We have all heard about the power of feedback to improve student learning.  But with large class sizes, it is difficult to provide meaningful feedback to all of our students. Teaching students to provide peer feedback to one another using specific criteria, rubrics, and sentence stems allows students to become more engaged in their own learning and deepen their understanding of grade level standards and expectations. When taught explicitly, peer feedback can be a powerful tool for all ages - Pre-K through 12th grade.  This course will include a book study of Starr Sackstein's book: Peer Feedback in the Classroom: Empowering Students to be the Experts.

Teachers will actively participate in online learning to further develop their understanding of the power of peer feedback.  Coursework will include readings from the text above, analysis of videos, and reflections on teacher application.

This course is appropriate for ECE-12th grade teachers in all content areas.  

Required Text:

• Peer Feedback in the Classroom: Empowering Students to Be the Experts by Starr Sackstein

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of peer feedback.
• Identify the types of scaffolds required to make peer feedback effective.
• Analyze an example of feedback to identify what makes it effective.
• Create a lesson plan to outline how the educator can scaffold and implement peer feedback in their own classroom. (This classroom can be hypothetical if the educator does not have their own students.)