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Foundations of Equitable Grading — Course Syllabus

Welcome to Foundations of Equitable Grading, an online course for educators looking to:

  • Reflect upon current grading practices and how they support/hinder a growth mindset
  • Explore equitable grading practices and how these practices impact students
  • Learn strategies to make grading more equitable
  • Begin to build an understanding of equitable grading systems

This course is based upon Joe Feldman's Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms. The content is further informed by the International Society for Technology in Education  (Links to an external site.)standards, Common Core State Standards (Links to an external site.), the P21 Framework (Links to an external site.), the California Continuum of Teaching Practices (Links to an external site.), California Professional Standards for Education Leaders (CPSEL) (Links to an external site.) and content from other noteworthy contributors. 

Online Content: This website houses the content of the course, which is anticipated to take 8–16 hours to complete. Time is determined by the participant’s current understanding and competency of the material. Each module includes content that introduces the topic, with assigned chapters from Grading for Equity, linked articles, videos, and additional resources. Tasks that require submission of work are included on the page. Refer to the rubric in this syllabus for grading criteria. 

Course Version Choice: Within the scope of this course, you have a choice of which version you wish to engage. 

 Full Course  (2 Grad Unit Version)

Fast Track (1 Grad Unit Version)

For each module, you must complete all Module components:

M.0 - Dilemma

M.1 - Activation Task

Module Reading

M.2 - Book Exploration & Application

M.3 - Reflection & Implementation

For each module, you must complete: 

One Pre-reading Module Task

  • Choose one task option from M.0 or M.1

Module Reading

One Post-reading Module Task

  • Choose one task option from M.2 or M.3

 

*For the task option you did NOT choose, you would submit the assignment with "Fast Track Option” in the text box.

Note: You can change your preference at any point during this course and please be sure let the facilitators know.

Quality of Submitted Work: Review your submissions before uploading them. We expect the submissions to include proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation, usage, and word choice. Additionally, check that all included links are properly hyperlinked and are appropriately directed to live and current web pages.

Grading: All submissions receive a complete or incomplete grade. An incomplete grade will include a detailed explanation and suggestions to what is needed to receive a passing grade. As this course is self-paced, the pacing guide is merely a suggestion. However, all work must be submitted by September 3, 2023. Work will receive full credit if done in accordance with the rubric. Grading will occur at least once a week, and it is recommended that participants continue to submit work even though there may be ungraded assignments.

Assessment:

Equitable Grading Single Point Rubric (for all written and multimedia submissions)

Criteria

The response meets all components of the prompt and references module content with depth and clarity. 

The response includes deep thinking about the topic.

The response represents my personal views and perspectives given my role and experience in education.

Academic Integrity: It is expected that participants submit their own work at all times. Although collaboration is a valued skill, all work in this course must be done independently, unless it is specified otherwise in the assignment. At no time may participants submit work that has been in some part produced by another, unless it is specified otherwise in the assignment. All copyright laws must be adhered to, including the citing of sources.

Contact: Your submissions will be uploaded to Canvas. Canvas will also serve as the main form of communication. Any emailing between the facilitator and participants will take place within the Canvas Inbox. 

Facilitators: Your facilitators for this course are Coordinators on the Integrated STEAM team in the Professional Learning & Instructional Support Division at the Santa Clara County Office of Education.

Christa Norum

EdTech Coordinator

cnorum@sccoe.org 

 

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  Tara Sikorski

Science Coordinator

  tsikorski@sccoe.org

  @MsS4Science

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Office Hours: Virtual office hours will be available for assistance and collaboration by request.

Sharing Resources: Please consider utilizing our course Padlet to view and share equitable grading resources, examples, and artifacts.

Criteria for University Units: This course qualifies for up to two graduate-level semester units. These units are offered through University of the Pacific at a cost set by UoP ($50/unit). Upon completion of the course, participants will be provided information on how to apply for the units. The registration/grading process should take 5-8 business days after an application is received and approved by the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) team.  

Technical Requirements: Participants should have access to an updated web browser and the ability to use web tools that use audio and video content. Below are suggested browsers and media players to consider, depending on the computer being used.

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Course Summary:

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