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Theresa Walter

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Theresa is a progressive English teacher and department chairperson who looks to make human connections with all her students and teachers.

Building Community and Trust In A Gradeless Classroom

October 20, 2021

Investment in relationships supports student voice and agency while fostering trust.
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Going Gradeless This Year? Just Thinking About It? Start Here.

August 5, 2021

Try these 3 strategies to get gradeless assessment practices going in your classes.
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The Surprise Growth in an Ungrading Practice: My Own

August 5, 2021

I found more growth in my own practice than I ever anticipated in my first full year of abandoning traditional grading systems.
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Gradeless: An English Teacher’s Journey Towards Agency Through Feedback

March 19, 2021

I knew I wanted to do my best to represent student growth in the most accurate way I possibly could. While I know my methods are far from perfect, I have seen remarkable growth and a complete shift in focus in my students.
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And I think another thing, in terms of academics in the classroom, the value of going into a class and walking out of it, maybe tired, like, "Oh, that was a lot of work." But feeling like you really took something from it, like an accomplishment, like you literally just built something in your brain, like a new piece of knowledge, it's like, "Oh, yes." It's satisfying. It's an achievement.

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