Grading for Equity Workshops

"Grading for Equity" Workshops

Led by Author Joe Feldman

Tuesday, March 12 & Wednesday, May 22

8:00am - 3:00pm • SUNY Cobleskill Bouck Theater

SUNY Cobleskill invites all faculty and staff, as well as partnering high school educators, to two workshops with Joe Feldman, author of “Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms.”

Workshop 1 • Tuesday, March 12

• Gain awareness of the history and inequities of traditional grading and the detrimental impact of the practice in contemporary classrooms
• Develop a shared sense of urgency and commitment to improve grading
• Learn equitable grading practices and how to integrate them into classroom instruction 

Workshop 2 • Wednesday, May 22

• Check in on the implementation of improved and more equitable grading practices
• Learn the purpose, design, and effective implementation of rubrics
• Strengthen capacity to identify instructional goals in individual courses, and translate them into explicit expectations across varying student-performance levels

 

Registration

These workshops are free and open only to SUNY Cobleskill and partnering high school faculty and staff members. To RSVP, or to inquire, contact SchoolofBLAS@cobleskill.edu. Please let us know if you will be joining us at least one week before the March session.

 

About Joe Feldman

Joe Feldman has worked in education for more than 20 years at the school, district, and federal levels of government, and in traditional district and charter school systems. He began his career as an English and U.S. History teacher in Atlanta Public Schools, and was the founding principal of Thurgood Marshall Academy in Washington, D.C. which has the highest-performing students of any open-enrollment public school in the city. He also served as Director of Charter School Development for the New York City Department of Education, and as Director of K-12 Instruction in Union City, California. In Union City, Joe led the districtwide initiative to expand access to and support for honors and advanced classes; in two years the district doubled the number of African-American and Latino students who enrolled in – and passed – honors and advanced courses.

Joe earned his B.A. from Stanford University, a Master’s degree in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard School of Education, and a J.D. at NYU Law School. He has presented at schools and conferences across the country, and has authored numerous publications on grading and equity. Visit https://gradingforequity.org for more information.