunn) and Aaron Blackwelder (@AaronSBlackwel1) for #TG2Chat as we explore Pointless Learning.

teachersgoinggradeless.com/calendar/march…

Labor-based grading friends, we’re soon going to be asking the great Asao B. Inoue 🦄 about objections to LBG for @TG2Chat. What questions or pushback do you receive, if any?
Anthony Lince, ✨Karis Jones ✨, Mr. Anderson...anyone else? #tg2chat