SESSION 2: 1:00pm-1:50pm | F | Room 201
Across all levels of education, high-stakes grading practices have become normalized. This workshop will offer 5 strategies for streamlining the grading process. Several of the strategies can be implemented immediately; the others may require a greater commitment to change over time. However you feel about your grading practices, this session will empower you to offer greater flexibility in your grading systems.
Presenters:
Dr. Aimee Dalenta has worked in the field of education for the entirety of her career. She has presented at national conferences in the areas of teaching pedagogy, student engagement, assessment, and child development, and has contributed to several books and educational publications. Aimee has taught in multiple settings from preschool through graduate school and is fiercely passionate about the community college mission. Her doctoral dissertation focused on developmental readers at the college level.
Dr. Matt Connell holds a Masters in Education, an MBA, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership. He has owned and operated numerous business throughout his life in various industries. He has run undergraduate business programs at two Connecticut universities. He has created a statewide higher education entrepreneurial program for formally and currently incarcerated individuals. Matt has published multiple articles and presented on the local, regional and national level on topics ranging from business and leadership, pedagogy, universal design for learning and flipped classrooms. Along with the businesses Matt has owned, he has taught at the high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels.