Ungrading Middle School
Michael Marchione is an educator in a Grade 6/7 class at Tiger Jeet Singh PS in Milton, ON. Michael strives to support a community of care, reduce the stigma around mental health, and reimagine education….
De-streaming Math with Mastery-Based Grading
Sheri Hill is a math and computer studies teacher at Craig Kielburger Secondary School. She has been dabbling with her reassessment practices for a number of years, and went all-in with mastery-based grading in September…
Sound Map
As the trees are exploding with new buds and leaves, and everyone is heading outdoors, this might be the perfect time to explore sound recording, out in the world! Introducing HDSB’s Sound Map, an innovative…
Ungrading in Destreamed Math
Mike Skeoch is the Program Lead for Mathematics at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School. He and his team decided to take advantage of the transition period to the new Grade 9 destreamed math course in…
Shifting In Action: Modern Classrooms Project (April 2022)
Are you curious about what a Modern Classroom looks like in practice IN HALTON? The Modern Classrooms model offers a great set of tools to help meet the needs of ALL learners in our classrooms. …
Ungrading the Creative Process
Jennifer Smallwood is an art and drama teacher at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School. She has started on the journey of ungrading her classes, starting with her Grade 12 Art class in September 2021. …
Sohan Vemannagari
Community Pathways Program Teacher for VSS What do you love about your job? What I love about my job is just seeing the students motivated, seeing them engaged and seeing the smiles on their faces;…
You Can’t Not NOT Communicate – E014
This week’s show is an excerpt from a conversation between Jesse Stommel and HDSB Educators on ungrading. In this section of the conversation, teachers and Jesse were discussing the many ways that teachers communicate with…
Ready, Set, SHIFT!
Do you have an idea that you have wanted to try, but you need the time and support? Well, we have an opportunity for you and a team to try something incredible and innovative in…
We Need More “Yes, And” – E012
This week, we are talking about Yes, And! There have been a lot of NO’s or YEAH, BUT’s over the past couple of years, so we wanted to talk about a slight SHIFT in the…