As many of you know I have been on a three year journey to throw out Grades in my classroom. Recently, I was able to be a part of a great PD day with the fabulous Starr Sackstien. I have written some posts about how much she has influenced me and my journey and meeting … Continue reading “My Journey with going Gradeless continues”
Last year I embarked on an amazing journey of going Gradeless. You can read about my starting point here. Now this was not without some ups and downs and I would by no means say that I am an expert but I thought I would record down some of my learning so far. First, going Gradeless … Continue reading “Going Gradeless Part 2”
So it has almost been a whole year since I decided to go gradeless and I couldn’t be happier. I have just (well almost) finished up my exit interviews with my students and they have made so many great gains. I am shocked at how articulate and reflective my students have become in a whole […] … Continue reading “A Year Reflection on Going Gradeless — MrSoClassroom”
So it has almost been a whole year since I decided to go gradeless and I couldn’t be happier. I have just (well almost) finished up my exit interviews with my students and they have made so many great gains. I am shocked at how articulate and reflective my students have become in a whole … Continue reading “A Year Reflection on Going Gradeless”
For a bit now I have been thinking about the similarities between being a teacher and being an Administrator. I know for some there is such a disconnect but to be fair and honest, there really isn’t. In my most recent reflections, I have been thinking about Power and more importantly how I wield it … Continue reading “Power”
I have recently been thinking about this phrase, a lot. The main reason is that I feel like as teachers we believe that this statement is true and yet the system we teach in continues to do things a certain way and to be fair hasn’t really changed since its inception. I have been watching … Continue reading “We have always done it this way”
According to John Hattie, it is a right for students to know what they will be assessed and taught. Honestly, I never thought about it from that perspective but I would have to agree. He further mentions that our marks and evaluations can affect the progress, choice paths and dreams of our students. This got … Continue reading “Teacher Clarity is a right of all students”
I want to preface this post by saying that I have only been teaching for 11 years now but in those 11 years, I have, in my opinion, seen some life changing moments as a teacher. The moments that redefine your direction and make you really reflect on why you teach and how. This post came … Continue reading “Top 5 Defining Teaching Moments”
In last post, I started off by saying I have been on a journey of an epic proportion. This year I was given this amazing sketchnote by a good friend, Debbie Donsky, and felt that it really showed my transformation as a teacher in a “Gradeless Classroom”. In my last post I shared some of … Continue reading “My Guest Post on Starr Sackstien’s Blog : A Grading Journey of Epic Proportions (Part 2)”
Here is part one of my guest post on Starr Sackstein blog post. It is a post about my journey ongoing gradeless. Part one deals more with my beginnings and initial thoughts and part 2 will deal with my classroom and student samples. Hope you enjoy! Jonathan So shares his experiences of going ‘gradeless’ … Continue reading “My Guest Post on Starr Sackstien’s Blog: A Grading Journey of Epic Proportions (Part 1)”
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