Annual Summer Institute

Registration is closed.

If you are still interested in attending please email Lara Davis at LaraD@provo.edu.

We are going paperless!

We’re providing all the handouts for this conference in a digital format. We recommend that you take a few minutes before the conference to download the necessary handouts. Don’t forget to bring your computer to the conference!

Access Summer Institute handouts here.

Our Presenters

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Ainsley Rose
Visible Learning Associate

Kara Vandas
Co-author of Partnering with Students: Building Ownership of Learning

Steve Ventura
Contributor to Activate: A Leader’s Guide to People, Practices, and Processes AND Contributor to Data Teams: The Big Picture, Looking at Data Teams through a Collaborative Lens

Ken O’Connor
Author of A Repair Kit for Grading AND Author of How to Grade for Learning

Institute Schedule

Tuesday, May 30 – Visible Learning Day 1

Time	Title	Presenter	Location	Audience
8:00-8:30	Registration
8:30-9:45 Keynote Session	The Call for Evidence-Based Practice	Ainsley Rose	PHS	All
10:00-12:00 Breakout Session 1	Understanding Self-Reported Grades	Kara Vandas	PHS	All
	Understanding Collective Teacher Efficacy	Steve Ventura	PHS	All
	Understanding Teacher Estimates of Achievement	Ainsley Rose	PHS	All
12:00-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:30 Breakout Session 2	Designing Instruction Where Students Self-Assess	Kara Vandas	PHS	All
	Building Achievement Teams	Steve Ventura	PHS	All
	Leading Schools in VL Professional Development	Ainsley Rose	PHS	School Leaders

Wednesday, May 31 – Visible Learning Day 2

Time	Title	Presenter	Location	Audience
8:00-10:00 Breakout Session 3	Improving Self-Reported Grading in Elementary Classrooms	Kara Vandas	PHS	Elementary educators
	Improving Collective Teacher Efficacy in Secondary Schools	Steve Ventura	PHS	Secondary educators
	Improving Teacher Estimates of Achievement (repeated in Breakout Session 4)	Ainsley Rose	PHS	All
10:15-12:15 Breakout Session 4	Improving Self-Reported Grading in Secondary Classrooms	Kara Vandas	PHS	Secondary educators
	Improving Collective Teacher Efficacy in Elementary Schools	Steve Ventura	PHS	Elementary educators
	Improving Teacher Estimates of Achievement (repeat of Breakout Session 3)	Ainsley Rose	PHS	All
12:15-1:45	Lunch
1:45-3:30	School Planning Sessions (VL consultants visit school sessions)	Principals	PHS	School- based groups

Thursday, June 1 – Grading Day

Time	Title	Presenter	Location	Audience
8:00-10:15	Rethinking Scoring and Grading in Elementary Schools	Ken O’Connor	PHS	Elementary educators
10:30-12:00	Leading Changes in Grading in a School and District	Ken O’Connor	PHS	School & District Leaders
12:00-1:15	Lunch
1:15-3:30	Rethinking Grading in Secondary Schools	Ken O’Connor	PHS	Secondary educators