{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":1038,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1573071825,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Backwards Design Using NGSS and Statewide Standards","Handle":"backwards_design_using_ngss_and_statewide_standards","ShortDescription":"This conversation is meant for K-12 science educators who want to discuss the interplay between Next Generation Science Standards, state standards, and backwards planning (Understanding by Design).","Description":"NGSS, state standards, and UbD are meant to be helpful tools and resources to ensure students have the best educational experience in their science classrooms.  Sometimes the purpose and use of standards can be lost when not used intentionally.  This session is meant to be a conversation between educators so that they can share how they use the three dimensions of NGSS  in conjunction with statewide standards in the context of backwards planning and UbD.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants would work in heterogenous small groups of 2-3 to create a model\/idea web\/graphic organizer to help them understand the connections between NGSS, state standards, and UbD.  They would then share this model  with the rest of the group.","Presenter":["John Henkel"],"PresenterAffiliation":["SLA"],"PresenterEmail":["Jhenkel@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":140,"ScheduleLocationID":7,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":9},{"ID":978,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1572277545,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Design Inspired Schools:  Getting from the schools we have to the ones we want.","Handle":"design_inspired_schools--getting_from_the_schools_we_have_to_the_ones_we_want.","ShortDescription":"How did Airbnb become one of the largest accommodation providers without owning a single property?  How did Uber become a leader in transportation industry without owning a single car?  Design Thinking!  In this session, educators will discuss how to cultivate a mindset of \u201cdesign inspired leadership\u201d to transform our schools into \u201ccultures of change\u201d","Description":"\u201cDesign is the rendering of intent\u201d.  According to Gallagher and Thordarson (2018) teachers and school leaders are constantly designing, but only \u201coccasionally stumble upon innovative ideas or solutions.\u201d  To them, \u201cdesign inspired leaders\u201d \u201cact with greater intention and achieve greater impact\u201d.  The shift from traditional leadership to design thinking leadership is predicated by the mindsets in the learning community.  To help catalyze this shift in schools, our session objective is to cultivate a culture of design thinking by engaging in discussions and protocols that model this process.  For instance, we will begin the session with a disruptive thinking protocol intended to shift the focus of school leadership from \u201cproblem solving\u201d to \u201cproblem finding\u201d.  Then, through a collaborative discussion protocol, participants will consider school systems and structures from the student perspective in an effort to become \u201cexperience architects\u201d.  Small group discussions will extend the conversation and will include topics such as harnessing \u201cimagination\u201d to overcome constraints in the design process, educators as \u201cproducers\u201d of learning, and the importance of \u201cstorytelling\u201d in the teaching and stewarding of a design inspired vision of learning.      \r\n\r\n\r\nWorks Cited\r\n-Gallagher, Alyssa, and Kami Thordarson. \"Front Cover.\" Design Thinking for School Leaders: Five Roles and Mindsets That Ignite Positive Change, ASCD, 2018, p. 0. \r\n\r\n-https:\/\/xqsuperschool.org\/","Link":["http:\/\/www.edxednyc.com","http:\/\/www.cambrianed.com","http:\/\/www.hudsonhs.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Disruptive Thinking Protocol\r\nRumors (collaborative discussion protocol)\r\nSmall Group Discussions\r\nWhole Group Share Outs","Presenter":["Timothy Comer","Walter Brown","Phil Linder"],"PresenterAffiliation":["New York City Department of Education"],"PresenterEmail":["TComer@schools.nyc.gov","Wbrown@hudsonhs.com","Plinder@hudsonhs.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":140,"ScheduleLocationID":5,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"We are available to present on Sunday if our proposal is accepted.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":9},{"ID":1035,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1572994871,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Following your North Star as a journeying educator","Handle":"following_your_north_star_as_a_journeying_educator","ShortDescription":"Does your vision for courageous teaching match the reality that you face day to day? What stands in the way? In this conversation, we will discuss the complex personal and environmental challenges facing educators, and craft the tools with which to navigate them. Join us to map your guiding star: defining the tactics, practices, and supports that will lead you to thrive amidst struggle.","Description":"Why do we teach? Today, in the age of high-stakes testing and ever-revolving reforms, we seem to focus more on the *how* and *what* of teaching, rather than the overarching *why* that called us to action in the first place. Strung in every direction, we too easily lose sight of the teacher selves we strive to be. Too often we get caught in inauthentic systems, and as such we march right on the precipice of burnout. \r\n\r\nIt is important to ask, what kills the spirit of the educator? For it is not simply the loads that we bear -- the stressors, the battles, the toiling into the night. What kills us, instead, is the realization that our toil may be for nought: that our most authentic selves shall not belong in the work of teaching. That what we do does not match what we NEED to do to matter.\r\n\r\nAs such, perhaps the greatest lift to our spirits is to revisit our North Star: as Zac Chase ritualizes each year, Why we want to teach. Why do we teach, after all? If we shall find the values and purposes that drive us, perhaps then we may be more conscious of the practices that so deceive us -- and we may toil instead to do the work that matters in our hearts.","Link":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/liorschenk"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"- drafting mission statements: Why I Want to Teach\r\n- annotating text to identify teaching values (idealized and enacted)\r\n- comparing values to current practices and routines in our classes\/schools\r\n- collaborating towards systems and practices that better match our authentic selves, through design thinking exercises ie storyboarding, scenario planning, fear setting\r\n- learning other systems for survival and thriving, such as networked support for new teachers and 80\/20 practice to identify the moves that matter most","Presenter":["Lior Schenk"],"PresenterAffiliation":["SLA \/ Penn GSE \/ Environmental Charter School"],"PresenterEmail":["lschenk@gse.upenn.edu"],"ScheduleSlotID":140,"ScheduleLocationID":9,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Chris! SLA family!! I'm so excited to see everyone again. Especially my copper\/iron class of 2020!!! I know it's been such an overwhelming and unjust start to the year. You've been in my thoughts and I hope you can get your feet under you soon.\r\n\r\nI've been digging deep this past week to find the conversation that matters most. Here's what I've got! Any feedback or improvements, I'd love to hear. :)\r\n\r\nThis conversation is for the educators struggling to find their way, who pour their passion into their work every day but still feel trapped -- and still haven't found the tribe they need. As someone in this same position previously, I know quite well the risks and threats befallen the lost educator. Especially new teachers. I hope that this conversation will reconnect  professionals to the values that drive them, as well as provide actionable strategies for those overwhelmed by the work we do. \r\n\r\nPeace and love.\r\nLior","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":9},{"ID":996,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1572578036,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Future Ready: Are We?","Handle":"future_ready--are_we","ShortDescription":"School leaders from urban and suburban, charter and public networks will lead a discussion on finding a balance among school systems often stuck in the past, the pressures of present day leadership, and authentically supporting future-ready  initiatives coupled with the ever-increasing realities of school dependency.","Description":"Participants will introduce themselves and identify interests and concerns related to the topic. Participants will receive a survey that describes the topics we will discuss. We will ask them to rank the order of interest of our topics and determine the order of the session accordingly. In addition, throughout the session, participants will add to a Padlet as they share collective notes, thoughts, and questions. This will be helpful when participants break out into smaller groups at the end of the conversation.\r\n\r\nParticipants will skim two short readings: one on authenticity in education and one on future ready implementation. Participants will use padlet, word clouds, and sliding scales as they explore these questions:\r\n\r\nWhat are common themes in the readings? What do the readings make you wonder? \r\n\r\nWhat is the role of leadership, technology, instruction, partnerships and family engagement in creating authentic future ready experiences for students?\r\n\r\nWhat resources are required to be future ready? What are the critical components of meaningful professional development around future ready for teachers, leaders, and families?\r\n\r\nHow are future ready initiatives affecting school budgets?\r\n\r\nWhat will school systems and processes look and feel like when future ready initiatives are fully and authentically implemented? What are the expected outcomes for students?\r\n\r\nAt the end of the session each participant will attempt to identify an action item that they can accomplish this semester and this school year. Groups will have an opportunity to reflect on take-aways and what can be taken back to everyone\u2019s school communities.","Link":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/MargeryCovello","https:\/\/twitter.com\/cicohen"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants will have an opportunity to talk one on one in the beginning of the session.\r\nParticipants will have an opportunity to work through a challenge with a group.\r\nParticipants will have an opportunity to reflect as a group.\r\nParticipants will converse via a backchannel in Padlet.","Presenter":["Dr. Margery Covello","Dr. Casey Cohen"],"PresenterAffiliation":["American Paradigm Schools","Rose Tree Media School District"],"PresenterEmail":["mcovello@ap-schools.org","caseyilyssacohen@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":140,"ScheduleLocationID":6,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":9},{"ID":988,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1572490233,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"In the Brilliant Light of Authentic Ideas:  Students as Innovators","Handle":"in_the_brilliant_light_of_authentic_ideas--students_as_innovators","ShortDescription":"Our new class, inNOVAtion Lab, is designed to offer students the resources they need to pursue their ideas\/projects.  Join students and their teacher as they discuss their first-year experience in self-determined, purpose-driven learning.","Description":"inNOVAtion Lab is a new elective at Perkiomen Valley High School.  Based upon similar models from schools around the country, NOVA Lab includes a yearlong exploration of purpose-based learning with the incorporation of Project Wayfinder, a foundational belief in sustainability, and a focus on the ethical implications of all our actions and creations.  \r\n\r\nThe class proceeds from the belief that students spend so much time being told what to do and on focusing on the next hurdle to overcome that they rarely get to test their abilities, play out their interests, and exercise their skills in authentic real-world situations.  inNOVAtion Lab offers the space, time, and resources for students to engage in this important, self-validating work.\r\n\r\nNOVA Lab Newsletter #1:  Information and background\u2014  https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/19Ik9XughqqfcGISePLc-Hz1nCOoTCeXqMlR-y6wA-Rk\/edit?usp=sharing   \r\n\r\nStudent Websites:\r\nMake it 100\u2014Voter Registration Drive:  https:\/\/makeit100pv.wixsite.com\/website\r\nLiving Now\u2014Outdoors Brand   https:\/\/livingnowusa.com\r\nLiving Now Youtube site:  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1RtqDxfMqF1SOkHnaYGOVQ\r\nVeraque Empathy Card Game Blog site:  https:\/\/thenovalabexperience.wordpress.com\/","Link":["http:\/\/www.pvhsnovalab.com\/"],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"Students from our 1st-year innovation and open-source learning class will drive the conversation in response to audience questions about the successes and opportunities involved in launching a High School class based upon principles of Heutagogy, self-determined learning, and purpose-based learning.","Presenter":["Garreth J Heidt and Students"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Pekiomen Valley School District (High School)"],"PresenterEmail":["gheidt@pvsd.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":140,"ScheduleLocationID":10,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"A group of 6--8 students and their teacher will be the focus of this conversation.\r\n\r\nIf it is possible to schedule us on Sunday, that would be great as there is an AP Chemistry practice test on Saturday.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":9},{"ID":979,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1572287171,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"My Voice Matters: Building Authentic Engagement into Middle School Advisory","Handle":"my_voice_matters--building_authentic_engagement_into_middle_school_advisory","ShortDescription":"Let\u2019s explore ways of bringing authentic community engagement into Middle School. We\u2019ll share strategies from a Philadelphia advisory class where a student-centered, inquiry-driven service project provides a yearlong framework for building classroom community, exploring and addressing social issues and creating space for empathy and problem-solving skills to emerge.","Description":"Conversation facilitators will share from their own Philadelphia-based experience using Need in Deed\u2019s My Voice framework for service-learning as a powerful tool to help middle school students recognize that school is relevant to their lives and creates meaningful opportunities for educators to demonstrate ways of valuing students\u2019 perspectives and experiences outside of school.   Facilitators will have a wide range of examples to draw upon with an emphasis on the ways a student led service-learning project meets the goals of an advisory setting--creating a space for students to build community and feel heard and known. \r\n\r\nOur conversation will begin with a brief overview of the My Voice framework (adaptable to a wide range of settings) with a hands-on modeling of an activity (analyzing photographs as texts)  that educators can use to generate conversations with students about social issues that students care about. We\u2019ll explore ways to use this (and other related activities) as a catalyst for building relationships with students as well as creating authentic learning opportunities for students to explore the complexity of social issues--learning about root causes as well as the effect--and designing a project to address an authentic need in the community.\r\nWe will build in time for participants to brainstorm together ways of adapting the My Voice framework (or elements of the framework) to address challenges they may have in their own settings.  Copies of sample activities and photos for conversational prompts will be made available on a Padlet site for future reference.","Link":["https:\/\/www.needindeed.org\/service-learning\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"The conversation will include an interactive activity using a Gallery Walk that encourages conversation about social issues in the community. \r\nThink-Pair-Share protocol will be used to reflect on ways of adapting the activity (and the My Voice framework more broadly)  for a range of settings. \r\nRecognizing that younger students may benefit from norm setting and conversational strategies to guide respectful discourse, facilitators will provide sample sentence stems as a takeaway for use in classrooms.\r\nFinally, we\u2019ll use a Padlet to share photos and sample prompts and invite participants to add photos or conversational prompts that would inspire students to reflection and action.","Presenter":["Pam Prell","Sarah Duenas"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Need in Deed","SLA Middle School","Philadelphia"],"PresenterEmail":["pam@needindeed.org","Sduenas@philasd.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":140,"ScheduleLocationID":8,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"While the sample project will highlight the integration of service-learning in a current middle school advisory setting, we are prepared to discuss examples,  benefits (and challenges!) of using service-learning as an engagement strategy in a wide range of settings as the core values of student inquiry, authentic learning, reflection and problem-solving are deeply rooted in the model.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":9}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":9,"ScheduleSlotID":140},"total":6,"limit":false,"offset":false}