10 AM - School Climate 101: How Do You Use Standards Based Grading for Equity?

Join us to learn about the standards-based grading mindset. With many schools returning to school remotely this fall, there’s a unique opportunity to reset gradebooks with equity in mind. We’ll be sharing assessment strategies, lessons learned from the field, and resources to get you started! We’ll also be hosting breakout rooms so that people can learn from colleagues across the state and plan next steps.

3 PM - School Climate 201:  How Can You Improve School Climate Through Cultural Inclusion? 

For September, we will be exploring how cultural inclusion efforts can improve school climate. Akiva Erezim, of Continuous Improvement at OSSI/OSPI, will help to frame our understandings around the power of institutions and sociocultural agents to curate individual experiences, as well as the critical need for social and cultural inclusion work in Washington state schools (with special attention given to today’s virtual learning environment).

We will be joined by Scotland Nash, EdD,  Executive Director of Education of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)  Pacific Northwest, who will highlight the work of the “No Place for Hate” School Climate Initiative: “a student led school climate initiative for K-12 schools committed to create sustainable change that leads to improved school climate. Participating schools are able to incorporate anti-bias and anti-bullying resources within their existing programming to form one powerful message that all students have a place to belong.  Since the program was launched in 1999, over 1,700 schools across the country have joined the No Place for Hate movement nationwide.”

How To Collect Clock Hours

1. Register for morning sessions: GATE Equity Webinar 101 – you only have to do this once for each school year.
2. Register for afternoon sessions: GATE Equity Webinar 201 – you only have to do this once for each school year.
3. Register monthly for your 3 Free Clock Hours on pdEnroller. Check our website for the link.
4. Attend both sessions live and mark your attendance by participating in the polls. This will be used for clock hour verifications. 
5. Complete the PDEnroller Evaluation online. Clock hours will be awarded when we have verified your attendance, usually within a few days.

If you'd like to receive partial clock hours, this is also available. Questions about this process? Contact Ronnie Larson: ronnie.larson@k12.wa.us

Visit the GATE Equity Webinar page for more information. 

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