Go Out on the Branch w/Jay Percell

I would take just a second in the middle of those conferences and look around and say, 'This is it. This is the learning that is happening in the school.'

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Jay Percell, Ed.D. is an Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University, an author of several academic essays, and a TEDx presenter. Michelle Cottrell-Williams hosts as Jay shares his reasons for moving away from traditional grades and toward a classroom where learning, improvement, and growth is the focus.

Resources:

• Jay's TEDx Talk: "Make Grading Point-less: Eliminating Points to Foster Student Motivation"

• Essentially Point-Less: The Influence Of Alternative, Non PointsBased Grading On Teachers' Instructional Practices (Article)