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| Overview |
| While there is a great deal of conversation in schools about formative assessment, it is relatively rare to see it implemented in classrooms in ways that reflect its intent or its potential to be a game changer for teaching and learning. This 4-part webinar will explore formative assessment as a powerful tool that, when used correctly, enhances student achievement, professionalizes teachers, improves instruction, and builds student agency. We’ll examine formative assessment as a process and way of thinking about teaching and learning and will also look at many examples of teachers’ approaches to formative assessment in their classrooms. We’ll also explore why and how formative assessment is tightly bound to differentiation. |
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| Agenda: |
This four-session webinar series addresses the following topics:
Session 1: What is Effective Formative Assessment and why Does it Matter so Much?
Session 2: How do we Choose Formative Assessment Strategies?
Session 3: How Does Formative Assessment Information Help us Plan (Better) Instruction?
Session 4: How Can we Use Formative Assessment to Help Students Develop Agency as Learners?
Sessions will include video of classrooms in which formative assessment is an enhancement to teaching and learning, not a distraction from those outcomes. Each session will also include opportunities to share ideas with other educators and to exchange ideas with the presenter and will also provide teacher-friendly articles for current and future use. |
| Potential Audience: |
| K-12 teachers, university teacher educators, curriculum coordinators, instructional specialists, teacher leaders, instructional coaches, staff developers, and school leaders who want to learn along with their teachers. |
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| About Carol Ann Tomlinson |
Carol Ann Tomlinson is William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education where she is also Co-Director of the University's Institutes on Academic Diversity. Prior to joining the faculty at UVa, she was a teacher for 21 years. During that time, she taught students in high school, preschool, and middle school and also administered programs for struggling and advanced learners. She was Virginia's Teacher of the Year in 1974.
Carol is author of over 250 books, book chapters, articles, and other educational materials including: How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms, The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners, Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom, (with Jay McTighe) Differentiating Instruction and Understanding by Design, (with Kay Brimijoin and Lane Narvaez) The Differentiated School, (with Marcia Imbeau) Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom, (with David Sousa) and Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom. Her books on differentiation are available in 13 languages.
Carol was named Outstanding Professor at Curry in 2004 and received an All-University Teaching Award in 2008. In 2019 she was #8 on the Education Week Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings of university-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about schools and schooling. In that same list, she was ranked #3 most influential voices in Teacher Education, Curriculum, and Instruction. Carol works throughout the United States and internationally with educators who seek to create classrooms that are more effective with academically diverse student populations. |
| Dates & Timings |
November 10th, 17th, 24th & December 1st, 2026
Each session is for 2 hours
New York 7:00 am | London 12:00 pm | Zurich 1:00 pm | Dubai 4:00 pm
India 5:30 pm | Hong Kong 8:00 pm | Melbourne 11:00 pm
Note: This workshop will be recorded
Please click here to check your time for the workshop |
| Investment |
USD 500 Closing Date 1st November 2026
Includes: Certificate of Participation for 10 Professional Development Hours. |
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