Is it possible that we have underestimated our students and consequently under equip them? We are living in the day when almost infinite amounts of information are available to our students and yet we have a fixed mindset on what they’re going to learn. It’s time for us to begin with the endless in mind!
The session we’ll cover
three actionable shifts:
1. Moving from unit and project-based thinking to process and passion based Learning.
2. Equipping a student-empowered learning culture through research and design skills.
3. Increasing Academic and aesthetic freedom for students and teachers that includes equity of access to creativity, civility, literature, and libraries!
Participants in this session can expect to walk out with models of thinking that will spark rich leadership conversations, new data provided by students that shapes instruction, essential research skills that increase the power of design thinking for both teachers and students, and old and new tools that will make a world of difference!
Student Empowered Research and Design -
Begin with The Endless in MindSession Outline:
From the
END to the
ENDLESS in Mind
- Student Engagement & Empowerment Models
- What Matters to You Matters – New Data from Students
- From Pupils to Partners – Responsive Actions
An
Empowered Learning Culture – Research and Design Skills
- An Example from the Field – Students Researching and Designing the District's New Research and Design Centers
- Research and Design Equipping and Tools: Q.U.E.S.T.
- Access to Understanding – The New School Library
Innovation and Access
Equity
- Any Learning is Possible (ALPS)
- Student Directed and Connected Learning
- Cultural Proficiencies that include Literacies and Literature Paring!
