Kimberly Waugh-Motoska has been an educator for over 35 years. Throughout her career, she has sought to enhance student engagement and understanding through fair and balanced assessment with learning opportunities in a variety of modalities. As such, Kimberly has developed expertise in these areas through extensive professional learning, resource development, and action research. Over the years, she has enjoyed mentoring and collaborating with educators to support their understanding of curriculum, planning, and assessment strategies through her work as consultant in Assessment and Reporting for ECSD, and for various organizations such as the Canadian Assessment for Learning Network, Nelson Publishing, and others. Kimberly has training certification for PowerSchool/ PowerTeacher Pro, and accreditation as a school evaluator and consultant for International Baccalaureate programmes.
Areas of expertise
Planning for learning, assessment, and reporting based on curricular outcomes, including new curriculum
Assessment for Learning
Building assessment resources (e.g. performance tasks, single point rubrics, formative assessments, etc.)
PowerSchool SIS (district/school setup, outcomes-based reporting, and considerations for effective reporting of student progress and achievement)
PowerTeacher Pro gradebook (support for teachers and administrators; optimizing app features and grade book set up to reflect best assessment and reporting practicess)
International Baccalaureate - Middle and Primary Years Programmes (planning and assessment)