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Tia Henriksen
It's All About Learning
Learner ~ Leader ~ Educator ~ Mother
Passionate about learning and sparking the learning in others. I believe in modelling my own learning. I feel strongly about developing relationships with students, parents, teachers, and my colleagues (near and far). It is through developing these relationships that the most profound learning can occur.
It’s All About Learning
Tag Archives: grading
Self-Assessment – Oh the Horror!
Self-Assessment … it’s a (long) process. We all know the importance of Assessment AS learning …. This is when students (and adults, for that matter) reflect, and self-assess their learning that real long-term learning and growth can occur. When the … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Personalized Learning, Reflection, Reporting
Tagged Assessment, assessment as learning, grades, grading, reflection, student, students
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Letter Grades and Learning
My students started their self-assessment for Term 2 today (in the 2 French classes I teach). I also managed to start the individual conferences with my students. During these conferences, we discussed the Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs) for the term … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Connections / Relationships, Curriculum, Reporting
Tagged alfie kohn, degrading, engagement, grading, learning, letter grades, motivation, reporting
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My Grading Moratorium Story
At what stage of the abolish grading game are you? I am at the beginning stages of abolishing grading. As a Vice-Principal in an inner-city elementary school Surrey, British Columbia, I spend 70% of my admin assignment teaching. 30% of … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Leading the Learning, Reflection, Reporting
Tagged grades, grading, grading moratorium, learning, process, reflection
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My Struggle With Letter Grades
Much of my teaching experience, prior to becoming a vice-principal was teaching primary students. When teaching primary students, we do not assign letter grades. Instead, we look at each prescribed learning outcome for each student on a continuum of learning: … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Personalized Learning
Tagged alternatives, Assessment, grading, kohn, narrative, report, report card, reporting
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