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What is the Southeastern Wisconsin Assessment Collaborative (SEWAC) ?

Through a grant from the Joyce Foundation, Alverno College developed the Southeastern Wisconsin Assessment Collaborative to support schools and districts in the greater Milwaukee area to build capacity to use formative classroom assessment to support student learning. Teams from nearly thirty districts, as well as Catholic, Lutheran, Muslim, and independent schools have participated in a year long series of workshops in the Joyce-funded project (2000-2005). Over 1,200 teachers and administrators were SEWAC participants in the first five years of the project.

Beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, the SEWAC workshop series (8 day-long workshops spread over the school year) became available to schools and districts on a subscription basis.

The cost for the 2008-2009 workshop is $1,025 per person; schools are asked to send teams of four to eight persons. The fee covers breakfast and lunch, books and other materials, as well as the workshop sessions.

SEWAC Workshop Series Schedule for 2008-09
Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.:

September 30
November 25
December 16
January 6
February 3
March 10
April 7
May 12

SEWAC builds capacity for improved classroom instruction and assessment through

• Engaging teachers and administrators in building a learning team focused on the needs of their school/district
• Working through the design process described in Wiggins and McTighe’s (2005) Understanding by Design
• Crafting classroom assessments guided by Stiggins, Arter, Chappuis, and Chappuis’s (2004) Classroom Assessment for Student Learning
• Planning for implementing data-driven decision-making at the school level.

For more information about SEWAC, please call the Alverno College Institute for Educational Outreach at 414-382-6435.

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