Ken B. O'Connor


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Ken O'Connor introduces How to Grade for Learning


About the Speaker

Ken O'Connor has been an independent consultant on assessment and evaluation since 1996. He has been a staff development presenter and facilitator on assessment, grading, and reporting in 33 states and 7 provinces and 5 countries outside North America. He was a keynote presenter at the EARCOS Teachers' Conference in Bangkok in 2003 and an institute presenter at AISA conferences in Cameroon, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe in 2005. His teaching career includes experience as a geography teacher and department head at L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute in Toronto and Maplewood High School in Scarborough, Ontario, and teaching at four schools in Toronto and Melbourne, Australia (grades 7-12). He was a curriculum coordinator responsible for student assessment and evaluation for the Scarborough Board of Education and then the Toronto District School Board from 1990 to 1999. He has also worked as a consultant on secondary assessment at the Ontario Ministry of Education.

Ken B. O'Connor

Speaking Topics

Assessment in Cooperative Learning
Assessment in Cooperative Learning
Challenging Fifteen Traditional and Inappropriate Ways to Determine Grades
Challenging Fifteen Traditional and Inappropriate Ways to Determine Grades
Classroom Assessment For Student Learning
Classroom Assessment For Student Learning
How to Grade for Learning (1 hour to 3 days)
Standards-Based Grading and Reporting
Standards-Based Grading and Reporting


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