Middle School Principal's Meeting

Hans and I gave a SBG&R overview at the middle school principal PLC meeting yesterday.  It went pretty well.

Hans and I had a few ideas on the way back to school:
1) Perhaps we should make ourselves available to pre-service educators to talk about SBG&R, because...
2) We talked about how the research is decided about the fact that SBG&R is the way to go, so why don't more teachers/schools use it?  Because we not taught about grading and systems are handed down by tradition.  Therefore pre-service education is the one way to break the cycle.

Perhaps we should make a class about it . . .

Do other people have ideas about why grading methods are so hard to change?

Study of the week Feb 16th

Sorry there has been a delay, but I'm back!

This week we look at Competency-Based Learning.

Short article, here are the highlights.

1. In a forward-looking move, New Hampshire passed a law allowing students to receive credit for individualized learning experiences that bring the learning to life for them.
2. The move is from seat time to proof of learning based on students' needs and interests.
3. Teachers and schools are embracing this slowly but surely, and there is concern for teacher workloads if this continues to expand.
4. Anecdotes provided in article.

How is what we're doing with EL (or in the district) supporting or hindering this kind of learning?  What kinds of kids do you see this working for?

TMP-TT