Assessment Design
Assessment
Tannis Niziol and Tim Coates
Assessment Design: What Matters Most?
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91274082253?pwd=U2dYc2pGdEg0amtxekRBVjlqcUZwZz09
Meeting ID: 912 7408 2253 Passcode: 852818
Information:
This 1-hour conversation will explore ways that we can honour the curricula we teach while at the same time be more intentional about assessment practices that honour the learner. What might drive the design of summative assessments so that they are rigorous, relevant measures of what students know, understand, and are able to do?
About the facilitators
Tannis Niziol. Tannis is currently supporting Alberta teachers as a Professional Learning Facilitator with the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium. She recently served as a curriculum consultant for the Edmonton Catholic School Division. Throughout her 30-year career as an educator, in both Edmonton and Winnipeg, Tannis remains passionate about teaching and learning, and the need for explicit literacy apprenticeship at all levels in all subject areas. Tannis is a voracious reader who believes all students deserve access to rich, diverse reading experiences and to a safe equitable space to talk about what they see, hear, think and feel. She is on a journey to disrupt and bring clarity to the conversations that drive our planning and assessment practice
Tim Coates. After a number of years in the classroom, Tim Coates was seconded to Alberta Education as a Diploma Examination Manager; first for Social Studies 33, and later for Social Studies 30. From 2005 until 2014 Tim was the Director of the Diploma Examination Program Branch. His final service to Alberta Education was as the Coordinator of the Classroom Assessment Capacity project. From 2009 until 2018, Tim served as a sessional lecturer at the University of Alberta, teaching a course in classroom assessment. Tim has offered many professional development presentations throughout Alberta and on occasion in the United States. He has been featured as a keynote speaker at district professional development and conventions. Tim’s educational interests and expertise focus on how to make assessments that engage students and provide meaningful information
Links:
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91274082253?pwd=U2dYc2pGdEg0amtxekRBVjlqcUZwZz09
Meeting ID: 912 7408 2253
Passcode: 852818
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