Running as a woman in the world: Saudi Arabia
For the last two years I have been living, working and running in Saudi
Arabia. I first learned to quiet my voice and then I gained my confidence back. Now it is time to share.
Anecdotal Reports are strong assessments
Check this out! Global Meeting Room for teachers by Google. I plan to use this tonight! (After my immediate research). Moving away from grading students on single opportunities for learning has been the best change for me. I have, over the years developed practices for survival. I sincerely try to help kids learn, praise improvements, document failures and refusals but always offer other school time to help kids learn. Handing out quarterly report cards has always been a tense time. Now, with Powerschool grading we are learning how powerful adding and subtracting work to a grade. Kids are motivated or panicked when they view their grades going up and down. I used to have students calculate grades on paper each Friday. It took lots of time but it was the equivalent of balancing a checkbook, with a conversation around missing work, excitement about high scores. etc. Numerical scores are powerful but often the power has negative results. Zeroes, failing grades are not
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