How We Teach This: Season Six
Season 6 of How We Teach This has a wide range of guests and topics - including a follow up on how some districts are implementing strategies from the Teacher Retention Survey, reaching students that are under represented, standards based grading, talking with teachers about effective strategies, and more.
Season 6, Episode 9 - May 10, 2023
Teaching and Assessing with Standards Based Grading Changes Student Mindset
This panel of experienced teachers from East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School describes how using a Standards-Based Grading method has changed their classroom. Jamil Siddiqui, Math Teacher & National Teachers Hall of Fame Inductee, Class of 2020, Kelly DeMolles, Science Teacher, Rebecca Duggan, Social Sciences Teacher, Jamie Hulke Language Arts Teacher.
Listen for advice on how to get started if you are interested in trying something new in the way you assess student learning.
Jamil Siddiqui
Math Teacher
National Teachers Hall of Fame
Class of 2020
Jamil Siddiqui, with 29 years of experience, teaches Math at East Bridgewater High School
Mr. Siddiqui observes, “I believe in having a growth mindset. Success does not come from knowing the correct answer; it comes from the struggle to find that answer. Not all students have equal innate mathematical abilities, but they can all choose to exhibit the same work ethic and attitude. All students can find success by working hard, improving, and being willing to try new ideas. This is what I want all of my students to learn in my class.”
Jamie Hulke
Language Arts Teacher
Jamie Hulke teaches English at East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School in East Bridgewater, MA. Over her seventeen-year career, she has taught a variety of courses including, AP English Language, AP English Literature, English 9, English 12, and Public Speaking. She graduated from Merrimack College in 2006 with a B.A. in English and a minor in Secondary Education. She earned her M.A.T. in English and M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Bridgewater State University. She was named a 2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year semifinalist and currently serves as the lead teacher of the English department.
Kelly DeMolles
Science Teacher
I am a 4th year teacher at East Bridgewater high school. I teach AP Environmental Science, CP Environmental Science and Biology.
Rebecca Duggan
Social Studies Teacher
I have been teaching history at East Bridgewater High School for 18 years. In that time I have taught United States History, AP United States History, and Psychology.
