Implementing Standards-Based Grading
Presenter:Ìý Sarah Woodward-Jones
Webinar date & time:Ìý Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, 4:00-5:00 pm via Zoom
The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) of the 91ÉçÇø (91ÉçÇø) presents this next webinar in the 2025-26 school year: Implementing Standards-Based Grading: Aligning Assessment with Proficiency.Ìý This webinar is offered free of charge for world language educators and administrators working and studying in New York State educational institutions.Ìý 1 hour of CTLE credit is offered.
Webinar description:Ìý What do grades represent in your class? Are you grading behaviors, abilities, effort, proficiency levels or some combination of these? How can grades align with students' ability to clearly communicate with families, counselors, administration, etc.?Ìý If you’re curious about equitable grading or standards-based-grading, whether you’ve incorporated these practices or are just starting out, this is the webinar for you! ÌýIn this webinar, we will explore how standards-based grading shifts the focus from accumulating points to demonstrating proficiency in relation to specific learning standards. We will walk through how to design and implement a standards-aligned grade book, use proficiency scales, and develop assessments and feedback practices that reflect true student learning. Participants will examine concrete strategies for separating academic performance from behaviors, providing actionable feedback, and allowing students multiple opportunities to show growth over time. Whether you are piloting standards-based grading in a single classroom or moving toward district-level adoption, this session will offer practical guidance, sample rubrics, and tips to communicate the meaning of proficiency-based grades to students and families.
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Registration process: ÌýAll participants are encouraged to pre-register for this event.Ìý Pre-registration will close on Friday, May 15, 2026; there will be no same-day registrations. ÌýOnce the registrant's email address has been verified as being from a New York State school, college, or university, an email confirming their registration will be sent.Ìý Twenty-four hours prior to the event, all registered individuals will receive login instructions with the link to join the webinar.Ìý Only pre-registered attendees will be eligible for a certificate documenting attendance and/or CTLE hours.Ìý
Webinar presenter:Ìý Sarah Woodward-Jones is a National Board Certified French teacher and World Language District Curriculum Coordinator at Fayetteville-Manlius Schools in the Syracuse, NY area. She is also an Ed.D Candidate at the University at Buffalo, focusing her work on teachers’ experiences with grading systems.Ìý She has been teaching French grades 7-12 for 20 years with experience at each Checkpoint level.Ìý She graduated from Wells College in 2006 with a B. A in Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures: French and completed her M.A in French Language and Civilization in 2009 from New York University in Paris. She is currently the treasurer of the local chapter, AATF of CNY, and a member, and presenter of several professional organizations. She and her husband are busy parents of two daughters, as well as an avid reader, dancer, and Girl Scout leader.
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