Side by Side: Building a Gradeless Classroom with Kyle McKillop (from the NCTE 2020 Convention)

Описание: Even assessment is about relationships! When we trust our students to take control of their own assessment, our classrooms become deeper, more caring, and more equitable. By going gradeless—and utilizing the criteria-building, self-assessment, and conferencing that this session focuses on—teachers joyfully free themselves to be coaches and mentors.

This workshop focuses on the pedagogy and practicalities of running a gradeless secondary ELA classroom, using examples from my own teaching practice. The recording was part of the NCTE 2020 Convention's Navigating Assessment and Grading Practices strand.

To view the files mentioned, visit https://tinyurl.com/NCTEGradeless.
To visit my website for other files and links, visit https://mistermckillop.wordpress.com/.

Kyle McKillop works on the traditional and unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo, and Qayqayt First Nations as the English Lead Learner at LA Matheson Secondary in Surrey, BC, Canada. He co-teaches the cross-curricular Arts Integrated Module 9 with Drama and Social Studies colleagues, and he also teaches senior English. He is the president of the BC Teachers of English Language Arts and a past president of the Surrey English Teachers’ Association. He has an MFA (UBC Creative Writing) and is particularly fond of teaching practices that put control in student hands. Find him on Twitter: @KyleMcKillop.