PhysicsTeachersNYC - American Modeling Teachers Association

**  FREE WORKSHOP!  COME ONE!  COME ALL!  **

• Car: LI Expressway (I-495) to Exit 25 Utopia Pkwy. Go one short block north on Utopia; turn left on 59th Ave. Parking available in lot on right (north) side of 59th Ave. behind school or on adjacent streets (but check signs!)
• Bus: Q17, Q88, Q31, or Q30 bus to Utopia Pkwy & H. Harding (LI) Expwy; walk one block north.
• Train: E or F to 169th St.; Q30 bus (toward Little Neck) or Q31 (toward Bayside) to Utopia Pkwy; walk one block north.

• Ellena Bethea, Chemistry Teacher, Trinity School, Manhattan
• Paul Bianchi, Physics Teacher, Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NY
• Seth Guinals-Kupperman, Physics Teacher, HS Math, Sci., & Engineering/CCNY, Manhattan.
• Frank Noschese, Physics Teacher,  John Jay High School, Cross River, NY
• Noam Pillischer, Physics & Engineering Teacher, Urban Assembly Institute of Math & Science for Young Women, Brooklyn

Between the new Common Core Learning Standards <http://www.corestandards.org/> and the Next Generation Science Standards <http://www.nextgenscience.org/>, it seems like we teachers are getting more and more standards imposed on us. So why should we embrace them?! Standards-Based Grading (aka Standards-Based Assessment and Reporting) begins with standards that teachers author/choose/revise and that they apply in their classrooms. Rather than a top-down directive, these standards are a helpful tool that teachers use to make required work and acceptable performance levels transparent.

If you’ve been wondering what all the buzz is about for Standards-Based (Assessment and) Grading, this workshop just can’t be missed! Physics and chemistry teachers who have experience with SBG will explain how it works in their classrooms. The question and answer period will focus on attendees’ questions about actually using SBG, as well as discussion about methods for implementing SBG. Questions should be addressed Fernand Brunschwig <fbrunsch AT gmail.com>.