Measured Progress - Newsletter - Open Response - Summer Professional Development Opportunities

Measured Progress brings administrators and faculty exciting ways to revolutionize student learning by offering the following two-day professional development workshops.

Standards-Based Units of Study and iBINDER

July 22-23 in Manchester, NH ($375.00*)

Standards-Based Units of Study identifies ways teachers can develop classroom plans and assessment strategies to encourage learning in a standards-based environment. The afternoon of day two will be in a computer lab for hands-on instruction and the time committed to designing a unit. *The registration fee includes a one year license.

Participants will:

explore the changes that standards bring to the classroom,
evaluate classrooms for stages of implementation using a rubric,
align targets with learning experiences and assessments, and
design a standards-based unit of study.

Teacher as Assessor

August 16-17 in Danvers, MA ($275.00)

Teacher as Assessor introduces educators to classroom assessment strategies that foster assessment for learning such as constructed response tasks and portfolios, as well as a range of other assessment tools that support good instruction and produce information teachers can use to diagnose and monitor progress.

The workshop will provide participants:

characteristics of effective assessment;
strengths and weaknesses of different assessment tools; and
design considerations for multiple-choice, short-answer, constructed-response, and performance activities.

Examining Student Work to Improve Achievement

August 25-26 in Marlborough, MA ($275.00)

Examining Student Work to Improve Achievement is designed for teachers and leaders from all educational levels and subject areas who want to evaluate student work in order to improve instruction and student performance.

The workshop will provide educators with valuable “how-to’s”:

How a learning community works together to evaluate student work
How to establish protocols for effective communication
How to translate collaborative evaluation into improved instruction
How to analyze content standards, performance standards, and assessment

All workshop fees include materials and lunch.

For registration information, please contact:

Professional Development Services
877-678-3787
E-mail: pd@measuredprogress.org

Please visit our Web site for details and a list of additional workshops.