Summer University

This workshop supports educators across late elementary, middle, high school, and postsecondary grades by giving feedback through a data-driven approach to practice. Applying research from social psychology on cognitive stress and learning, we’ll learn to provide feedback using a three-part framework that disrupts negative messages about the learner, increasing their feelings of psychological safety to engage in learning. This approach to giving equitable feedback benefits all learners, creating more equitable access to those experiencing identity threats as learners and meeting the needs of all students for robust, usable feedback.

You’re encouraged to bring a sample of student work with you. The sample does not need to be extensive; it should simply be robust enough that you have something to communicate to the learner about how to improve. This workshop applies to all subjects/disciplines, and the sample should reflect student work in that subject/discipline. You can still participate without a sample of student work.