‘Giving Students A Say’ Chapter-by-chapter resources found here!
Schools, Conferences and Sessions
(Find your location and date below!)
AMISA Conference 2023 – Guatemala City
All handouts can be found here.
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Nichols School – Buffalo
All handouts found here.
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Morristown High School Parent Night
All handouts found here.
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Morristown High School – NJ
All handouts can be found here.
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Expanding Minds – District 47 (BC)
All handouts can be found here.
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AAIE – Washington, DC
All handouts can be found here.
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St. Patrick Regional Secondary School – Vancouver
Handouts found here.
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SLATE 2022 – Kalahari Resort
Handouts found here.
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SRSS – Building An Equitable and Effective Assessment Plan
Handouts found here.
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Niagara Catholic District School Board
All handouts found here.
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SD53 New Teachers Session
All handouts found here!
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Hyde Park Schools
All handouts can be found here!
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Wisconsin State Lutheran Teachers Conference
All handouts can be found here!
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SD43 Coquitlam BC
All handouts can be found here!
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Tower Hill – Delaware
All handouts can be found here!
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Merritt – Things that make my day a little better…
All handouts can be found here!
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Liberty Center – Ohio
All handouts can be found here!
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Siena Catholic Schools of Racine
Let’s Explore, Imagine and Design – September 23, 2022
Keynote – Ask Them
From Passenger to Co-Pilot (PK-5/6-12)
All handouts can be found here!
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ACS International Schools – August 2022
Embracing Authentic Learning Experiences
All handouts can be found here!
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Kahnawake Education Center – Montreal, QC
PURPOSE, Student VOICE & CHOICE – Reconsidering Our Approach to Assessment
All handouts can be found here!
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PWCS – Gainesville Keynote & Sessions
Keynote – What Educators Might Learn From Advertisers
Breakout – Feedback Session
Breakout – Engagement
Breakout – Effective Assessment Plan
All handouts can be found here!
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Fostering Joy & Resilience Conference (Girdwood, AK)
Keynote: ‘Finding Joy and Resilience Amidst Constraint’
Breakout: ‘COVID, Constraints and Surprising Silver Linings‘
Final Day: ‘We Can If’ and other topics
All handouts can be found here!
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Palo Alto, CA (June 2022)
Keynote Day 1: ‘Failing IS an Option’ – Space Travel, Music Icons and Desirable Difficulties
Day 1 Regular Session – The ‘Intersection’ of content and competency
Keynote Day 2: ‘Ask Them’
Day 2 From Passenger to Co-Pilot – Inviting students into the realm of Assessment
SD53 New Teachers
Handouts here…
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Stanislaus Leadership Series – Leading Conversations in Assessment & Grading
Session 1, 2 & 3 – Handouts Here
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Colegio Einstein – Quito, Ecuador
Keynote ‘Help Me’ – Handouts here.
Embracing Authentic Learning Experiences – Part 1 (Handouts)
Embracing Authentic Learning Experiences – Part 2 (Handouts)
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Hyde Park Schools – NY
Engagement, Resiliency and Language of Learning – handouts
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Santa Barbara County Office of Education
Session 1: Purpose, Beliefs and Clear Targets – handouts
Session 2: Standards-Aligned Assessments – handouts
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NW Ohio – Equity in Grading & Assessment
Empowering ALL Learners by Redesigning Systems – Handouts here
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Saint Mary’s College High School
What Might We Learn From Advertising? – Handouts here
Avoiding Mixed Messages – Handouts here
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William S. Hart – February 2, 2022
Reflecting on Practices in Grading and Assessment – Handouts here.
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Benilde – St. Margaret’s
All handouts here.
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SLATE 2021 – Kalahari Resort, WI
Pre-Con Handouts
Concurrent Session – Creativity and Innovation
Keynote – From Passenger to Co-Pilot
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POGIL Webinar: Poverty, Pressure, Parents
Handouts here.
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Stanilaus County Office of Education
4-Part Series: What Does Grading Look Like a Year After Distance Learning?
All resources are found here.
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FIRST STAGR Fall Virtual Conference
Bonus keynote: ‘Grading Smarter Not Harder in 1 Hour’
Handouts here.
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Menasha Joint School District
6-12 Staff Development Day – September 29th
Templates here.
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PNW BOCES – Ideas & Tools to Build Leadership Capacity
Templates here.
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Preston Schools
September 14, 2021
Templates here.
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Morristown – September 3rd 2021
Templates here…
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George McDougall HS
September 1, 2021
Templates here…
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PNW BOCES – Webinar ‘Passenger to Co-Pilot’
Templates here…
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BOCES Monroe Leadership Retreat
‘Changes & Constraint – The Upside of Uncertainty & Restrictions’
August 26, 2021
Templates here…
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SD83 Administrators Meeting
August 25, 2021
Templates here…
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Yukon U – August 19 & 20
templates here…
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William S. Hart Union High School District
‘Ask Them’ – WHY (Session 1) – templates here.
‘Ask Them’ – HOW (Session 2) – templates here.
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Learning Engagement Institute – Cobb County, GA. July 27
Embracing Engaging Learning Experiences –
Session 1 (6-12 focus) – templates here.
Session 2 (K-5 focus) – templates here.
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2021 Learner FIRST Virtual Summit
Keynote: Changes and Constraint (Handouts)
Session: Shared Ownership (Handouts)
Session: Feedback… (Handouts)
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Glenn County: Building an Assessment Strategy to Empower Struggling Learners
Sessions 1-4 templates
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FEEDBACK SERIES – First Educational Resources
Session 1, 2 & 3 – Templates Here
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Journey Back to Jekyll
From Passenger to Co-Pilot – Practical Ways to Assess WITH Our Students – templates here
BOCES Munroe 1
May 21, 2021 – templates
Santa Barbara County Schools
May 20 – templates
May 27 – templates
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ASD-W – New Brunswick – May 17
Shared Ownership – templates
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Virginia Middle Schools Association
‘May the 4th’ Session:
COVID or No COVID – It’s Time to Rethink A Few Things (Handouts)
FIRST EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES – COVID RECOVERY CONFERENCE
Keynote: Changes and Constraint (Handouts)
Session: Shared Ownership (Handouts)
Session: COVID or No COVID – It’s Time… (Handouts)
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PNW BOCES – Embracing Authentic Learning Experiences –
April 7 & April 28th, 2021
templates for session 1 here, templates for session 2 here.
WASCD – How Do We Give Students a Say?
(February 24th Webinar)
templates here.
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Brandon, MB – November 2020
Keynote: Covid or No Covid It’s Time to Rethink – handouts here
Feedback – handouts here
Shared Ownership – handouts here
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Rocky Mountain School District (BC)
October 23, 2020 –
Session 1: ‘Why Grading Changes Impact Both Ends of the Spectrum’ – handouts here
Session 2: Feedback – handouts here
Session 3: Self-Reporting – handouts here
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Greater Victoria School District
September 28, 2020 –
Keynote (Session 1) ‘Why Grading Changes Impact Both Ends of the Spectrum’ – handouts here
Session 2: Feedback – handouts here
Session 3: Self-Reporting – handouts here
Session 4: SBG – Misconceptions, Questions, Benefits – handouts here
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FIRST 2020 Virtual Conference
Keynote & Session Handouts:
KEYNOTE: COVID or No COVID – It’s time to Rethink
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ASCD 2020 Virtual Conference
COVID-19 or No COVID-19, It’s time to re-examine a few grading and assessment practices.
Templates and support documents found here.
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FMU Center of Excellence Keynote: Hope & Grace
2020 Virtual Series
Templates and handouts are found here.
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Ecuador March 2020 Handouts & Templates
Failing IS an Option (Keynote 1)
Ask Them (Keynote 2)
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The Language of Learning: Harnessing the Power of Struggle (Session)
Ask Them (Breakout Session)
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Landsdowne Middle School – Victoria, BC
Session 1 – Beliefs
Session 2 – How and Why of Targets
Session 3 – Alternative Assessments
Session 4 – Performance Assessments & Rubrics
Session 5 – Ongoing Assessments
Session 6 – Grading Decisions
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EABH – Escola Americana de Belo Horizonte
Session 1 – Beliefs
Session 2 – Targets
Session 3 – Performance Assessments
Session 4 – Ongoing Assessments
Session 5 – Alternative Assessments
Session 6 – Self-Reporting
Session 7 – Grading Decisions
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Bellarmine – San Jose
January 2020
Considering Our Beliefs, Rethinking Our Approach – Handouts
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St. Agnes Academy – Texas
August 2019
Rethinking How We Approach Homework, Zeros, Retakes and more. – Handouts
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston – Texas
August 2019
Ask Them – Handouts
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Chagrin Falls – Ohio
April 2019
Mixed Messages – Handouts
Breakout Sessions – Handouts
(All three breakout session handouts are combined in this folder)
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ASCD – IL
April 2019
Ask Them – Handouts
Homework – Handouts
Leading Through Uncharted Waters – Handouts
Stories of Success – Handouts
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IMLA, Idaho
February 2019
Ask Them – Handouts
Mixed Messages – Handouts
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