Meeting Dates:  June 29 & August 3 Time: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM 

Location: Zoom 

Description: Get ideas for setting up your grading systems for the next school year! This book study will be a hybrid of asynchronous modules and two live sessions, one at the beginning to introduce ourselves and establish our personal goals for the study and one at the end to share resources and ideas that will be helpful in our own classrooms.   

 The anchor text is Joe Feldman's book, Grading For Equity, which focuses on how grading practices that are accurate, bias-resistant, and motivational will improve learning, minimize grade inflation, reduce failure rates, and become a lever for creating stronger teacher- student relationships and more caring classrooms.

Presenter: Ruth Leavitt 

Audience: Educators  

Meeting Dates:  July 11, July 18, July 25, August 1, August 8 Time: 9:00-10:00 AM 

Location: Zoom 

Description: With Grading For Equity, Joe Feldman cuts to the core of the conversation, revealing grading practices that are accurate, bias-resistant, and motivational will improve learning, minimize grade inflation, reduce failure rates, and become a lever for creating stronger teacher-student relationships and more caring classrooms. 

Presenter: Ruth Leavitt 

Audience: PK-12 Administrators 

Begins July 5, 2023  Ends July 31, 2023

Location: Google Classroom 

Hosted by the Mohawk Regional Teacher Center 

Description: Jennifer Stanton from Instructional Support Services will conduct this book study: Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms by Marcia Tate. This is course is designed to be self-paced. The learning intentions of this course are: To learn the 12 Brain-Based Principles to avoid burnout, increase optimism, and support physical well-being. To understand the 12 Brain-Based Principles To reflect on the 12 Brain-Based Principles To learn methods to implement the 12 Brain-Based Principles This course is designed as chunked chapters in order for you to gain knowledge and deepen your understanding of the 12 Brain-Based Principles to avoid burnout, increase optimism as well as support physical well-being. Additionally, the schedule for reading takes into consideration the number of school days we have for the book study. This six-hour course offers a stipend of $150.00. Clock hours can be given if your district allows them. You will receive a copy of the book which is yours to keep. 

Begins August 1, 2023  Ends August 31, 2023

Location: Google Classroom 

Hosted by the Mohawk Regional Teacher Center 

Description:  Jennifer Stanton, from Instructional Support Services, will lead this book study. The learning intentions of this course are, To learn and discover who you are as an educator, To learn what matters most in students’ school experiences, To learn how to foster better behaviors and provide high-quality feedback, and To learn how to build equity in every classroom.  

This course is designed as chunked chapters in order for you to gain knowledge and deepen your understanding about Teaching with Poverty and Equity in Mind. Additionally, the schedule for reading takes into consideration the number of days we have for the book study. This six-hour course offers a stipend of $150.00. Clock hours can be given if your district allows them. You will receive a copy of the book which is yours to keep.