Principal & Guidance Counselor Meeting
February 2, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
ESU 10 - 76 Plaza Blvd - Kearney, NE
Conference Rooms E & F (South Wing)
Registration: https://odie.esu10.org/workshops
8:30 Opening and Announcements
8:50 Effective Grading Practices (Cindy Baum)
Ken O’Connor states in his book, How to Grade for Learning (2009), that greater student success may be achieved by linking assessments and grading practices to be more accurate, meaningful, and supportive. Become familiar with O’Connor’s eight guidelines for grading and fifteen fixes for broken grades.
Ken Kujath, principal from Broken Bow High School will share BBPS’s experiences and implications in implementing O’Connor’s work district-wide. He will share how Broken Bow Schools implemented this change in grading as well as their grading philosophy. Hear how buy-in was achieved from the faculty to board members and the steps of implementation. See the impact and practices they are utilizing today to bring grading into the forefront of student achievement.
10:30 Break
10:45 Discussion: Working with the chronically failing population of students? What is being done for:
1) students who don’t qualify for SPED services after testing but are obviously very low functioning?
2) the unmotivated student?
11:15 TIP – Technology Improvement Process (Graci & Deanna)
11:45 There’s an app for that!
Evernote (Graci)
12:00 Lunch (meet with Advisory Board in Conf. Rm G)
12:30 Distance Learning – (John Stritt)
2:30 Dismissal