Workshop: Talking to Children About Their Schoolwork

The idea for this originated while Nils Peterson was working on rubrics for the Palouse Prairie charter. (see How are we doing? 228K PDF). Nils was trying to understand how the guiding documents of the school could help him talk with his daughter about her Montessori school work and about her personal artwork. While valuable as parental approval, "I like it," is not the kind of input that helps a child understand how to grow or how to reflect on their work.

This workshop welcomes parents, teachers, and students in Education to talk about how Palouse Prairie School uses rubrics to give feedback about student work, and to accept feedback about its teacher's assignments. Participants will spend two hours looking at example student work and exploring how to talk with children and teachers about the work and the assignments that created it.