Our next district professional development will be held this Friday, January 29th from 8:00-4:00. Our focus of the day will be grading and reporting. Dr. Tammy Heflebower, from the Marzano Research Group, will be working with our staff on grading and reporting in a standards-based learning environment.
We will be meeting in the high school auditorium. Our plan is to keep the learning as collaborative as possible, so please sit with your team in an arrangement that will allow you to turn and talk during collaboration times. We will be using the lower level of the auditorium, and there will be designated areas for school teams.
Hard copies of handouts will be available. As a result, computers will not be needed. This will allow for more space for your PLC to work together. We will regulate the temperature as best we can, but we know people have different preferences. Please dress in layers and/or bring a sweater or light jacket to the training. If you have a copy of the book “A School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading”, you may want to bring that for reference.
Lunch for the day will be on your own from 11:30-1:00. Tables will be set up in the Commons if you would like to stay and eat at the High School.
We are looking forward to our day of learning. Below is more information on our presenter, Dr. Tammy Heflebower.
Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is senior scholar at Marzano Research. She is a highly sought-after school leader and consultant with vast experience in urban, rural, and suburban districts throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. Dr. Heflebower has served as a classroom teacher, building leader, district leader, regional professional development director, and national trainer. She has also been an adjunct professor of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at several universities.
Dr. Heflebower began her teaching career in Kansas City, Kansas, and later moved to Nebraska, where she received the District Distinguished Teacher Award. She has also worked as a national educational trainer for the National Resource and Training Center at Boys Town in Nebraska and most recently served as director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at a large district in Colorado.
A prominent member and leader of numerous educational organizations, Dr. Heflebower has served as president of the Nebraska Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and president-elect of the Professional Development Organization for Nebraska Educational Service Units. She was also president-elect of the Colorado Association of Education Specialists and legislative liaison for Colorado Association of School Executives.
Her articles have been featured in Educational Leadership and the monthly newsletter Nebraska Council of School Administrators Today. She has contributed to the audio-journal online and Profiles in Diversity Journal.
Dr. Heflebower holds a bachelor of arts from Hastings College in Nebraska (where she was honored as an Outstanding Young Alumna), a master of arts from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and an educational administrative endorsement and a doctor of education in educational administration and from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
