What are the ins and outs of setting – and more importantly – keeping a high bar in both feedback delivery and instruction?
Join our discussion with Barton Dassinger, Principal of Chávez Elementary in Chicago Public Schools, and Eileen Murphy, ThinkCERCA Founder and CEO.
Tuesday, November 15th at 11 AM CT
Positive student outcomes are strongly linked to sharing a common set of high expectations for success.
What are the ins and outs of setting – and more importantly – keeping a high bar in both feedback delivery and instruction?
Join Barton Dassinger, Principal of Chávez Elementary in Chicago Public Schools, and Eileen Murphy, ThinkCERCA Founder and CEO, as they discuss shared practices for grading and the power of a common language grounded in high expectations.
What role does technology play in feedback delivery? Hear about optimizing gradebook tools and how ThinkCERCA’s own feedback experience and dashboard provides transparency for shared high expectations at the district and school level.
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Principal, Chávez Elementary
Barton Dassinger has been a principal for over 16 years at two different Chicago Public Schools. Currently, he serves as the principal of Cesar E Chavez, a PK – 8th grade open-enrollment neighborhood school in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. His school has been in the top district ranking for the last 12 consecutive years, with a population of 99% of students qualifying for free or reduced priced meals and over 50% qualifying for bilingual education. In addition to having partnerships with many community organizations and philanthropic groups, Chavez has won both NGLC and 21st CCLC grants. As a designated “Independent School Principal” in CPS, Barton formally mentors interning principals, advises the district on its performance policy, supervises principals who work as mentors to first-year principals, and annually leads a PLC of other district principals to improve grading practices. Additionally, he has developed a website to help students throughout Chicago choose a high school and a website used by administrators and Networks through CPS to help them monitor grading practices .
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Founder and CEO, ThinkCERCA
Eileen Murphy is the founder and CEO of ThinkCERCA, a tool designed to support systems-level literacy growth. Eileen spent 20 years as a classroom teacher, English department chair, and Director of Curriculum and Instruction for 115 schools before founding ThinkCERCA. She is also an NCTE author and a Pahara Aspen Fellow.