In Conversation: Assessment and Grading Practices That Encourage Growth in Writers

Target Audience

Gr 7 to 12 Teachers; Instructional Coaches; District Leaders/Consultants

Also Recommended For

School-based Administrators

About this learning opportunity

Please note: the webinar information (link and how to access the webinar) will be emailed to you 2 hours prior to the webinar start time. If you have not received the webinar link by then, please email info@erlc.ca. 

This no-cost facilitated discussion is a follow-up for those teachers who took part in Session Three of Kelly Gallagher’s 3-part series Learn. Design. Apply: Writing Teachers will have the opportunity to share ideas around feedback and assessment  practices that create confident, agile writers.  

This session is being offered on a cost recovery basis.

About the facilitator(s)

Tannis is currently supporting Alberta teachers as a Professional Learning Facilitator with the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium. She recently served as a curriculum consultant for the Edmonton Catholic School Division. Throughout her 30-year career as an educator, in both Edmonton and Winnipeg, Tannis remains passionate about teaching and learning, and the need for explicit literacy apprenticeship at all levels in all subject areas. Tannis is a voracious reader who believes all students deserve access to rich, diverse reading experiences and to a safe equitable space to talk about what they see, hear, think and feel. She is on a journey to disrupt and bring clarity to the conversations that drive our planning and assessment practice.