NextGen Personalized Learning Stowe, VT - July 28-31, 2014

SUMMER DESIGNINSTITUTE

#NESSC14

AGENDAThursday, March 207:30 a.m. Registration – Foyer

8:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Sessions (Pre-registration required)

Lunch on your own

Ple Our Commitment to Personalized Learning and Voices From Our Schools – Tiffany Ballroom

Concurrent Sessions (9 sessions)

3:30 p.m. Break – Break Stations

Concurrent Sessions (10 sessions)

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Networking

Educator Networking – Foyer

7:00 p.m. Dinner on your own

8:00 p.m.

Friday, March 217:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Ballroom Terrace + Foyer

Plenary Session: Student Voice in the Learning Process – Tiffany Ballroom

Concurrent Sessions (10 sessions)

Break – Break Stations

Concurrent Sessions (10 sessions)

Lunch and NESSC Awards Ceremony – Tiffany Ballroom + Foyer

Concurrent Sessions (9 sessions)

2:30 p.m. Adjournment (no closing ceremony) #NESSCall materials at:

newenglandssc.org

NGLC Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools

Welcome: NextGen SchoolsCT High School in the Community

CT Lyman Hall High School

CT Mark T. Sheehan High School

ME Deer Isle - Stonington High School

ME Hall-Dale Middle/High School

ME Monmouth Academy

ME Richmond Middle/High School

NH Campbell High School

NH Fall Mountain Regional High School

NH Making Community Connections Charter School

NH Winnacunnet High School

RI Central Falls High School

VT Cabot School

VT Champlain Valley Union High School

VT Harwood Union High School

VT Rochester School

VT Twinfield Union School

VT Vergennes Union High School

Welcome: NESSC

CT Janet Garagliano (NESSC)

NH Rob Tenney (DOE)

RI Cali Cornell (RIDE)

VT Debi Price (AOE), John Fisher (AOE), Chris Case (AOE), Tom Alderman (AOE)

NGLC Stefanie Blouin

Welcome: GSP• Duke Albanese

• Reed Dyer

• Jean Haeger

• Angela Hardy

• Jon Ingram

• Mark Kostin

• Alex MacPhail

• Gwen Merrick

• Ken Templeton

• Katie Thompson

• Don Weafer

• Becky Wilusz

Our Opportunity… Our Challenge

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Rapid Design Thinking45 minutes !

1. Discover + Define 2. Empathize 3. Explore 4. Produce

Rapid Design Thinking1. Discover + Define - 5 minutes 2. Empathize 3. Explore 4. Produce

DESIGN CHALLENGE: What might personalized learning look like at your school?

Rapid Design Thinking1. Discover + Define 2. Empathize 3. Explore - 5 minutes 4. Produce

Explore Resources + Generate Ideas • What do we already know about personalized

learning? !• What can we learn from each other? !• If you were to share with another team, what

would you say about personalized learning?

Rapid Design Thinking1. Discover + Define 2. Empathize 3. Explore 4. Produce - 15 minutes

Prototype - Generate a Visual Solution !

Using the resources available to you, build a model representing what personalized learning might look like at your school.

Rapid Design Thinking1. Discover + Define 2. Empathize 3. Explore 4. Produce - 5 minutes for review 2 minutes for turn + talk

Gallery Walk View the solutions around the room. At your tables, turn + talk.

I noticed...I wonder...I wish...

Rapid Design Thinking1. Discover + Define 2. Empathize 3. Explore 4. Produce

What was missing?

Rapid Design Thinking1. Discover + Define 2. Empathize 3. Explore 4. Produce

Design Thinking1. Discover + Define 2. Empathize 3. Explore 4. Produce

At first we thought...., now we think....

Design Thinking

Design Thinking

Design Thinking

Personalized Learning Partners

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NGLC Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools

Colorado - New Orleans - Chicago - Washington, DC - Oakland, CA

OUTCOMES

Draft learning design model

OUTCOMES

Identify steps for school & community engagement

OUTCOMES

Clarify readiness for launch (’15, ’16, or beyond)

OUTCOMES

Develop & deepen network of support

Institute Organization• Whole group sessions • School team sessions • Break out sessions • Tuning sessions • Coaching

NextGen Resources

Find all materials on our website: newenglandssc.org

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Establishing Norms

Accept !

Communicate !

Trust

• Support the facilitation of the Design Thinking process

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• Enhance the capacity of the school team

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• Remain a point of contact through September 5

Role of the Coach

DT Step One: Discover (1:30-3:00)

Pinnacle A

Richmond Middle/High School Champlain Valley Union HS Fall Mountain HS Rochester HS High School in the Community

Pinnacle C

Monmouth HS MC2 Lyman Hall HS and Mark T. Sheehan HS Cabot HS Twinfield HS Deer-Isle Stonington HS

Stowe

Campbell HS Central Falls HS Harwood Union HS
Vergennes HS Hall-Dale Middle/High School Winnacunnet HS

Lunch

Norms• Respect time • Monitor “air time” • Listen well • Respect differences • Support a culture of

possibility

• Freely attend to personal needs

• Foster good humor

• Maintain confidentiality

What else do you need in order to do your work well this week?

DT Step 2: Empathy

Constructivist Listening

Student Profiles

NEXTGEN PERSONALIZED LEARNING DESIGN INSTITUTE STUDENT PROFILES TEMPLATE

Write each student’s name in the space provided. Then jot notes in each personalized learning category. Add other categories if necessary. If you don’t know a piece of information, leave the space blank – and now you know what you need to know!

Personalized Learning Student A: _____________ Student B: _____________ Student C: _____________ Student D: _____________

Academic Strengths

Social Strengths

Interests

Goals

Co-curricular activities

Out of school activities (job, community/religious organization, …)

Family information

Academic Challenges

Social Challenges

Break

DT Step 2: Empathy

Empathy Maps

DT Step 2: EmpathyPoint Of View: user + need + insight

DT Step 2: EmpathyPoint Of View: user needs to ___________ because ____________

DT Step 2: Empathy

DT Step 2: EmpathyPoint Of View: A desperate mother needs to have the means to give her baby a chance to live because medical care is inaccessible or too expensive.

DT Step 2: Empathy

DT Step 2: EmpathyPoint Of View: A child getting an MRI needs to feel at ease because anxiety for the child produces anxiety for the adults caring for him/her.

DT Step 2: Empathy

DT Step 2: EmpathyPoint Of View: A student who aspires to be the first in her family to attend college needs to ___________ because ____________

DT Step 2: EmpathyImagine !

Ask !

Observe

Dinner