COURSE DESCRIPTION
Instructors: Jessica Kato
Instructor Contact: jessicakato80@gmail.com
This course is designed for teachers of all content areas in grades 3-12. Teachers will learn a variety of strategies to formatively assess student learning and respond to student needs quickly and effectively. The coursework is grounded in The Seven Strategies for Formative Instruction by Jan Chappuis, which include providing students with clear learning targets, using examples of strong and weak work, offering regular feedback, teaching students to self-assess and set goals, designing lessons to focus on one learning goal at a time, teaching students focused revision, and engaging students in self-reflection. With these overarching strategies in mind, participants will learn specific approaches and techniques to apply these strategies in their classes and engage in a meaningful formative instruction cycle with their students.
DISCLAIMER
This course was previously listed as course number PD181769 and cannot be repeated for credit.
Beyond the Exit Pass (Online)
Dates: September 28, 2026 through December 27, 2026 (Portfolios Due Date December 27, 2026)
This asynchronous online course will begin on September 28th, and the payment deadline is September 25, 2026, by noon.
Before the start date, participants will receive instructions from the instructors on how to access the course content. The instructions will be sent to the email used with the Learn Soft platform and will most likely end in @k12.hi.us. This is the email that the DOE system assigns to you; we cannot change it through the HSTA PD website. It is the participant’s responsibility to check for this email before the course starts. Contacting HSTA after the start date to inform us that you did not get the information will not result in a refund.
THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO HSTA MEMBERS
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes




