Carisa Corrow
Principal Owner, Educating for Good
The UFO I built for my senior project.
It all started when…
I built a model UFO in high school for my senior project. I learned a lot about learning, how others use math to create and how schools lock students out of their potential through memorization, extractive assessments. and tasks that are not meaningful for students. This powerful experience led me to public education, where I was able to use project based learning and performance assessment as part of my regular instructional and assessment practice.
I truly believe in the power of public education; I was a public school teacher for fourteen years in NH. I also believe public school can be a lot better. There are so many conversations not had, and we need to have them no matter the discomfort. For the past four years, I have supported educators in NH and across the country with my friends at the Center for Collaborative Education focused on designing competency based assessment systems using the Quality Performance Assessment framework. I’ve helped thousands of teachers in NH design performance assessments as part of the PACE Initiative and worked to help districts make the shift to competency based education practices. I helped facilitate the Vermont Professional Learning Network from 2016-2019 which focused on Proficiency Based Learning Practices, Continuous Improvement and Work Based Learning. I was the technical advisor for the planning phase of the Manchester West Redesign project and am currently supporting Franklin High School as they create their Portrait of the Graduate. I have written self-paced courses for educators, contributed as a thought partner for competency based education publications and have presented at local and national conferences. In all of this work, I’ve gone on quite the learning journey myself discovering the ways unjust systems affect students and the communities in which they live.
My biggest hope is that Educating for Good becomes an entity that connects folks working on various educational endeavors in New Hampshire including topics such as reparations, anti-racism, poverty, militarism, democratic education, restorative practices, environmental sustainability and repair, and media literacy.
“It is a pleasure to work with Carisa as she is open minded and honest. My rubric skills are rapidly evolving!”
“My knowledge of rubrics has evolved in such a positive way; I have gone from teacher centered rubrics to student centered rubrics. In addition, the newly revised rubrics are much more practical. Moreover, getting feedback on the rubrics from other teachers was amazingly helpful and caused me to see the expectations with fresh eyes. This was a phenomenal experience! Thank you, Carisa!!”
“The content of the course was very relevant, Carisa’s instruction was exceptional, and the experience enjoyable. ”