Welcome, SNEs!

Thank you for participating in the development of new Tools for Teachers resources that will benefit thousands of educators and millions of students!

This site will serve as home base for the workshop. Here you'll find:

A guide to the resource authoring process,
Logistical information, like agendas, travel info, and reimbursements,
Quick links to the most-used workshop materials, and
Help with workshop registration, travel, and contracts.

Note: This website is intended for use for Smarter Balanced Resource Development only. Do not distribute, share, or otherwise reproduce any part of this website in any way outside of this purpose. Thank you!

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Community Norms

We value your time and expertise, and we take pride in fostering a community atmosphere that supports and respects the contributions of all participants. To do this, we're guided by the following norms.

An Invitation to Brave Space

by Micky ScottBey Jones, from The People's Supper

Together we will create brave space.

Because there is no such thing as a “safe space” —

We exist in the real world.

We all carry scars and we have all caused wounds.

In this space

We seek to turn down the volume of the outside world,

We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere,

We call each other to more truth and love.

We have the right to start somewhere and continue to grow. We have the responsibility to examine what we think we know.

We will not be perfect.

This space will not be perfect.

It will not always be what we wish it to be.

But

It will be our brave space together,

and

We will work on it side by side.

"An Invitation to Brave Space" by Micky ScottBey Jones is licensed under CC BY 4.0 and is used with permission.

As a foundational element of the formative assessment process, we embrace a culture of feedback. Feedback training was delivered in-person at the November 2019 SNE Workshop and is part of the training requirements for all participants in the SNE Training Site. For reference, the recorded training and video guide may be used to support giving and receiving actionable, descriptive feedback as you work together on resource development.

We understand and honor that you are a busy professional. As a team, we must commit to honoring our time together by being physically and mentally present.

Our time together is limited and valuable. We must reduce distractions to ensure we are fully available to our team members and our tasks.

We ask that you please:

silence your phones,
avoid texting,
close your email, and
save outside conversations and tasks for breaks.

If you must address a task that is not related to the event, please find a remote space away from participants to take care of your task and return to your team as quickly as possible.