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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 Emerita at the University of Virginia's School of Education and Human Development, where she served for 19 years-ten of those as Department Chair. Before that, she spent 21 years as a public-school teacher, teaching in high school, preschool, and middle school, and administering district programs for struggling and advanced learners. She was Virginia's Teacher of the Year in 1974.
Carol was named Outstanding Professor at UVa in 2004 and received an All-University Teaching Award in 2008. Since 2013, she has appeared in Education Week's EduScholar Rankings among the top 15 U.S. university-based academics contributing most substantially to public debates about schools and schooling, and among the top 5 voices in curriculum and instruction. She has authored over 300 books, chapters, articles, and other educational materials. Her books appear in 15 languages. She continues working nationally and internationally with educators seeking effective classrooms for diverse learners. |
| 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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