Save the Date: DMPS & Drake Sponsoring “Transforming Systems Through Standards-Based Learning” Conference in June

Des Moines Public Schools and Drake University are co-sponsoring the conference "Transforming Systems through Standards-Based Learning" on June 22. The conference will have an emphasis on secondary buildings and educators and will consist of a keynote in the morning, two breakouts in the morning, lunch on site, teacher highlight speakers over lunch and two afternoon breakouts. The breakouts will be facilitated largely by DMPS teachers and leaders, as they lead learning over how DMPS has implemented standards-referenced learning, including grading and reporting, at a large district. 

Conference organizers hope to draw in Iowa educators who are looking at how to start authentic standards-based learning (including grading and reporting), help teachers who are trying things on their own and support secondary educators who are looking for new ideas to try. Registration will open some time in March.