| Introduces the concept of assessment for learning. Examines the ten teacher behaviors that promote student learning and support sound assessment. Explores the standards for quality assessment. Reflects on ways to reduce or eliminate bias and distortion in assessment. |
| 594 |
Rolling, Julie |
(2 credits) |
Duration: up to six months.
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| Tuition: $42 per credit |
| Register: To register for this course, contact Claudine Rode at crode@psesd.org. |
Fees:
Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite B in Registration Information for minimum computer requirements.Further develops the conceptual and technical skills required by teachers to help them identify their educational goals, and implement meaningful instructional strategies for effective learning by students with special needs. Focuses on assessment for instructional programming. Outlines procedures for designing or selecting, administering and interpreting a variety of informal assessment measures typically used in schools. Emphasizes the use of a range of informal assessment measures in the academic and social skills areas. Also addresses the presentation of assessment information in an acceptable format to parents and teachers. |
| 208 |
Jackson, Mick |
(3 credits) |
Duration: up to one year.
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| Tuition: $290 flat fee |
| Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Notes: A. Pillay is the course author. |
| Join the thousands of teachers who have already discovered the achievement-boosting, learning-inducing, innovative leap forward in assessment practices that has helped to turn assessment into the tool for learning it's meant to be. Jumpstart success with strategies and tools designed to build competence instead of memorialize failure. |
| 242 |
Cleveland, Kathleen |
(5 credits) |
Duration: up to 12 weeks.
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| Tuition: $38 per credit |
| Register: Please register online at www.TeacherOnlineEducation.com (select Courses/Enroll Now), or call Teacher Online Education at 800/561-2295, ext. 1. |
Fees:
$760 course and credit fee payable to Teacher Online Education, includes access to online materials.
Course media: Required Textbook(s)/Internet.
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| Notes: This course offers continuous, personalized instructor support and feedback plus a self-paced schedule. Course may be completed any time during the 12-week period. |
| This course is designed to give K-12 teachers the theory and skills to align assessment practices to meet the diverse needs of learners in today's classrooms. Participants will engage in various learning activities through which they will learn and implement formal and informal assessment strategies before, during, and after learning. |
| 841 |
Olson, Lorelie |
(5 credits) |
Duration: up to one year.
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| Tuition: $425 flat fee |
| Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: Required Textbook(s)/DVD.
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| Notes: To find more information about the course please visit http://www.spuvideocourses.com. |
| Identifies the principles of assessment for learning and assessment quality, including identifying clear targets. Assessing methods are described in depth, with different types of assessment, including selected response assessment, extended written assessment, performance assessment, and personal communication assessment. Ways to communicate assessment results are described, including report cards, portfolios, and conferences. Practical help with standardized tests is also provided. |
| 545 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
Duration: up to one year.
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| Tuition: $42 per credit |
| Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: Required Textbook(s)/Internet.
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| Provides an in-depth exploration of effective standards-based formative assessment to enhance student achievement from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Identifies the characteristics of effective assessment, uses national and state standards to create topic-based assessment, and teaches what types of assessment items and tasks best measure student progress. Lastly, this course discusses types of scoring and grading systems to accurately portray student progress along a continuum of learning. |
| 546 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
Duration: up to one year.
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| Tuition: $42 per credit |
| Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: Required Textbook(s)/Internet.
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| Grounds teachers in effective ways to assess their students. Beginning with understanding types of assessments, participants learn the specific purposes of each and how best to use different assessments in their classrooms. Techniques to involve students in their own assessment are also included. |
| 250 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
Duration: up to one year.
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| Tuition: $190 flat fee |
| Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/986-2794 and select option 2 or register online at www.teachscape.com/highered/seattlepacific. |
Fees:
**As of June 1, 2013 total $450 credit and course fee payable to Teachscape.
Course media: Required textbook(s)/Internet.
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| This course puts formative assessment within the context of active learning, including pupil engagement, effective dialogue, and reflective thinking. It provides practical advice and examples from the early years through secondary. Formative assessment enables students to become involved in all learning and assessment processes, and the course provides explanations and classroom examples that exemplify effective learning objectives, clear success criteria, talk partner techniques, effective questioning, quality discussion with pupils, and self-a-peer evaluation of work. Themes include how to develop a 'growth mindset' so students enjoy challenge rather than fear of failure, 'thinking skills', and 'building learning power'. Educators learn how to set up an action research 'learning team' in an individual school, a cluster of schools, or any other educational setting. |
| 550 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
Duration: up to one year.
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| Tuition: $42 per credit |
| Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: Required Textbook(s)/Internet.
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| Focuses on three important areas of assessment: grading, authentic assessment techniques, and Response to Intervention. While studying each of these areas of assessment, participants will identify common problems and obstacles classroom teachers face in each of these categories, and subsequent ways to address or overcome these issues. Participants will also apply research-based grading, authentic assessment, and RTI strategies to their particular teaching situation. |
| 255 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
Duration: up to one year.
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| Tuition: $190 flat fee |
| Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/986-2794 and select option 2 or register online at www.teachscape.com/highered/seattlepacific. |
Fees:
**As of June 1, 2013 total $450 credit and course fee payable to Teachscape.
Course media: Required Textbook(s)/Internet.
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| Examines the interdisciplinary skills that all students need in order to be productive, contributing members of a global community. In this course, the skills of collaboration, critical thinking, oral and written communication, technology literacy, and citizenship are embedded in a holistic framework of teaching to enable participants to meet the needs of their increasingly diverse and multicultural students. |
| 258 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
Duration: up to one year.
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| Tuition: $190 flat fee |
| Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/986-2794 and select option 2 or register online at www.teachscape.com/highered/seattlepacific. |
Fees:
**As of June 1, 2013 total $450 credit and course fee payable to Teachscape.
Course media: Required Textbook(s)/Internet.
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| This course defines formative assessment and discusses how it is used in the classroom. Learners will explore how to provide meaningful feedback and consider how students can be active in the assessment process. Additionally, learners will be given opportunities to listen to the perspectives of educators who have worked extensively to improve assessment in schools, and they can watch examples of exemplary practice and determine how they might implement such successful approaches in their own contexts. |
| 609 |
Rolling, Julie |
(2 credits) |
Duration: up to six months.
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| Tuition: $42 per credit |
| Register: To register for this course, contact Claudine Rode at crode@psesd.org. |
Fees:
Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD.
Course medium: Internet.
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| This course gets at the heart of formative assessment, beyond the basics. The course begins with a lesson about understanding. What are we looking for when we say that we want students to understand a concept? Many educators suggest that if students can apply what they've learned, they're on their way to understanding the content. With that definition of understanding as a guide, the course delves more deeply into the kinds of activities that allow students to apply what they've learned. They also review the variety of formative assessments that enable teachers to evaluate whether, how much, and what students are learning. The results of these formative assessments provide teachers with the student learning data they need to plan their next instructional steps. |
| 611 |
Rolling, Julie |
(2 credits) |
Duration: up to six months.
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| Tuition: $42 per credit |
| Register: To register for this course, contact Claudine Rode at crode@psesd.org. |
Fees:
Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Examines the main characteristics and types of content-based instruction for English Language Learners. Explains how teachers balance the dual focus on language and subject matter and shares a helpful framework for designing content-based courses and lessons. Also considers different criteria for choosing and developing the content taught, as well as factors influencing the choice, development, and adaptation of materials. In addition, the course explores several useful activity types and considers how to integrate listening, speaking, reading, and writing in content-based instruction with students at different proficiency levels. Finally, participants will be able to identify some technological resources available for developing content-based curricula and consider how assessment is affected by using content-based instruction. |
| 612 |
Rolling, Julie |
(2 credits) |
Duration: up to six months.
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| Tuition: $42 per credit |
| Register: To register for this course, contact Claudine Rode at crode@psesd.org. |
Fees:
Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD.
Course medium: Internet.
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