This conference is designed to help educators learn how to effectively develop, design and implement a standards-based grading system that aligns with current instruction and assessment practices, and supports the Iowa Core Curriculum and Iowa’s Competency Based Education model. Classroom practitioners will share resources and practices that have led to successful implementation including:

• Various homework and Standards-Based Grading policies being used in Iowa schools • Specific practices related to homework and grading that increase the performance of ALL students • Ideas to support the communication of requirements, policies, and expectations established within the standards-based grading process • Ways to develop consensus around assessing learning versus assessing behavior • Plans that address the necessary components to support the implementation of standards-based grading

Nathan Wear

Solon Community School District
High School Principal
Solon, Iowa

solon.k12.ia.us/

Nathan Wear taught elementary students in Texas before returning to his home state of Iowa. He was an elementary principal at a building for six years that had overhauled its report card before moving across Iowa to become a high school principal. He is a certified elementary teacher, K-12 principal and superintendent. At the high school, Nathan and his staff challenged the notion of traditional grading and developed a standards based assessment and reporting system. Coupled with a school-wide structure for student interventions, Nathan led his staff through the Response to Intervention process to ensure learning for every student. Nathan regularly volunteers his time coaching his children’s sports teams and serving on advisory boards for the School Administrators of Iowa.

Standards Based Grading Conference

Nathan Wear

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10:00am CDT

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