Helping students develop ownership for their learning is one of the four pillars of FIP. Often, teachers need assistance to think about the kinds of foundational skills that need to be taught before grouping students to work as peers to support their own and others' learning. This webinar will identify several foundational skills that leaders can use to support teacher capacity to plan for student ownership of learning.

The primary purpose of classroom-based formative assessment is to use the results to help students revise their thinking. This webinar will provide leaders with critical considerations to reflect upon during classroom observations when students exhibit misconceptions in their understanding. Key and actionable suggestions will be provided for leaders to share and discuss with teachers. The action steps can enable teachers to help students revise their thinking and work more accurately toward mastery.

This webinar will share key points from the book resource, Leadership for Teacher Learning by Dylan Wiliam. Discussion topics will be applied to FIP so that leaders can consider a plan for using FIP or other improvement initiatives in ways that can be most supportive for teachers. Instructional Rounds will be discussed and the value of the process to help teachers refine use of new practices in the classroom. A resource to support use of Instructional Rounds will be provided.

This webinar session will preview key content that is available in the Designing Sound Assessment series of FIP courses. Information with direct course examples will be shared. Leaders will learn how targeted and efficient teaching, learning and lesson-based assessments can become when the right kinds of formative practices are used to accurately document evidence of student learning. Three areas will be highlighted:

1. Clarifying Teaching and Assessment Expectations

2. Mastering Methods of Assessment

3. Putting the Pieces Together: Designing and Critiquing Sound Assessments

This webinar session will acquaint school leaders with the resources that are available for use to support a plan for implementing Formative Instructional Practices Online Professional Learning in a school or district. Highlights include a ready-to-use introductory presentation, support files for districts and teachers on first steps for FIP, the alignment of FIP Foundations Courses to TAPS and LAPS, and sample professional growth plans for leaders and teachers that apply FIP course content.

This webinar session will share with leaders the revised Formative Instructional Practices (FIP) Online Professional Learning platform. FIP offers 25 courses that focus on four major professional practice areas that lead to greater student achievement when used well:

1. Creating and Using Clear Learning Targets

2. Collecting, Analyzing and Using Evidence of Student Learning

3. Understanding and Using Effective Feedback with Students

4. Facilitating Student Ownership of Learning

Access to the FIP courses and general navigation on the platform will be demonstrated. Survey results will be shared from teachers who participated in FIP Professional Learning in a PLC format. A video that shows FIP in Action in a classroom will also be shared and the link to access the video again will provided. A video-viewing and reflection guide will be available for download for use in future professional learning.