A 4-Hour Live Professional Learning Experience

Saturday, March 21 | 9:00 AM–1:00 PM EST (Live on Zoom)

Grading isn’t just about scores.
It’s a system that shapes learning, motivation, and opportunity.

This live Intensive is for educators ready to rethink grading in ways that are accurate, humane, and academically sound without lowering expectations or burning themselves out.

WHY THIS MATTERS

Most educators didn’t design their grading systems, they inherited them.

Over time, those systems often:

• Reward compliance more than learning
• Obscure what students actually know and can do
• Create constant tension between rigor and care
• Leave teachers feeling frustrated and stuck

Equitable grading isn’t about being lenient.
It’s about building systems that communicate learning clearly and fairly.

This Intensive helps you examine grading as a system and make practical shifts that align with your values and your classroom reality.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

By the end of this 4-hour experience, you will:

• Understand how common grading practices distort evidence of learning
• Learn how to separate academic achievement from behaviors
• Increase clarity and consistency in grading without adding more work
• Gain language to explain grading shifts to students, families, and colleagues
• Leave with a realistic plan for implementation

This is professional learning you can actually use.

WHAT WE’LL COVER

Reframing the Purpose of Grading

• What grades are (and aren’t) designed to communicate
• The difference between grading for compliance and grading for learning

Building Stronger Evidence of Learning

• Rethinking zeros, averaging, and late work
• Designing grading practices that reflect student understanding

Practical Shifts You Can Make Immediately

• Flexible reassessment without chaos
• Using grading as feedback, not punishment
• Tools and routines from the Equitable Grading in STEM planner

Sustaining Change

• Navigating resistance and questions
• Language that builds trust instead of defensiveness
• Making grading shifts without burning out

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• 4 hours of live, interactive professional learning
•  Frameworks, Trackers, and tools

A copy of the Equitable Grading in STEM planner to support implementation beyond the session

WHO THIS IS FOR

This Intensive is designed for:

• All classroom teachers 
• Instructional coaches and teacher leaders
• School and district leaders responsible for grading policies

If you’ve ever felt caught between what you believe about learning and what your grading system allows, this space is for you.

FACILITATOR

Shana Pyatt-Buckner
Founder, See Different Consulting

Shana brings over 30 years of experience as a science teacher, school leader, and consultant supporting educators in building systems where learning is visible, rigorous, and sustainable.

Her work centers on the belief that expertise isn’t accidental, it’s built through the systems we design.

• Date: Saturday, March 21
• Time: 9:00 AM–1:00 PM (Eastern)
• Format: Live on Zoom

You don’t need a perfect grading system.
You need one that aligns with learning.

Join the Grading for Growing Expertise Intensive and leave with clarity, confidence, and tools you can use immediately.