Loading...

Description

Target Audience: This workshop is most applicable for educators of languages offered at the middle and high school levels or any educator who works within a mandatory grading system and is looking for ways to more clearly report learners’ language growth.

Description: How can language educators equitably report learner progress using growth mindset practices, even if they must work within a mandated grading system? By exploring three core grading principles workshop participants will learn how to develop grading practices which promote language growth and offer every learner the chance to succeed. Attendees will participate in experiences to help them understand how grading impacts learners. Practical examples of how to put the principles into practice, including detailed explanations of how gradebooks could look, will be provided based on a chapter in the new ACTFL publication titled Learner Feedback for Language Growth.

After this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Align gradebooks with proficiency standards based outcomes to reflect what students know or can perform;
  • Identify grading opportunities that promote a growth mindset; and
  • Separate classroom behaviors from performance.

Instructor

Karen Nickel is a consultant and coach for K-16 educators of languages and cultures. She is a coauthor, with Megan Budke and Sarah Strauss of the recent ACTFL publication Learner Feedback for Language Growth. Serving for over 35 years in education, she is a former teacher of German and English, a former world language curriculum coordinator and was the 2021 president of the Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures.

Return to the CARLA website.

Loading...
Enroll Now - Select a section to enroll in

Or

Click Add to Cart to enroll yourself. Click Reserve Seats to pay to hold seats for others

Section Title
Growth Mindset Grading Practices to Report Language Learner Progress
Type
Online, instructor led
Days
Sa
Time
9:00AM to 12:00PM
Dates
Feb 08, 2025
Campus
Online (US Central Time)
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
3.0
Location
  • Online (US Central Time)
Delivery Options
Instructor Led Online  
Course Fee(s)
Section Details

Saturday, February 8, 2025
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (Central Time)

Workshop information: https://carla.umn.edu/events/growth-mindset-grading-practices-report-language-learner-progress

Refund Policy: The CARLA workshop registration fee is non-refundable. The University of Minnesota reserves the right to cancel the workshop if necessary and will grant a full refund if the workshop is not held.

Note: Registered participants who are not able to attend may transfer their registration to a colleague, provided that they email the CARLA office two days prior to the event: carla@umn.edu.

For questions regarding course registration, materials, and content, please email carla@umn.edu.
For questions regarding system access, log-in, username, or password, please email help@umn.edu or call 612-301-4357.

Required fields are indicated by .