How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

<p>Assessment is part of what teachers have to do in school. Although it is required, we teachers can make sure we assess with respect. Today's guest, Starr Sackstein, author of <a href= "https://amzn.to/3bfE9A8">Assessing with Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students' Social and Emotional Needs</a>, shares an overview of what is needed so that every student feels respected even as they are given the necessary feedback to improve and level up their learning.</p> <p><a href= "https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e739">https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e739</a> </p> <p>Starr Sackstein - Bio As Submitted</p> <p>Over 16 years ago, Starr Sackstein started her teaching career in Far Rockaway High School, eager to make a difference. Quickly learning to connect with students and develop rapport, she was able to recognize the most important part of teaching, relationships. Fostering relationships with students and peers, to encourage community growth and a deeper understanding of personal contribution through reflection, Sackstein has continued to elevate her students by putting them at the center of the learning.<br /> <br /> Starr Sackstein currently works at Long Island City High School as a Teacher Center Teacher and ELA teacher. She spent nine years at World Journalism Preparatory School in Flushing, NY as a high school English and Journalism teacher where her students run a multi-media news outlet at WJPSnews.com. In 2011, the Dow Jones News Fund honored Sackstein as a Special Recognition Adviser and 2012 Education Updated recognized her as an outstanding educator. Currently Sackstein has thrown out grades, teaching students that learning isn’t about numbers, but about the development of skills and ability to articulate that growth.<br /> <br /> In 2012, Sackstein tackled National Board Certification in an effort to reflect on her practice and grow as an educational English facilitator. After a year of closely looking at the her work with students, she achieved the honor. She is also a certified Master Journalism Educa