Performance-Based Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Strategies

This dynamic, interactive workshop deepens educators’ understanding of performance-based teaching and assessment. Participants begin by identifying the key attributes of performance-based approaches, then explore how to design and implement classroom-embedded performance tasks that mirror authentic, real-world applications. Activities focus on guiding students to investigate, collect data, problem-solve, and present findings, fostering higher-order thinking and applied learning. By the end, teachers will leave with a toolkit of strategies and resources they can immediately apply to strengthen instruction and help students master essential 21st-century skills.

• Overreliance on traditional, test-based assessments that fail to capture authentic student understanding.
  
  
• Limited use of classroom-embedded performance tasks that build critical thinking and real-world problem-solving.
  
  
• Need for resources and strategies to implement performance-based instruction consistently across classrooms.

1. Understanding Performance-Based Instruction
   Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of what performance-based teaching and assessment are, and how they differ from traditional approaches.
   
2. Designing and Implementing Performance Tasks
   Educators will develop skills to create classroom-embedded performance tasks that engage students in inquiry, problem-solving, data collection, and presenting findings, enhancing rigor and authenticity.‍
3. Building a Toolkit of Strategies and Resources
   Teachers will leave with practical strategies and ready-to-use resources to integrate performance-based learning into instruction, supporting deeper mastery of 21st-century skills.