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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment is part of what teachers have to do in school. Although it is required, we teachers can make sure we assess with respect. Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. Stream by clicking here.

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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. In 2015 Riverside Secondary School started delivering Digital Learning 10 to their Grade 9 students (which is also the grade we deliver it at for Inquiry Hub students).

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

Graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education[2]. Analysis of Parental Involvement and Self-Esteem on Secondary School Students in Kieni West Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya.” Journal of Education and Practice, November 2016, 7, 82-98. Family Engagement = Student Success. What Is Parental Engagement?” Dearing, E.,

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Rethinking Grading and Assessment Practices – Part 1 – Why Change?

The Principal of Change

There has been a multitude of conversations regarding assessment and grading practices, focusing on shifting practice that makes more sense not only for the current time we live in but also moving forward. She had said, “How we assess drives our teaching, not the other way around.” ” I would agree.

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Mentoring for Digital Leadership in California Adult Educators

Digital Promise

For more than 30 years, California’s Outreach and Technical Assistance Network ( OTAN ) has been at the forefront of meeting the technology needs of adult education providers, including English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE), and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

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When I Knew It Was Time to Leave the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Author of Teaching Mythology Exposed: Helping Teachers Create Visionary Classroom Perspective, Blogging for Educators, Teaching Students to Self Assess: How do I help students grow as learners?, She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Students Perform on the Most Recent Assessments?” She has published articles in the Wisconsin English Journal and has spoken at state and national conferences on aspects of secondary literacy. May 20, 2016. . ” America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic: remote classes made things worse.”