Sessions of 2026 Connection Conference: Kimberly McCroy
NBCT McCroy, Kimberly , NBCT, M.Ed.
Premier Series Instructor
Pima County JTED #11
Currently serving as a Professional Development Specialist at Pima Joint Technical Education (CTED), Kimberly is dedicated to empowering CTE teachers, fostering professional growth, and driving transformative change within Career and Technical Education. As a Premier Series presenter, Kimberly brings a unique blend of expertise and innovation to her role, inspiring CTE educators through engaging presentations and collaborative initiatives. Holding a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) designation, Kimberly is committed to elevating teaching practices and fostering excellence within the educational community. Utilizing her MEd from Northern Arizona University, Kimberly collaborates with CTE teachers and administrators across the state, leveraging her specialized knowledge to enhance educational outcomes. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring nature with her husband, three children, and two dogs.
Sessions:
Premier Series: Grading & Assessments
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Westin La Paloma
- Interdisciplinary
This is a 1 day course: Assessing and grading are two different actions. Learn a variety of formative and summative assessment techniques. A major focus is how to assess student work using rubrics. This class will help you create a clear grading policy and develop a variety of ways to assess student learning. How should students in CTE be assessed? How do we set up a fair grading system for both teachers and students? Learn about the wide variety of options that address both of these issues to help you develop both your own philosophy for grading as well as effective strategies for multiple ways to assess student learning and progress. You will also leave with a greater understanding of how to align testing and evaluation to your course outcomes and grading policies that will increase effective feedback for students. Upon successful completion of the course which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
Premier Series: Rubrics to Increase Student Success
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Westin La Paloma
- Interdisciplinary
This is a 1 day course - CTE courses are driven by student-created projects. Rubrics are an evaluation tool that can increase the quality of those student projects while simultaneously giving the teacher a quicker, fairer way to assess their quality. Come to this workshop with one or two student projects that you would like to assess more easily, and you will leave with an excellent rubric that you personalized for your classroom and the confidence and skills to create additional rubrics for the other student projects in your curriculum. Upon successful completion of the course which includes submission of homework, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
