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Cassandra Erkens
Cassandra Erkens is the author of eight books with more currently in progress, as well as chapters in several anthologies. Additionally, she is a facilitator, a trainer of trainers, an educator, and a coach. Her work focuses on educational topics, including assessment, instruction, leadership, school improvement, and professional learning communities.
Cassandra Erkens describes the mission and goals of the Solution Tree Assessment Center.
Cassandra Erkens
Cassandra Erkens is the author of eight books with more currently in progress, as well as chapters in several anthologies. Additionally, she is a facilitator, a trainer of trainers, an educator, and a coach. Her work focuses on educational topics, including assessment, instruction, leadership, school improvement, and professional learning communities.
As an educator and recognized leader, Cassandra has served as a middle and high school English teacher, a director of staff development at the district level, a regional school improvement facilitator at the state level, a director of staff and organization development in the private sector, a contracted curriculum developer for trainer-of-trainer programs in major education companies, and an adjunct faculty member for multiple universities.
Today, she is a lead architect for The Assessment Collaborative at Solution Tree.
Assessment Collaborative
Assessment Collaborative experts have proven success in developing and implementing sustainable assessment practices that garner hope through achievement. Work with them to create assessment systems that provide accurate, meaningful, and actionable information to drive student learning.
PLC at Work®
PLC at Work® experts have proven success in leading the PLC at Work process in a school or district. Work with them to implement a focus on learning, build a collaborative culture, and create a results orientation that leads to sustained, substantive school improvement.
Presentations by Cassandra Erkens
- Making Homework Count
- Promoting and Certifying Learning With Collaborative Common Assessments
- Assessment Design With the Common Core Standards
- Designing Scales and Rubrics
- Getting to Standards-Based Grading
- Leading the Way to Assessment Literacy
- Instructional Leadership
- Using Formative Data to Inform Instruction
- Empowering True Collaboration
- Navigating Conflict and Feeling Good About It
- Navigating Change
- Leading by Design
- Facilitation Skills for Leadership Empowerment
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