Myron Dueck Professional Development

Myron Dueck is a highly regarded educator, speaker, and author whose professional development focuses on transforming assessment, grading, and reporting practices to better support student learning. With 24 years of teaching and administration experience in British Columbia, Canada, Myron has developed innovative systems that give students greater opportunity to demonstrate understanding, respond to feedback, and play a meaningful role in reporting their own learning. His presentations and workshops cover grading, assessment, reporting, and student voice, combining research with relatable stories from his own classroom experience delivered in an engaging and often humorous style. Myron's bestselling books—Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn (ASCD, 2014) and Giving Students a Say! Smarter Assessment Practices to Empower and Engage (2021)—provide practical frameworks that educators worldwide have adopted to rethink how they assess and communicate student learning. Now working full-time through Myron Dueck Educational Consulting after serving as Vice-Principal for Communicating Student Learning in the Okanagan-Skaha School District, Myron brings both leadership experience and deep classroom expertise to his work with educators internationally.