Novato Unified School District is excited to have our partners from Marzano Research hosting a virtual community event. Please join us for a live webinar on January 18, 2022 at 6:30 PM. This webinar will be an opportunity for community members to learn more about Proficiency-Based Education in NUSD from nationally recognized expert, Tammy Heflebower EdD., NUSD”s Education Services Team, and Teacher Leaders. 

Proficiency-Based Education (PBE) is a system of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that makes learning goals and expectations clear and easily understood by teachers, students, and families. This transparency ensures that all students and their families have a  roadmap for success.

Please use the ThoughtExchange link below to submit what you are most interested in learning about Proficiency Based Education. Your submissions will be used to plan the webinar’s content. It is important for us to know what information should be prioritized and included during the presentation. Thank you in advance for your input.

Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 6:30-8:00 PM

Webinar Link: https://nusd-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MndmJ_5HTq2MtEmAlZ6hTg

ThoughtExchange Link: https://tejoin.com/scroll/817673626

Tammy Heflebower

Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is a highly sought-after school leader and educational speaker with vast experience in urban, rural, and suburban districts throughout the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Australia. Dr. Heflebower has served as an award-winning classroom teacher, building leader, district leader, regional professional development director, and national and international trainer. She has also been an adjunct professor of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at several universities and a prominent member and leader of numerous statewide and national educational organizations.

She is lead author of an award-winning book titled A School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading, co-author of Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools: The Next Step in PLCs, and Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills, as well as contributing author to more than a dozen other books and publications.

Dr. Heflebower holds a bachelor of arts from Hastings College, where she was honored as Outstanding Young Alumna and inducted into the athletic hall of fame. She has a master of arts from UNO and her educational administrative endorsement and doctorate from University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Thank you.

Jennifer Larson

Assistant Superintendent, Education Services