Assessment, Feedback & Educator Professionalism

Course Description

Assessment, Feedback & Educator Professionalism is a teacher-related continuing education course for licensed Illinois cosmetology teachers. The course covers formative and summative assessment, writing fair test items, grading consistency between instructors, delivering feedback that changes performance, structuring remediation, maintaining accurate hour and competency records, and applying professional ethics and boundaries as an educator.

Learning Objectives

• Distinguish formative and summative assessment and use each appropriately.
• Write clear, defensible written and practical assessment items.
• Apply rubrics to produce consistent grading across students and instructors.
• Deliver feedback that produces measurable performance change.
• Design and document remediation plans for students who do not meet standard.
• Maintain accurate attendance, hour and competency records.
• Apply professional ethics, boundaries and confidentiality as an educator.

Course Outline

1. Module 1. Module 1 — Designing Fair Assessment

2. Module 2. Module 2 — Feedback, Remediation & Grading Integrity

3. Module 3. Module 3 — Records, Ethics & Educator Professionalism

• Module 1 — Designing Fair Assessment (60 minutes)
• Module 2 — Feedback, Remediation & Grading Integrity (60 minutes)
• Module 3 — Records, Ethics & Educator Professionalism (60 minutes)

Completion Requirements

• Complete all 15 required lessons in sequence, submit all required knowledge checks, pass the 20-question final examination with a score of 80% or higher, and submit the program and instructor evaluation.

Examination: 20 multiple-choice questions · 80% to pass · up to 3 attempts. Students who do not reach 80% should review the course materials before retaking the examination.