2nd Annual Grading Practices Project Forum: Full Schedule

Welcome to the Grading Practices Project Forum!

The measurement and reporting of student learning impacts every aspect of the educational system, from funding for remediation to college and career readiness. Join the Riverside County Office of Education’s College and Career Readiness unit and the Riverside County Education Collaborative for a powerful day of professional development and discussion.
We will be exploring:

The purpose of grading
The accuracy of grades
Grade inflation and deflation

Keynote: Dr. Thomas Guskey

For more information, please contact College and Career Readiness at (951) 826-6315 or ccunningham@rcoe.us.

10:30am PDT

Aligning Grades with Standards to Increase Accuracy - Meeting Room 7 & 8

Limited Capacity seats available

The accuracy of grades fundamentally depends on the quality of the assessment(s). In this session, you learn how aligning assessments with standards create an accurate picture of student learning. When we know the purpose of both our assignments and assessments and their alignment to the course’s essential standards, our grades become accurate and informative.

Speakers

January King

English Teacher and AP/IB Coordinator, Temecula Valley Unified School District

January King began her English teaching career at Bell High Schoolin Los Angeles. In 2001 she was hired by Temecula Valley and taught at ChaparralHigh School before having the opportunity to be a part of the team to openGreat Oak High School in 2004. Over the course of her career... Read More →

Thursday August 29, 2019 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Riverside Convention Center

10:30am PDT

Building Confidence in Grades and Grading Practices - Meeting Room 9 & 10

Limited Capacity seats available

The standards-based grading journey starts when we (teachers) adopt a mindset that allows us to let go of our traditional grading practices and replace them with standard-based grading practices. In this session, you will learn where a traditional grading practices mindset falls short, both mathematically and in terms of accuracy. This session will be both reflective and pragmatic with examples from Dr. Stewart-Ximines’ own journey toward creating a standards-based grading classroom.

Speakers

Dr. Sandra Stewart-Ximines

Assistant Principal, Orange Vista High School

Sandra Stewart-Ximines, Ed.D., has 29 years of experience ineducation. This includes both public and private institutions. She has servedat the Val Verde Unified School District for 15 years, first as a secondarymath teacher and currently as the Math Instructional Coach at Orange... Read More →

Thursday August 29, 2019 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Riverside Convention Center

10:30am PDT

Ensuring Grading Practices are Equitable for Students - Exhibit Hall C

Limited Capacity seats available

In this session, participants will be challenged to reimagine and reinvent their grading practices to increase instructional effectiveness and expand educational equity to impact all students. This presentation leads attendees through an inquiry cycle to reflect on and learn grading practices that promote fairness, accuracy, and increase student motivation. In addition, attendees will leave with a cache of digital and searchable resources to carry the conversation back to their school and district.

Speakers

Christine Matthew

Coordinator, CTI School of Education, Riverside County Office of Education

Professional Teacher Whisperer and Merchant of Creativity

Thursday August 29, 2019 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Riverside Convention Center

10:30am PDT

How to Set Up a Standards-Based Grade Book - Exhibit Hall D

Limited Capacity seats available

Teachers are required to enter student grades into a student information system that is structured in a traditional platform. In this session, you will learn how one teacher made the transition to a standards-based grading system in a traditional digital grade book environment. For teachers that have made the commitment to start the standards-based grading journey, their current grade book software program often presents a challenge.

Speakers

Brian Wold

AP History Teacher, Val Verde Unified School District

Brian Wold is a Social Science teacher at Rancho Verde High School. Brian believes in the importance of accurate evaluation and reporting of student learning. Through his work with Val Verde's Curriculum Council he began to adopt standards-based grading in the classroom three years... Read More →

Thursday August 29, 2019 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Riverside Convention Center

10:30am PDT

Structuring the Grading Practices Conversation - Meeting Room 1 & 2

Limited Capacity seats available

Teachers play a critical and central role in any standards-based grading practices project. In this session, you will learn how to facilitate a team, department, and/or school-wide conversation using improvement science tools to capture teacher voices. Participants will learn how to understand current grading practices, design the next steps, and move forward. Implementing standards-based grading practices is a journey. Let's get started today.

Speakers

Gil Compton

Director I, College Career Readiness, Riverside County Office of Education

Gil Compton earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science at the California State University, Long Beach, and his Teaching Credential, Administrative Credential, and a Master of Education at the University of California, Riverside. Mr. Compton’s career in education began... Read More →

Structuring the Conversation PPT pptx

Project Worksheet docx

Sample grading practices survey questions from Grading for Equity docx

GPP Sample Survey Data pdf

Thursday August 29, 2019 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Riverside Convention Center