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Discussing writing with students can be a dull and often frustrating topic. Many students struggle with it, yet writing skills are essential to student achievement. This session will help you to remove the stigma to 'teaching writing'. The session will provide you with easy to use rubrics, classroom activities and student self- assessment strategies that will make your students more confident and successful in their writing. It will also assist you in using assessments summatively and formatively and help you streamline your marking process.
Secondary Social Studies Consultant, Calgary Catholic School District
Mark is currently a vice-principal with CCSD, and a sessional instructor at St. Mary’s University. He spent 4 years as the Secondary Social Studies Consultant. He has extensive experience in all secondary Social Studies programs. Mark has also served as a 30-1 table leader, item... Read More →
After this session, you will be able to write report card comments for a full class in minutes, not hours. You will also be able to send individualized parent-communication emails home in less than 10 minutes.
Both of the above can be done with Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel with no previous experience with spreadsheets is required!
We will cover: • Spreadsheet calculations (calculating grades, averages, etc.) • Creating customized text based on student results (i.e. if mark below 50% “fail”, otherwise “pass”) • Putting text together from multiple sources. (i.e. “ did on our most recent quiz, achieving /11 ()”) • Using mail merge features to email a whole class with individualized emails • Some tips and tricks for how to record grades more quickly during class time • List of functions we will cover: +, -, *, /, &, AVERAGE, IF, AND, OR, MAX, MIN, and more!
You are strongly encouraged to BRING YOUR LAPTOP to get the most out of this session, as we will build a sheet for one of your classes before you leave.
